Search results

I stay away from dividend stocks for 2 reasons: -Dividends get taxed the year you get them whereas capital appreciation won't get taxed until you sell (many years down the road possibly) or never (if you die holding the stock and your heirs get it with stepped-up basis) -I invest my money in a...

I size my positions according to the underlying volatility, so positions on Oil for example (CL futures contract) are roughly 4 times smaller than positions on $ exchange rate (DX futures contract) because the respective vols are on a ratio of roughly 1 to 4. So far I have stop loss orders...

Heartfelt congratulations for a very convincing and solidly grounded analytical response! I'm impressed lol

Yup, just the same. So? What in my post says you have to always be long these? Ever heard of time series momentum investing? Read and learn: https://breakingdownfinance.com/finance-topics/alternative-investments/time-series-momentum/

All you need to know. Hard part is to actually DO IT, that's why it's profitable.

I don't go to Australia much lol. Been there twice but didn't have to fill up.

Did he sell it yet? If not, yuck!

TLT, GLD, UUP, USO. If you can trade futures, then it's ZB, GC, DX and CL. EZ PZ, go ahead and make money already. You'll thank me for that.

O'Leary speaking to the Norway SWF is about as likely as Kim Kardashian dating the Pope. Just sayin'

If you don't know where the yield comes from, you're the yield.

1) Initial margin is normally higher than maintenance margin: typically 50% ("Reg T margin") for initial and 30% for maintenance. But brokers are free to have stricter requirements for maintenance margin when they deem the securities too risky or illiquid or for whatever reason. In your case...

“Consumers and investors were misled with promises that their crypto would earn double digit interest rates in perpetuity,” Anyone who believes that crap DESERVES to lose their money and learn. Stupid response is "regulators need increased resources to successfully patrol the market".

A brokered CD may not be insured by the FDIC. This product may be offered by a stockbroker who serves as a deposit broker for the issuing bank. Brokered CDs pay a higher rate of interest than typical CDs, but they usually require a minimum deposit amount and sometimes a fee to purchase one. Most...

Can't disagree with any of this, pretty much my own framework. But what made you choose Spain and Belgium in Europe rather than France, Germany and the UK, much larger economies? Or Italy.

Yes and yes. Yes, I'm (a little) short. And Yes, I'm bragging.

March 2020. Remember? Covid Bloodbath? 3136 to 2280 on S&P in 2 weeks.

Previous time was 2/24/20. Remember what happened next lol? History rarely repeats itself though, so perhaps a dark stock winter allowing p/e to deflate? Get rich selling OOM calls?

Rising US rates coupled with flat negative EUR rates make you bullish EUR?

It's not about making criminals abide by the law, they're too stupid to do so. It's about adding an extra count to the indictment. Remember Al Capone spent his final vacation days in sunny Alcatraz on tax evasion, as he couldn't be caught on anything else.

If you have the balls to go short that crap (that's a big if), short the CME futures (BTC). You'll make out like a bandit rolling your short position over as the thing is in crazy contango so you make money on the roll, buying the cheap front month selling the rich back month. Way to go bro: I...