Search results

  1. M

    Australian housing bubble thread

    recent AU article : AU property will be down 15% in 10 years if immigration stop. Due to low yield on rental where 5% is lost if no appreciation this is really 15% +10*5% = 65% fall for investor. Implicit recognition that prices up because of imigration => 'lots of jobs because of high prices'...
  2. M

    Banks - how they work today?

    destruction of money not that simple but it is desirable by banks for that reason - matching. Bank want to play reserve bank role and want you to spend (destroy money). That explains this bit. If they manage to destruct + side of equation, get clean cashflow. Increasing rates too much too...
  3. M

    Banks - how they work today?

    but borrowers already borrowed and no enough new borrowers available to bother. If bank itself creates money by matching bank accounts ( legal or not, not sure, but my view, if it is sossible and profitable then exists ) then next step to increase profits would be to increase interest rates . No?
  4. M

    Banks - how they work today?

    This is what I figured out.... But not sure if missing something (numbers only for illustration): How it used to be, at least I thought so) : bank took depositor money at 4% and lent it for 7%. 3% was for the costs commsions and profit. So in a year they made 300M. Next steage: there was...
  5. M

    25 Richest Hedge Fund Managers Made $22 Billion Last Year

    http://www.opalesque.com/files/BloombergRichestHedgeFunds.pdf Over two years most seem to be negative. These guys are ahead by luck. 27% per year over 2 years. Presume before fees. Add all funds up weight by assets remove fees and get negative return overall. And these guys probably work 10+...
  6. M

    Facebook worth 60 billion someday?

    promoters claim value of facebook showed in lybia and similar. Facebook got the credit for uprising, i think. Dont worry about adds revenue. they dont work. Idea is to portrait facebook at some kind of weapon. Like in olden days they threw karl marx books out of trains on selected country to...
  7. M

    Facebook worth 60 billion someday?

    this guy is then marketed as some kind of karl marx 2. wonder if karl marx 1 was marketed same way :D :D :D
  8. M

    A 300 million USD hedge fund manager "trading mistake" after Japanese earthquake

    i am sure he made lots of profits before on this trick. It was time to pay back and maybe a bit more :D any system can be and will be hijacked.
  9. M

    Super-Materialist China: Without an apartment, love isn't possible.

    she said BMW. RR is not popular so she wouldnt even notice. However, guy with 2 bmw's would win. Looks like BMW is about the only product chinese care about outside asia and cant replace. regarding appartment and inability to love... this seem rather realistic - reflection of density of...
  10. M

    The reality of trading

    at least there is no doubt that technology is here to sell real time systematic&discretionary signal and associated stops and your scrren studies via spy screenshot programes to interested parties with large budgets. Traded with FX broker at some point and made 16 shorterm trades then...
  11. M

    China Moves to Save Gaddafi as Russia Warns Of ‘All Out War’

    US army spends say 1T to occupy the place and selected companies get assets worth say 200B. Lybia is a poor country so that oil is not worth that much. Lets not add contnuous expenses with protection of assets against upset locals. US operates at a net loss in these wars so oil is not...
  12. M

    The reality of trading

    it is a bit uncomfy if this rumbling true :D Any moment someone can jump at your trades and method stops working abruptly as you will be chased for stops :confused: :confused:
  13. M

    China Moves to Save Gaddafi as Russia Warns Of ‘All Out War’

    BS. it is not about oil at all.
  14. M

    The reality of trading

    not that hard. You have to be selected so your trades are duplicated by some hedge fund or whoever. Although your bet size is say 1K, it will actually be 100k (99k from other guy) and you are a whale !
  15. M

    The reality of trading

    are you making money trading ?
  16. M

    Ex-institutional currency trader advises newbies ...

    this trader must be discretionary. And if so, psychology is important part of decisionmaking.. If method captures major swings, then size is not an issue. Why would someone trade years and years 70% win system. Answer is because it cant be scaled up. So, if capturing major swings only...
  17. M

    110 Tomahawk missiles launched against Libyan sites

    lovely, another potential $trillion+ hole. i figured this guy not that stupid not to see response of nato. If not crazy, he has rabbit or two in his hat. US cant devaue USD much more as at some point people outside us refuse payment in usd. so.... second leg down into real recession...
  18. M

    Security Council votes for no-fly zone

    it looks too easy. Black swan lurking... I guess oil up sharply seem an obvious candidate.
  19. M

    Better off as a plumber?

    plumber belongs to the lowest cast in many cultures like japan india, eu etc. It is a problem finding partner except from the lowest cast. thats why you dont see plumbers outsurced by indians :D here in au, 1 day they will take your 2k. you may get rich but there are minuses....
  20. M

    Tsunami slams wall street, sell orders overwhelm markets.

    HA, HA, HA imagine for a second - us army rejects USD as payment !!!!!
Back
Top