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I live in NY and pay a boatload in State income taxes and property taxes. Some of the pain does get alleviated with the allowance to offset that against the Federal tax bill. Trump's plan disallows this deduction. All these years I have been looking for a catalyst to finally leave this State -...

Trump's tax plan won't get passed so don't worry about it.

I would think most people using 'risk parity' (aka leveraging inverse to asset volatility) would be smart enough to bring it back down as vol rises

2,504 posts in 7 months! Zzzz1 needs to get more Z's!

That's pretty bad - living on $110k in the Bay Area is pretty lean. I think I might have to discourage my kid from wanting to study Computer Science when she enters college. To be financially comfortable in the US, the next generation will have to think about unique occupations that cannot be...

Could possibly be a function of overall market dynamics and not specific to your strategy? A broker I was recently speaking with said that several CTAs doing intraday strategies stopped working during Q1.

its possible he's charging 40bps management fee since it's a single digit performance strategy. It's also possible he's charging performance fee only.

I think the "best country" depends on where you want to be on the value added scale. For low value added businesses such as being a street food vendor, developing economies will be better due to less licensing requirements and less red tape. For 'higher level' ventures you are better off in...

I think there's going to be a huge glut in the commercial space. I've been seeing more and more empty storefronts in the past 12 months. I think landlords have become too greedy and asking unreasonable rents - or maybe their taxes/costs have shot up so they need to compensate? Whatever the...

Good to see you back. I think I remember you from a pair trading thread years ago. I had a question on the mechanics of option selling because I think it might be suited to enhancing one of my stock strategies. Basically I am buying a portfolio of 5 stocks at the open of Monday morning and...

they are leaving out FoF's which I think would put Zurich on the list

Seems too good to be true. I'd bet there is some fine print in this offer.

Hope this catches on similar to the nut milks replacing cow milk. I for one would love to see an end to human-kind's terrible obsession with the consumption of animal flesh. There will be energy/resource benefits too. I remember seeing somewhere that about 40% of all agricultural products...

Update - I spoke to them just now and it has to do with the ICE data fee. Starting next month they will be doing the same as other brokers and it will be $110 per month pass through fee from the ICE. I guess the ICE wants to get rid of the vast bulk of retail traders who are unwilling to pay...

Since a couple of days now I haven't been able to trade or even get charts on ThinkOrSwim for ICE listed futures, specifically /DX and /TF. Anybody have any insight on this?

Could you elaborate on that? What is the market dynamic it is looking to capture? What time frame?

3+ Sharpe is definitely possible in personal retail accounts with a basket of semi-scalable methods. Would it still work in a hedge fund impacting it with large assets? Not really sure. On a side note, my opinion is that it is silly to apply to a hedge fund if you have a frequent trading system...

The harsh reality is that these jobs are going away one way or another - either through offshoring or automation. Everything finds its own equillibrium which is dictated by optimal efficiency. Having things made or serviced by American human employees is about as far as you can get from that...

just a drop in the ocean. it's going to take a thousand more of these good actions to begin whittling down CA's public debt and pension time bomb.

For me there is no question. A long mediocre life with a bit of struggle here and there is the better option.