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74 with a clean bill of health.

I would not bet on that. The idea of robbing the haves and pocketing easy money corrupts people.

I disagree, everything is working just fine. We have plenty of agrarian and industrial products to buy in stores. Does he want to turn the clock back?

Who cares about day traders? They mean no harm to the markets. They are hard working ants who provide liquidity to the markets and taxable income to the brokers. It's not up to Sanders to say who is a true investor and who is not based on their positions holding time. Day traders should be left...

Isn't bid/ask spread too wide to day trade broad based index options?

Do you have other months to watch?

You can't curve-fit data for every single starting time point.

How is it different from backtesting that starts from arbitrary time?

Forward testing? How does it work? You get from them future prices? That would be every trader's dream ;-)

I think they are just looking for a scapegoat to blame for economic uncertainties. That can lead them to all kinds of irrational decisions.

I'll take the other side of the bet.

The rating agencies are there for some time already. This is not a new idea. He could have created a non-profit rating agency himself. But he is making it a political issue, and that's something else.

So why hadn't the gov created such an agency so far? There is no special legislation needed for doing that.

It's physically impossible for interest rates to tick higher if economy drops. :)

Oil price is nearing the bottom.

With this type of market these type of returns won't last forever. Economy makes the markets interdependent.

Do you hear yourself? Gates Foundation is build a-priory around a huge chunk of capital. So who will be the provider of capital to the rating agencies? Bernie Sanders or Bill Gates? Can you name at least one rating agency in existence that's based on altruism?

Your wishful thinking. Would you do financial analyses for a hobby? All that after you paid for college degree?

That means there will be no volunteers to do free analysis.

Non-profit rating agencies are as good as non-existent.