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[mickson]

Quote from Peternam:

Still going strong ?

Yes why do you ask.

 

[mickson]

Hi All,

You may find this interview with Kevin Saunders interesting, it marks RAPA's 1st capital allocation.

Interview with Kevin Saunders

Mike

 

[Peternam]

Quote from mickson:

Yes why do you ask.

Because , I CARE ....:eek:

 

[marketsurfer]

<b>Tell us about your office setup, where do you live (City is good enough), what kind of hardware do you use, what kind of software do you use?

I have an office in the Melbourne CBD. I use several laptop computers, predominately, an Samsung laptop (8Gb Ram, SSD, Win7 x64). I like laptops ahead of desktops because the battery backup provides a redundancy against power failures.
I use OptionVue options analysis software, a custom Excel Spreadsheet and a custom Java application. The Excel Spreadsheet and the Java application interface with the API that comes with Interactive Brokers' Trader Workstation. I execute through TWS </b>

They don't have back up power in the office so hedge fund managers need to use laptops for redundancy? I worry for the investors/

surf

 

[mickson]

Quote from marketsurfer:

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They don't have back up power in the office so hedge fund managers need to use laptops for redundancy? I worry for the investors/

surf

You should rather worry about the returns. People like you seem more interested in how fancy the office is and how many disaster backup centres they have. Return of course always secondary.

 

[Petro]

Quote from marketsurfer:

They don't have back up power in the office so hedge fund managers need to use laptops for redundancy? I worry for the investors/

surf [/B]

Problem is, did he remember to put a battery backup on his router? Having power to your laptop doesn't do a lot of good if there's no internet to execute trades over.

 

[marketsurfer]

Quote from mickson:

You should rather worry about the returns. People like you seem more interested in how fancy the office is and how many disaster backup centres they have. Return of course always secondary.

Yes, I believe most investors today think this way. fancy doesn't matter but safety of capital always trumps returns. surf

 

[propseeker]

Quote from mickson:

Hi All,

You may find this interview with Kevin Saunders interesting, it marks RAPA's 1st capital allocation.

Interview with Kevin Saunders

Mike

ha, an options' seller, with 1 year's results.

nice scam.

 

[mickson]

Quote from propseeker:

ha, an options' seller, with 1 year's results.

nice scam.

If you look deeper in the thread, Kevin has an audited track record of many years doing this without a losing year. Yes this strategy managed poorly can look like the so called "fiscal cliff"

 

[mickson]

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