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seriously though, If you watch ray dalio's interview on cnbc he states "well I know who's buying but i dont want to give away a trade secret here". he's also like "we spend hundreds of millions of research" so how much does it cost to find out what the big buyers are doing?

I always hear big financial guys (RAY DALIO) say "we know who is buying and who is selling". Where do they get that info? He also said he pay 100's of millions for research, is that where the money is going? paying some company to find out who the buyers are? are the brokers giving clues? I've...

Understood but how do you include the leverage into the standard deviation to give the increased risk calculation.

with a risk model based on standard deviation how can you account mathematically for the added risk of buying with margin. I can't for the life of me figure out how to include margin in my calculation of risk. I know its important but I just can't find formula or any info on how this works.

having trouble finding a good software solution to build my portfolio with. I'm looking for risk analysis, return backtesting, and asset allocation. most of the programs i find seem too "amateurish" like more geared toward the retirement investor while im looking for a little more deeper...

When you borrow money there is a cost included..

Nah, thats not really what im looking for because it doesn't include the cost of leverage and buying power leverage gives you.

How do you account for leverage when you calculate the risk exposure of a stock (or bond)?

ok I see what you mean. I guess I just need to learn the excel syntax because I have no idea how to tell it to check dates or days of the week. Imma have to look into it a lot more.

What I'm kind of asking is how the process works or how its setup. I know it must be more difficult a process than can posted in a single post but an general overview would be appreciated.

I've never backtested before. I've analyzed data (things like correlations, ratios, etc) but never backtested. Is there anything like an tutorial or a book that gives some examples of backtesting strategies. I want to learn to backtest using excel. any help would be appreciated...

so what does this say about my question?

Does interactive brokers provide the most instruments for a direct access broker? I dont recall seeing cds on there list of instruments. At some point would you just go with a prime broker or are the online direct access brokers good enough to trade more complex instruments? im a macro guy...

your absolutely correct. I still would love to have a bloomberg terminal dispite the availability of the info in other places. right now Im starting a new venture and dont wanna run up expenses with a bloomberg.

Thanks that was along the lines of what I was looking for...

appearently you believe im looking for strategy while im actually looking for data. im not a trader, im a fundamental macro investor.

This is really what im looking for. Im not a scalper or day trader so I dont need access to deep stoick data or fast quotes. Ive lve already had iqfeed and such. Im into macro ideas. I need things like european bond rates and gdp. gdp deflator ,savings rate, money supply, etc. is bloomberg...

I know a bloomberg terminal is most likely the best data source but Im not prepared to spend 2gs a month for one. What is the second best way to get data. Im a macro guy so a macro oriented data source would be preferred but the bottom line is detail. is anything comparable to the bloomberg...

This is what I always understood..

I dont understand? Are you saying investors dont care about your educational background when choosing a manager?