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It does look pretty good, you must admit:

WHAT!? o_O I demand a link.

The recent dovish statements, and the Fed's retreat from their rate hike frightens me. It's ultimately an admission that the economy is not strong enough to support the planned increases. Worrying also is the dramatic effect of AAPL's plunge. It dragged down the whole tech sector, and...

Bloomberg :)

Basically a form of reinvestment risk. Yeah IB started paying interest on sweep accounts under 100k. Maybe work a cheap stock like SIRI? At about $6/share, he could go long with his spare change, pull a few percentage points out, and even buy/sell derivatives thereon to better understand the...

Well if you want essentially risk-free, perhaps a GS Marcus account? It's now paying 2.25 -2.75% https://www.marcus.com/us/en There are restrictions; if memory serves, only 6 withdrawals per year.

Yeah... some of them are down a bit. DHS seems to have held it's value pretty well.

I just asked my broker about this, in the context of addressing reinvestment risk. They recommended ETFs that pay a monthly dividend. There's a bunch of them out there. Don't expect to retire on them; you'll only net about 4% annually, but they're better than a sweep account paying essentially...

Somebody had to start this thread; why not me? The bigger they are, the harder they fall. [1][2] Part of me thinks that they just got greedy. Effing $1700 for an iPhone? !$#@*!$ ^$@% $*(^@@#.[3] Also chafing is that they won't let Huawei into the US, citing security issues, which kinda...

Thank you! This is very helpful. :thumbsup:

It's going back to 30. Reverse your position Friday morning. ps See my thread on GE here: https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/ge.326483/page-3#post-4762497

My buddy at work dearly loves covered calls, and keeps encouraging me to try the strat. I've never done it, and could use some help. As I understand it, a covered call means to go long and sell a call on the same equity, at the same time. 1. how do I make money in this? 2. What's a good...

I'm your expert baby... I've got all the expertise that you'll ever need. ;)

Hmmm.... let's make a deal. I'll sell you a junk bond with a 12% annual coupon for that 10M, with an added clause to pay another 20% when GE goes into bankruptcy. :) Crap. This is b.s.

Howdy. Any retail brokers offer CDS? (NYSE:GE, I'm looking in your direction) I'm with IB, and checked with them, but sadly, the answer is no. I doubt that eTrade, Ameritrade, Scottrade, et alia would offer them, but I'd happily be proven wrong. By the way, what happens to a Put option if a...

Vanzy! Long time no talk!

I think that a taxpayer-funded bailout is in order.

True, on pretty much all points, but you missed one important thing: the fixed income market affects price movements in the retail-accessible markets. An understanding thereof tremendously improves trading ability. Lurking in the back of many price movements are fixed income instruments...

Love that book. It's on my bookshelf.

No, I think that a fixed income forum in ET makes sense. We're talking about US Treasury instruments here: bills, notes, bonds, etc. Notwithstanding S&P's downgrade of the US from AAA to AA+, I still think that they're worth talking about. Then there's the mortgage markets: MBS. Arguably the...