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I did a deep dive on this about 5 years ago. At the time I could data mine some impressive results but they never tested forward successfully. Also hard from a mechanical perspective because of how Google scaled the results, but they may have changed that.

Funny that you've got a bunch of Baltic countries that have to put in affirmative programs to attract immigration by giving passports with pretty minimal investment are ranked ahead of the U.S., which is very difficult to get a work permit for let alone citizenship. I have my doubts about the...

Back when I was a kid even the broken clocks were right twice a day. Not as much these days.

An post graduation internship is often a good way to break into that field. You sound like you're smart and almost have all the pedigree, which may not be enough to get you a job but might be just enough to get an internship. Once you do the internship people know you and the smart part becomes...

We call this the scientific method boys and girls. We propose a hypotheses, we test it, and if it turns out to be false we acknowledge that the hypothesis was wrong and come up with another. We also put our findings up for peer review and invite everyone else to critique what we might have...

You're an institutional investor! Wow, just wow. Weren't you the guy telling me market makers "facilitate trades" rather than taking positions a short time ago?

You doth protest too much, methinks. What's your relationship with IB exactly?

I outlined the basis of modern con law in the U.S. supported by the applicable cases that define that law which directly contradicted each of your assertions. I added a tour of your Bible which also directly contradicted your assertions because apparently you're unfamiliar with it, but that was...

That is stunning logic and support, just stunning. You're actually starting to sound more and more like an IB employee, or at least someone with the intellect of an IB employee, come to think of it.

Let's summarize this conversation. You assert that we can't compare IB to any other failed broker because "Peterffy is a highly reputable multi billionaire with a lot to lose. Corzine was a worthless POS, as was Wasendorf." When it's pointed out that every CEO of every company has a lot to lose...

This is true. My favorite is universities lending tax-exempt bonds, which allows them to lend at a rate below the risk-free rate. At the same time, the same university is invested in short-term risk-free investments as part of their multi-billion dollar (in some cases) endowments. Of course...

Schwab OptionsXpress, to name one off the top of my head. Also a company that has a non-zero chance of failing however, even though their CEO has a lot to lose and they're publically traded, and their CEO isn't a "worthless POS".....Just trying to inject a little logic into your thought process...

So your source was?

My brokers do all those things for my regular account, doesn't yours?

That's an interesting assertion, you have experience in this area? Pretty sure I read something like this on Breitbart or Infowars, could that be your source? Could perhaps the idiocy of using an SAT test to evaluate a mid-level software dev be the reason, occam's razor and all, even though you...

Like Enron, Worldcom, Tyco....Again, all financially solid public companies with dozens of analysts combing over every number in their quarterly filings. You're displaying an incredibly naive view of how and if financial fraud can occur. Hint, the CEO having a lot to lose has nothing to do with it!

If you disagree with my assertions about order flow, then that thread is probably the more appropriate place to discuss it, no? Do a quick search here and you'll find dozens of cases of IB reps flat out lying to customers. I've had that same experience, a couple of examples off the top of my...

What makes you think GOOG can't ask for SAT scores? They probably don't because they aren't a particularly strong predictor of college success, let alone success after college. Given the other information available with proven predictive value, it would be foolish to use them in any way to...

As long as you use leverage there's the risk that you get liquidated in a margin call. Otherwise if you discount exchange failure and don't use leverage it would be "risk free".

Pointing out that every major broker who failed had a CEO with a lot to loose makes me a fool? OK then. Can you perhaps address my argument in your response to said argument, instead of going off on a random diatrabe about best margin rates? That has about as much to do with a broker's...