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Adding to the question- The media, even the reputable media has been very unclear about how those who are already short will be affected- Is the ban on shorting affectively forcing those already short to cover? Because intuitively, a manager running a Market neutral fund would come into...

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Ya - Osama & Co trading 1000s of contracts ... give me a break....

I think it there are a couple of more days like today- I will be building burgers too

I thought Simon was a self indulgent millionaire, non? Guess not

Then a hedge fund investment in Tykhe or Paulson would be the best bet if you can't get into CDS on your own...

Why is no one mentioning that just before 1987's Market crash, the USD rallied after falling significantly during that period? Similar isn't it?

either way, any american politician is good for trading- the democrats are good for trends... the republicans are good for volatility... lots of it... I can't imagine what would happen if an independent ever won!

how are those market neutral funds doing right now? and the option sellers?

pitz is totally right- there is a bear market in innovation in the US- The ipod is not going to carry it into the 2020.

Paulson at Paulson & Co likely told Soros to buy the CDS just in case.

Sell me some IWM Russell 2000 Puts please....

sounds like that island was something you should have stayed on...

reuters has a program to trade market news into events you can act on - but I've read its $100k to lease

In the November / December 07 issue of MIT's "Technology Review" magazine there is a good article which covers the topic of the August 07 Market Rout which contributed to negative performances in stat/quant funds. The article is about 10 pages, worth reading...

For support read what John Embry and Eric Sprott have to say about gold.

maybe he should wash his mouth out in his bidet but btw - good call on the sell off

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http://www.georgesoros.com/lse-creditcrisis08-video In this interview, towards the last 20 minutes, Jeremy Grantham of GMO gets up and asked Soros a question- He points out his own research saying how overbought UK real estate is relative to household income and that the prices could mean...

http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080908171808.aspx Same thing, more blunt