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arabs don't short stocks.....

Hi - The next phone call solitication you get could go like this: This is the Fed Reserve Bank calling- We have been printing money so that Asian investors in our decrepit banking system can save face. They are in the process of revaluing the yuan and this will shit on our dollar and our...

Boone Pickens new book was very good reading. Might want to pick it up - or Spend $2.00 at the nearby Starbucks and read it in passing at the local bookstore. In it you'll see what it takes to keep your eye on the prize.

You have to wonder how long they can keep creating sufficient volatility to steer people into US treasuries...

My theory is to choke out inflation- I call it the garbage can theory- you can only fit so much garbage in a bin, occasionally you have to jump on it so you can fit more in. .. make sense? As for whats in the garbage can - anything that goes up in value over time.... They have these...

Pretty straight forward- I was thinking they wanted you to answer those questions from "Heard on the Street" by Crack

Is he some kind of "cover page" indicator :)

Fast one, theres a lot of lotto number picking algorithms on the net- try those

Dh, does my comment have any relevance with regards to creditworthiness of a nation given that a group of investors / creditors gets thrown out with the bathwater?

You can do this with the appropriate data (you need taglines about the sector in your EOD data) in Amibroker. From that you can trade the strongest/weakest stock, and other sectors. It's very easy to alter the basic code yourself.

A Macro reason why the USD is rising: "The Lehman Brothers Europe bankruptcy has ENDED London's presumed benefits from Wall Street's unfolding demise because segregation of customer accounts is nonexistent. Customers are NOW creditors in the bankruptcy. US law prevents this." The Source...

There are others. I wonder about the various offshore Cayman Islands funds... who is there Prime Broker? I know alot of banks have offshore brokerages too, just seems like their could be more carnage hiding there.

you mean in tech- tape reading ....price exhaustion. I have no idea how to explain it or systemize it. I didn't call a top in any commodities. I think there is a difference between generic selling like deleveraging and specific selling, but its probably too unique to systemize as well.

simple strategy- spend some money researching what is available out there- various reports- Greenlight uses one for shorts Psychology- Market Semiotics Various Macro research- Global Macro Investor GaveKal And read as many monthly letters from fund managers as you can...

you're too late I trade long-term May 29-June 6 was a decent entry window for me. Market had a cheesy summer rally in the QQQQ's and now, here we are.... It's safe to say you missed the shorting opportunity in this sector. If you believe that more financial armageddon is coming...

People with big money bet on the behavior of Markets_ They follow what is called Trend Following which is based on the presence of Fat Tails. Research those two things and you have your answer.

777.7 points and -7% on a failed 700 billion dollar bail out.

Batman will save you (or Jack Hershey) or some other mythological character

it should be a simple algorithm: volatility * liquidity * size of position in the account = Your Margin % Something along these lines would be more effective and work across all securities- options, bonds, mutual funds, etc. The typical margin charts in various SEC and other...

try Citadel- if you're up YTD I'm sure they would bite. The world is your Oyster.... THE WORLD IS AN (ONE'S) OYSTER - "If you have a lot of money, you can have anything you want. The proverb first appears in Shakespeare's play 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' (1600).'Falstaff: I will not lend...