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The only problem with the QE theory is that take Bridgewater - the worlds biggest hedge fund. YTD up 38% on moves in treasuries, gold and a few other products that benefited from the deleveraging this year. Ray Dalio is still saying that the USD has the luxury of being able to print itself...

You need to search google for turtle rules http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/files/turtlerules.pdf I don't recommend trading in todays Market however, you would need millions to diversify the contracts out to the right position size, and breakouts are a phenomenon of the 1970s....not...

If anyone can explain to me why the Euro is so high I'd appreciate it... my guess is their is some massively greedy Carry going on in Euro denominated Sovereign bonds..... Anyone care to offer an opinion?

In Canada I walk by these Cash Money businesses.. one is next to Starbucks. They have a big sign "We Buy Gold" .. seems it could be a great product to buy and sell given your ability to "write off" a loss or account for a gain where it may be convenient to do so....wink wink

This interview is pretty insightful into how the loan system in the US is highly socialist. http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/Broadcast/Entries/2010/10/23_Premier_Release_-_Chris_Whalen.html

Bruce Kovner used to be a cab driver.... There's a whole bunch who worked shit jobs or unrelated jobs in order to become top traders...

Look up transfer pricing as well... similar tactics are used by S&P and large trading houses to avoid taxes on commodity products...

Amazon just told me if I bought their stock for more than $39, they'd ship it to me for free.

Macroman, any relation to the macro man feed (I assume hes a UK based US born trader...) http://macro-man.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-bought-chevy-vega-but-i-want-it-to-be.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MacroMan+(Macro+Man)

You also have to worry about your prediction changing the outcome of your trade.. especially true in Finance, and at the racetrack...

You forgot $65 for cable TV. You'll need to watch Altucher on CNBC constantly until you expire worthless.

You'd be surprised how all assets are correlated right now, especially when you're betting against them!

twitter is a soap opera for the internet.

They need to let me short student loans. Then I could get rich. These articles tempt me every time. Pretty soon, in the not so distant future... shorting student loans will be a big trade for someone. the sad part is the students will probably win, and so will Apple.

Ya they are starting a new service... Stocktwit. .. And they guarantee that for every tit for tat, theres a bid and ask.

I wonder if they have to get Larry Summer's permission first.

See attached. This is from Yahoo Finance, the ^VIX. Probably most before 2000 or so is inferred. It's not derived. Just plain ^VIX. Might be useful.

VXX is discounting this. Did this ETF turn to crap slowly and I didn't notice, or was it always this shitty?

Methinks Germans are good with yielding derivative weapons. Emphasis on derivative, not on yield.

Ferdinand, I've been reading up on Rene Girard lately myself, though his books are way too much applied theoretical stuff... way too much to sift through. I buy his books and discover that the short form of his stuff ... ie.. reviews and such is way more descriptive. Beyond Jabes and...