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    SAC"s DEMARK finally speaks!

    When did they not "guess right"? Can you please list 5 big trendfollowing CTAs with assets > $1bln that "didn't guess right" in the last 10 years and blew up or went through DDs >50%? Thank you. What you call "guessing" is simply entering a directional trade with a defined stop; trend...
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    Funny ET members can't agree on whether there will be inflation or deflation ...

    Another urban legend. The monetary base was increased during the great depression and there was no inflation to speak of for decades.
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    What software can help find out what happened in the past?

    You're not looking for a software, you're looking for a datafeed. Look for historic US intraday options data. Do your research and post it here.
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    GS broke out

    Short GS + MS. GL all.
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    A look inside Wall St. biggest known prostitution ring

    Charging it all to the companies? That's what I call perks. http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=11903000&ch=4226713&src=news
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    Anybody can explain the huge buy-in of C 3.0 put today?

    What kind of explanation do you think you can get? Somebody bought a ton of 3.0 puts. Maybe somebody is short C and sold puts against his position? Hard to say if this is a directional bet.
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    Inverted head and shoulders on the SPX?

    But it's not all right to post fantasy "trades" and then magically ALWAYS CLAIM YOU CAME OUT WITH A PROFIT even after positions went 50% against you. When asked, you always claim you "exited right before the move down" or "added more at $60, then exited at $61.50 at a tidy profit", even when...
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    Bac

    Wow, this guy must have practicing all night. A lie every other minute.
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    Goldman Sachs: bidu to $145 in 6-month

    I'd love to see an equity curve of that list 2003 - 2009. 1.5x SPX beta all the way up and then all the way down :cool:
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Funny. 2 weeks ago, ECB member Jürgen Stark: ECB's Stark Warns of Aggressive Monetary Policy, Reiterates No EMU Credit Crunch CEP News, Canada - Jan 21, 2009 Stark also reiterated that there is no credit crunch in the euro zone, noting that bank lending levels increased notably over...
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    Japan’s Big-Works Stimulus Is Lesson for U.S. - Results Not So Good

    Daal, good point. I guess we all look at evidence through our own filters and accept what fits with our subjective perception of reality and dismiss what doesn't. Human nature.
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    Short DAX at 7740

    5500 would "just" be a 22% rally from here. VDAX is at ~37. Totally possible.
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    Short DAX at 7740

    :cool:
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    Japan’s Big-Works Stimulus Is Lesson for U.S. - Results Not So Good

    hmm I think we disagree. The Japanese did exactly what you proposed in 1990/1991/1992. Nothing. In fact, they failed to admit until much later that they were in trouble at all. It didn't do them much good. They wanted to just let the "market clean up itself". It didn't. Banks didn't pull...
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    Japan’s Big-Works Stimulus Is Lesson for U.S. - Results Not So Good

    I think you're distorting things a little. It's not like the Japanese are in trouble today because the Government acted "swiftly" and "decisively" right off the bat in 1990 to clean up toxic bank balance sheets and recapitalize the banking system. The Japanese took years until they started to...
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    Madoff client list

    How many of these offshore shell companies are really Americans, investing in a "hedge fund" using a fund/trust registered in the Caribbean. That in itself is not illegal, but how many of those guys openly declared taxes on their "gains"? Where did the money come from in the first place? I am...
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    Why did stocks go up today?

    It's human nature and one of our biggest fallacies to try to connect news and the macroeconomic backdrop with daily stock gyrations.
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    IB's Stubborn Defendants

    What alternative do you have for a better multi-asset multi-currency brokerage, same or better fees and shortable book? Thank you. Case closed.
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    Any way to play the Baltic Dry Index long term?

    Claymore/Delta Global Shipping ETF: Ticker "SEA"
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    FDAX down?

    German EUREX CTO trying to reboot exchange servers :cool: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kBVmfIUR1DA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed...
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