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If they have a charter that is old enough, private banks in the US can print their own money.

Unless they hack your computer or email server they probably can't read your emails or anything like that. What a spammer can do is tell if you read an email that they sent by putting images in their emails. They do this to check whether or not an email address is active. Disable images...

It all sounds like a buying opportunity for those who can afford to take the risk

if the monolines go under, the whole subprime mess will be the least of everyone's problems.

of course not, but it's still an added level of protection for the banks.

You have to remember that subprime is a very small portion of the whole housing market. The real problem would be if the prime borrowers defaulted and landed in bankruptcy. Even if someone defaults on their loan, they're still on the hook until they claim bankruptcy. When there's a...

Precisely.

You need to check your math. Obviously the assets (houses) have some value to them. A more reasonable estimate would be as follows: 1.3 trillion in mortgages If 20% default, that means that 260 billion worth of mortgages are in default, not necessarily a total loss. Lets assume that the...

Lots more shares available to short today

Good news! IB now has OSTK available to short.

Unless you bought at $70 on a share buyback.

A dog with fleas!

another strategy would be to sell calls. might as well capture that premium.

check IB often, as shares seem to pop up every once in a while to short. I saw some there not too long ago. Of course you can always buy puts, but the premium is huge. I'd recommend just doing the straight up short sale.

you have to remember that Treasury is not as impartial as the Fed is.

check out intrade for the most accurate odds

is this truely in the best interest of everyone or a case of the fox guarding the hen house?

i suggest you take this over to investors village, as nobody here really cares about this

here's a good example of what happens when you pay those high dollar brokers: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118436345001166243.html

I'm aware of that. What I'm asking is how does it show up in your account (as I have never traded an efp)?