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    What's dirt cheap right now?

    What about Japanese REITs?
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    What Bernanke Didn't Say

    http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2010/01/what-bernanke-didnt-say.html But it seems Bernanke left out a couple key points. # Bernanke used data from other countries to suggest monetary policy was not a huge contributor to the bubble ... however, Bernanke didn't discuss if non-traditional...
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    Interactive Brokers server issue???

    WG, would you care to say a few words about your experience with Hughesnet for trading? For example, have you ever had TWS execution lag problems with the relatively high latency for a satellite internet connection? Thx.
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    Short DAX at 7740

    :)
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    Goldman's crimes

    Will they ever be prosecuted? http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/12/body-count-from-goldman-actions-crosses-into-criminal-territory.html Readers may have noticed Janet Tavakoli’s recent article at Huffington Post on Goldman Sachs and AIG. While much of it covers territory that Yves and...
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    Latency: 3G/3.5G

    Hi I wonder if any member here uses 3G or HSDPA (3.5G) as his/her principal internet connection for non-scalping trading (eg, with IB's iTWS)? If so, can he/she share his/her experience regarding the negative impact (if any) of the high latency of such wireless connections which seems to...
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    Bernanke rescuing the world

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    Goldman Fueled AIG Gambles

    Who ran Goldman at the relevant times, and how did he use such AIG-related insight to "serve the American people"? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704201404574590453176996032.html The trades yielded Goldman less than $50 million in profits, which were mostly booked from 2004...
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    Volcker: Little Evidence Financial Innovation Has Helped Economy

    If only Volcker had the ears of President Obama... http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/12/volcker-little-evidence-financial-innovation-has-helped-economy.html The former US Federal Reserve chairman told an audience that included some of the world’s most senior financiers that their...
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    Abu Dhabi's Citigroup Investment Turns Costly

    "sophisticated"?
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    Wall Street Faces ‘Live Ammo’ as Congress Aims to Unravel Banks

    Related poll. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=182398
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    Phil Gramm: The architect behind Gramm-Leach-Bliley

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=az7AcisnxsCA&pos=1 Phil Gramm, the former Republican Senator from Texas who co-wrote the act that undid Glass-Steagall, said, “I’ve never seen any evidence to substantiate any claim that this current financial crisis had anything to do...
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    Wall Street Faces ‘Live Ammo’ as Congress Aims to Unravel Banks

    Please support Paul Kanjorski! http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=az7AcisnxsCA&pos=1 Seven Wall Street lobbyists trooped to Capitol Hill on Nov. 9, hoping to convince Representative Paul Kanjorski’s staff that his plan to dismantle large financial firms was a bad idea...
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    Short Memories at Goldman

    YARET? (Yet another raucous ET thread) Just a point of view. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6e2dfb82-c018-11de-aed2-00144feab49a.html Excerpt: And I think that right now, banks are actually getting hidden subsidies of very enormous amount because of their ability to borrow at effectively zero...
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    "Change"

    http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/10/to-catch-a-banker/
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    Thanks for the clarification, wave. Interesting analysis and planning. As the "script" unfolds, I, along with many ETers, would welcome your further thoughts.
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    Do you mean 880 is your downside target, wave?
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    64-bit OS and trading software support

    Hi With Windows 7's imminent launch, now seems an appropriate time to switching to a 64-bit operating system to overcome the 32-bit OS 4GB RAM limitation. Could fellow ET members with first-experience using X Trader, CQG, TWS, NinjaTrader, etc on 64-bit Windows (XP or Vista) or a Linux...
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    The most distant black hole in space to be named AIGBACC

    :) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=aSqO.Tn0xaCY
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    What is the Fed up to?

    http://www.zerohedge.com/article/open-market-operations-and-statistics Three comments from readers: What part of the market isn't being propped up by the fed/and or treasury? The end of QE should be interesting. I would love to see what the Agency and MBS numbers look like. I...
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