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Yes, Burghardt's stuff is always good, since they really cover the basics amazingly well... The problem with LIBOR is that there is a lot of regulatory crap that has gone into effect post-crisis. People spend a lot of time looking at all the gory details and it's not pretty. Of course, the...

Ho-ho-ho :)

Well, if you put it like that, Mav, I shall happily yield the stage and let a better man explain this stuff... Please don't hesitate.

It can be seasonal, to some extent, although the dynamics can be complicated. It mostly mean reverts, but, again, it can be complicated. I am not sure how you would chart it on IB. You'd need support for continuous futures and I don't know if IB can do it.

'Bout friggin' time...

Possibly... Alternatively, it could be some bid from the pension fund community. Who knows.

Yeah, I second that... And one of the things that didn't work bigly was short bonds. And the expression just didn't matter.

What if one of the parties is a market maker?

Based on the performance of the listed vehicle, Ruffer seems to have underperformed FTSE All Share index by arnd 9.2% this year (also underperformed last year, but only by arnd 3.6%). So them puts have a cost, undoubtedly (assuming Ruffer is Fiddy, in fact). Still, given the nature of the fund...

Obviously, it's impossible to know anything with certainty, as far as this tax bill is concerned. However, it seems that the reconciled version will preserve the deductions for tuition waivers and student loan interest...

It will be a very slow process... Reserves will shrink probably by a factor of 2. The Fed will reinvest progressively less and less. That’s it, nothing really much to it other than that.

Nah, nothing quite that profound... Just the grain of truth in self-help books that @newwurldmn was referring to.

Yeah, it could be simply that I have never figured out that truth and that's why it all seems to be a waste of time to me...

This is a pretty amazing story: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-06/millions-are-hounded-for-debt-they-don-t-owe-one-victim-fought-back-with-a-vengeance

It surely depends on the individual, yes/no?

Well, I am just not sure this works for me... To start with, I dislike most self-help books intensely. The only reason I might have been willing to make an exception for Uncle Ray is because I thought that, not only does he practice what he preaches, but the results are impressive. I just...

Rather sad to see someone so certain in their statements and yet unable to offer a shred of evidence. Oh well, isn't it ever thus...

This bit here describes the issue I have with Dalio and his principles well: https://dealbreaker.com/2017/11/sexual-misconduct-allegations-at-bridgewater-continue-to-be-handled-in-totally-normal-not-at-all-creepy-cultish-manner/ Lemme just say that, as time goes on and I learn more about what...

I am really curious as well... When did England and the US, in particular, "file for bankruptcy"?