C crgarcia Sep 18, 2008 #31 Quote from gnome: Our markets are down about 25% over the last year. Back in the 60's and 70's, 20% was a common "noise" swing. But back then everybody wasn't foolishly leveraged up the ass... More... Back those days, opening a futures account was a lengthy, demanding process; many potential clients were sent to the equities divisions instead. Now it's easier to get a futures account than a cell-phone (with credit of course).
Quote from gnome: Our markets are down about 25% over the last year. Back in the 60's and 70's, 20% was a common "noise" swing. But back then everybody wasn't foolishly leveraged up the ass... More... Back those days, opening a futures account was a lengthy, demanding process; many potential clients were sent to the equities divisions instead. Now it's easier to get a futures account than a cell-phone (with credit of course).
