Recent Content by joeski

  1. Where does destroyed wealth go?

    Thanks for the reply, Rick. I have watched that video before, and was glad to watch it again. I'm still a bit confused about how money gets...
    Post by: joeski, Dec 16, 2008 in forum: Economics

  2. Where does destroyed wealth go?

    Sorry to drag this up again, but I still need help understanding this issue. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the thread. I started...
    Post by: joeski, Dec 16, 2008 in forum: Economics

  3. The only thing that will save the US economy is time?

    I could be wrong (I often am), but I think that while debt-to-gdp was in fact higher after WW2, it is emphatically not in the low teens after...
    Post by: joeski, Nov 25, 2008 in forum: Economics

  4. Where does destroyed wealth go?

    Thanks for the answers. Lots to think about.
    Post by: joeski, Nov 14, 2008 in forum: Economics

  5. Where does destroyed wealth go?

    Thanks in large part to the handful of ET posters who are actually knowledgeable and helpful, I think I understand money creation through lending,...
    Thread by: joeski, Nov 13, 2008, 61 replies, in forum: Economics

  6. Buyers Cabal?

    These very long-term charts have been popping up a lot lately, but how can they possibly be valid without adjusting for inflation? Market caps...
    Post by: joeski, Nov 8, 2008 in forum: Trading

  7. SP500 - Futures option prices

    http://bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures.html
    Post by: joeski, Oct 28, 2008 in forum: Trading

  8. How are loans paid back?

    Somebody please correct me where I go astray in my thinking: So this is why it's so urgent to inject capital into the banks: it's not enough to...
    Post by: joeski, Oct 22, 2008 in forum: Economics

  9. Ford Preferred

    Lots of different Ford preferreds at 20% of par, yielding 30-40%. Is the only issue here whether or not Ford goes bk, or am I missing something?...
    Thread by: joeski, Oct 9, 2008, 0 replies, in forum: Stocks

  10. Anybody try to short financials today?

    So does this sudden less frequent success in locating shortable shares of some financial companies mean that we've all been naked shorting from...
    Post by: joeski, Jul 22, 2008 in forum: Trading

  11. Anybody try to short financials today?

    I shorted 1000 WB right before the close. I tried, but did not get any WM.
    Post by: joeski, Jul 22, 2008 in forum: Trading

  12. Time to short Oil

    Is there some reason why USO can't be shorted? I tried to short it at the open and my broker rejected the order because the shares couldn't be...
    Post by: joeski, Jul 16, 2008 in forum: Commodity Futures

  13. SPY call/put spread

    part of the problem is that my software was recalculating time premium using the after-hours quotes. That's why it fluctuated from .7 to .55...
    Post by: joeski, Jun 25, 2008 in forum: Options