no lose stock trading--- here is the real holy grail.

The only way there is ever a "Guaranteed" return in any bond, note, etc is to hold until maturity. Then if the company, gov etc goes bankrupt, all bets are off.....:D

Index linked thingaminjiggies are basically just corp bonds.

but to answer your question, the answer is no...i have not traded those. Happy Holidays
 
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does anyone here have experience trading "index linked notes" with a guaranteed value?

if so, kindly touch on the basics.


thanks!

surfer
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i have used them in the past when they go under the 10 strike. the most common ones are called mitts. they are a merrill lynch product. they dont move much and do not move 1 to 1 with the market.
they buy a long bond and marry it with an index option.

here is one.
http://www.amex.com/?href=/strProd/prodInf/SpPiProdDesc.jsp?Product_Symbol=RRM
 
Sight for sore eyes , I was serching for you on the net last night ,just to see what you were up to.
I found you at Trading Markets , read your stuff.
Hope this finds you well , would love to touch base and just say hello.
Woodfish
 
Hah... I have personally designed / engineered guaranteed equity index linked notes, in my quant days. :) At the time (late 1990s -- early 2000s), similar products were getting increasingly popular in Europe and Japan, but not in the US. Don't know about now.

The Handbook of Equity Derivatives has a good treatment.
 
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