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I strangely am introduced to many different economic theories than my own on ET and am often convinced to change my opinion to a better opinion I hear. I do think there is a lot of noise on this forum, but I do read some pretty good stuff once in a while and I feel like the stuff I tend to...

What the hell? I'm a teenager and resent that statement.

I made very little this week. In my personal stocks, I liquidated last friday (Right after bailout passed), so I stayed 100% in cash in that account. In Eurodollars, I made a good amount at the beginning of the week and almost lost the same amount when the Fed announced the rate cut and...

No freakin way. How about a poll?

Nope, with the drying out of credit, all deals will have to be done in cash. There will be a SIGNIFICANT demand for dollars in order to get deals done. The dollar is a great asset to be in right now.

That is the beautiful thing about inflation on fixed rates for loans. If we experienced hyperinflation, NOTHING CHANGES ON A FIXED LOAN! It becomes that much more easy to pay it off. The reason this is so is that the interest rates are decided on what expected inflation will be + x amount...

Thanks for the replies everyone. They are extremely helpful. I'm just going to do what everyone seems to telling me, "Just STFU!" Also telling me how to treat family and friends really helps me define what is too much and what is enough. I've just never been so excited in my life about...

This trade surely isn't over! I know a guy who's pulling in 20k a day on sterling (he's pretty much a market maker though).

I'm not sure how many of you people have this problem, but do you keep your profits a secret from those who you know (family, friends, peers)? I'm an extreme extrovert and just recently have been making ridiculous amounts of money, but I don't want to tell anyone. Yet, at the same time, I...

Perhaps this is crazy, but maybe we should get rid of credit all together? Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that is lent upon interest: Deuteronomy 23:19 ... Nah, I'm just kidding. Then the Eurodollar market...

A. There is nothing ironic about that. B. My EDGE isn't my personality or anything internal. It's a mixture of capital and market making.

I am a liquidity provider about 90% of the time. The other 10% is for spec positions ONLY DURING CERTAIN TIMES. In times like these (volatility), liquidity dries up and I am the only one willing to take the risk of being slapped in the face. So far, I am making more money then I have ever in...

A. If you have the capital you have a huge advantage since: 1. You don't HAVE to pick the bottom since you can fade (Even though you may try of course) 2. You can weather out a storm so that when it passes, you will be deep in profits. (Plus you have much less fear when you have a large...

If the bailout comes: Short any U.S. Treasuries since they must issue new debt to pay for these deals. Short the TUD and/or the TED since U.S. rates will spike much faster than LIBOR rates. I'm an interest rate guy, so that's all my ideas.

We will see a nose dive on the treasuries just like the night of the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac bailout. The government has to finance that money from somewhere. That somewhere are treasuries. (supply must go up so price must come down). No, it's not priced in because not everyone is convinced...

then you have enough money to start fading trades or holding on to losers for longer periods of time.

You're my hero.

They made up those fundamentals. No one is checking for accuracy. I mean, look at AURC.PK. They claim to have $4 billion worth of precious metals and their market cap is like 5 mil or something. Fundamentals you say? That doesn't mean shit.

I pulled my orders.

Jon? Garbageman here.