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Is it your premise that if the Democratic Party held it's majority, that there would not have been a downgrade from S&P ? Is it your premise that President Obama's budget, if passed intact, would have prevented a downgrade from S&P ? Simple questions, yes or no please.

No fuss at all - I rather admire our spirited conversations !

I mean, from semantics standpoint the Bund vs. the Ten Year Note is a spread trade. Except that upon closer inspection, the two year correlation is about 65% - and the cointegration characteristics and divergence traits suck bigtime.

You are essentially just reinforcing my point I believe - no arguement intended really.

Honestly, I don't consider them 'spreads' - from a risk standpoint, you are better off just trading the outright IMO. They are just pure divergence plays. For example, the calendar spreads have been so good with the grains that honestly I have seen no reason to get involved in that nonsense of...

This is what happens when your party has complete control of the legislation and the budget process for 150 years: From NBC Chicago: Why Illinois Can't Afford its Poor Dead The State of Illinois has reached a new level of broke. Come Monday, it won't have enough cash to bury its...

Better cointegration characteristics and something more reliable than a pure divergence play.

Keep telling yourself that - with a 40 % Gallup approval rating, an economy in the toilet, and your coveted European socialist utopia imploding - no chance. He is Jimmy Carter Part Deaux.

Gallup has him at 40 % - a record low.

They should definitely be checking SSN's. Everything else I do with the US Government requires a SSN; no difference. None.

Not nearly so much any more. There is a threshold where AGI disallows deductions and kicks in the AMT. Depreciation tables have changed drastically as well. And another thing, joint incomes up to $50K pay no federal income tax FYI. In fact, they get EIC tax credits - they get a check...

Obama’s Economists: ‘Stimulus’ Has Cost $278,000 per Job The stimulus is now causing the economy to shed jobs. http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-s-economists-stimulus-has-cost-278000-job_576014.html White House: Nuh-Uh! Stimulus Jobs Only Cost $185K Each...

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/10/carney_unemployment_benefits_could_create_up_to_1_million_jobs.html Carney: Unemployment Benefits Could Create Up To 1 Million Jobs

From the UK's Treasury: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/statement_chx_110811.htm "Those who spent the last year telling us to follow the American example with yet more fiscal stimulus need to answer this simple question: why has the US economy grown more slowly than the UK’s so far this...

"Texas Governor Rick Perry on Wednesday gave the conference realignment stew another stir when he told reporters "conversations have been had" regarding a possible move by Texas A&M from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference." Clearly, Rick Perry is NOT interested in becoming POTUS. He...

Your boy tripled our expenditures in Afghanistan. Started Libya. And increased our footprint in the Horn of Africa. Obama has been quite the warlord.

Ric, if Obama had taken Boehner's original offer, which included 'revenue enhancement', it would have been the biggest achievement in his Presidency to date. All of the pressure would have been placed on Boehner. The bill would have passed without Tea Party support but with Dem support. The...

I personally do not care for beans vs. corn. Ditto for bunds vs. tens, wti vs. brent. They have what I personally consider to be less than desireable characteristics for spread trades.

I am trying to get my scalpers to be very selective when they are swing trading futures spreads - it can actually be quite a struggle. Overtrading is not necessarily a good thing, so I have this particular ES scalper using the TT Sim and keeping focused on managing the position. I have to...

Ummm, that is a quote from a British paper. In terms of your stupid and ill-informed judgement, please be advised that I have three college degrees, including a Masters from the University of Chicago. I hold eight international patents.