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    Financial Damage of Colorado Killer

    He probably did what most college students who have tons of guns do...sold drugs.
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    Can't Believe Mean Reversion Backtest Results

    I can't remember where its from but I've heard that 3 or 4 out of the top 4 or 5 hedge funds are strictly algo driven mean reversion strategies.
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    ROE Question

    You start with $100 and you arbitrarily start with 10 shares. Each equal to $10 ($100/10 = $10 per share) you make 50% so $150/10 =$15 per share You take out $30 You redeem 2 shares ($30/$15=2 shares) $120/8 = $15 you make 50% so $180/8 = $22.50 per share You take out...
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    Why would a bank loan for a 30 year mortgage at 3.5-4.22% APR?

    1. This would be a mismatch in terms of matching long term assets with short term liabilities. Companies (not just banks) that do this are setting themselves up for a world of hurt. 2. This is a common misconception among the public. Banks DO NOT borrow at the discount window. The discount...
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    2011: Rebuilding My Battered Account

    This kind of question really doesn't belong here. The only people who believe this or even have this way of thinking are the newest of retail daytraders and people with no idea about the industry at all. They are making most of this money through commissions (spreads) from order flow. People...
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    Black Friday stock sales.

    I wonder what the deals will look like on stocks during "cyber monday"?
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    What percent are full time traders

    work full-time trade on the side
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    MF Global money found in JPmorgan lost and found area

    for their own books!!
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    MF Global money found in JPmorgan lost and found area

    LOL. Another conspiracy theory from zerohedge after their initial articles have been completely blown out of the water Jefferies net exposure to PIIG debt via CDS and unworthy credit counterparties - WRONG MF Global stealing money - WRONG JPM short 100 quadrillion billion ounces of...
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    MF Global Client Theft Estimate Doubled To $1.5 Billion?

    I wouldn't cal it as "THE MSM is pretending nothing happened" the truth is, you can just spit out articles on loose facts and opinions. Real Journalist get burned for this. You need to base an article on full facts. In the blog world.. You can write all the bullcrap you want and if its...
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    MF Global Client Theft Estimate Doubled To $1.5 Billion?

    Please tell me this is sarcasm. I read Zero Hedge and think they do a good job at a lot of things but you have to take them for what they really are, a bias and at times, rumor mongering site. They are so incorrect on so many different posts that it actually baffles my mind. Take this...
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    Any true bond trader here? Or ex-bond trader?

    I'm not in fixed income but know a couple of people that do trade taxable fixed income (corporate bonds) for investment banks. Here are their secrets: They make almost all of their money on the spread. They buy from the client and then sell it pocketing the difference When they do prop...
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    Running Back $100 million NFL Contract - you gotta be kidding me

    LOL. At least people pay for football and they are self sufficient What is f*ed up in this country is Union workers claiming they should make more than $14 an hour on an assembly line putting tires on a truck when they don't even have a high school education. Then everyone has to bail...
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    The easiest trade in the world (that I think is wrong but seems to work anyway)

    Thats the problem with gold companies, You are not buying the goose that lays golden eggs, you are buying (incompetent) managers who are paying people to walk around looking for golden eggs.
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    Ford is going down further to around $13

    hmmm... well thats not good because I'm long F :(
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    My DAYTRADER story

    Thats 'hater' talk. Good luck to you and I'm glad you are happier now
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    My DAYTRADER story

    Sorry to hear you blew up by not paying attention to risk management. I bet you do pay attention now in the construction biz. btw... casinos definitely let you gamble on margin I'm glad you are happier now. good luck
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    I am full in cash now even in 401K

    Are you selling the front month puts? Are you always selling ITM puts? You can sell the July 132 puts for 2.53 right now. give you 1.87% return on your cash (assumed fully secured cash put) and the market would need to go down 4.4% before you lose money (no commissions included).
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