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As it happens, English IS my second language. I am unclear what it has to do with the discussion. You're confounding so many different concepts that it's sorta difficult for me to extract a coherent argument out of your drivel. However, I'll try to explain one last time and then I'll stop...

I don't know, dude... I am very confused now, torn in all sorts of directions. FWIW, I'd still be long spooz here. I don't think the inventory rebuild story has yet run its course completely, so I think we'll be hearing more bullish stories yet. The only way I can explain the bid for...

Huh? This is a release by the Treasury stating that they have made a decision to allocate some TARP funds to TALF, which is a program administered by the Fed. Quite apart from the fact that it answers the very silly (maybe rhetorical?) question you're asking in the first place, doesn't it...

What exactly do the TARP funds and their disbursement have to do with the Fed?

Yep... As I understand it, SABR does get used occasionally in the equity world, but has its own unique set of issues there.

I don't know, dude... I only speak based on my own, personal, first-hand experience. In the world of rates, I have never seen anyone look at their pnl in %ages (maybe real money people do). Yes, indeed, you can always work around the normal/lognormal issues in a reasonably simple manner (it...

Yes, but wasn't it also the case that this executive order (6102, I think) was quickly dismissed and forgotten, due to being virtually unenforceable? Moreover, no actual arrests and/or confiscations ever took place.

Well, to be honest, I have never seen anyone in the rates world calculating PNL in %age terms (but then again, I have never traded yen; still, I believe that even in yen, it's all about the basis points). As a result, I have never seen anyone look at lognormal vol charts. However, given the...

The BoE minutes... No mention of dropping depo rates.

+1 You need to do a bit of soul-searching and be honest with yourself. Can you actually make money or are you punting randomly?

Hmmmm, that actually sounds like a great position :)

I am thinking of doing the opposite, i.e. selling the farm and mortgaging the wife.

Whatever, man... I think I might agree with you there. Looks that way, for the moment, anyways.

I absolutely love these quality trade ideas... Sell outstrikes till you can't see straight, 'cause it'll never get there. What can possibly be safer?

Haha, if only things were that simple...

Why can't it continue tracking the Dow during Asian hours?

I remember Bloom saying the exact same thing in January 2009 in a meeting... I don't disagree with him, but it's all a bit one-sided, if you ask me.

I never expressed an opinion on whether these buggers are worthy. I simply pointed the OP to a resource and an example. Personally wouldn't touch an ETF with a 10ft pole...

It's a very complicated dynamic. There's lots of views and no consensus. One of the interesting things I used to do is look at the 2s5s10s fly vs economic indicators, such as IFO/ZEW. More specifically, you can try regressing 2s5s10s on the slope of IFO (Expectations Index - Headline)...

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