Recent Content by taleb31

  1. Exactly how big is Madoff securities?

    Printed very steady returns in every kind of environment, with a huge asset base. A few people I know have viewed it as a ponzi scheme for a long,...
    Post by: taleb31, Dec 11, 2008 in forum: Wall St. News

  2. Exactly how big is Madoff securities?

    I have heard roughly $20B in investor assets
    Post by: taleb31, Dec 11, 2008 in forum: Wall St. News

  3. You can't generate positive alpha without a PhD.

    Dan, do you think your professors would like to know about the language you are using here, as well as your slur on gay people? I'm going to...
    Post by: taleb31, Feb 16, 2007 in forum: Trading

  4. You can't generate positive alpha without a PhD.

    Remember, we have a lot to learn from this wise one! ;)
    Post by: taleb31, Feb 15, 2007 in forum: Trading

  5. You can't generate positive alpha without a PhD.

    Dan, have you ever SEEN Wall Street? Many of the quants I know eschew the idea of Wall Street - I find it funny that it's in your handle.
    Post by: taleb31, Feb 15, 2007 in forum: Trading

  6. You can't generate positive alpha without a PhD.

    So what is your point?
    Post by: taleb31, Feb 15, 2007 in forum: Trading

  7. You can't generate positive alpha without a PhD.

    I think this guy got "lucky" to have a mommy and daddy to pay for his school and bronze his little poopies when he was a baby. Now it's time for...
    Post by: taleb31, Feb 15, 2007 in forum: Trading

  8. You can't generate positive alpha without a PhD.

    Wow, I could have never guessed that you have had people pay for you throughout your entire life. Really brings that sense of entitlement home....
    Post by: taleb31, Feb 15, 2007 in forum: Trading

  9. You can't generate positive alpha without a PhD.

    Exactly. Out to prove he is SO SMART by writing articles. I know your kind real well - an expert at something they have never practiced before....
    Post by: taleb31, Feb 15, 2007 in forum: Trading

  10. You can't generate positive alpha without a PhD.

    Are you one of them? If so, sorry - perhaps it's your attitude and demeanor that doomed you before you even started.
    Post by: taleb31, Feb 15, 2007 in forum: Trading

  11. You can't generate positive alpha without a PhD.

    Exactly. This idiot is probably another one of the OP's aliases. Can't even get the math right. The success rate is based on a single trade, a...
    Post by: taleb31, Feb 15, 2007 in forum: Trading

  12. You can't generate positive alpha without a PhD.

    Wow, I didn't know PhD's candidates could use bad words! This is either material for a social psychology paper or you are just an idiot...
    Post by: taleb31, Feb 15, 2007 in forum: Trading

  13. You can't generate positive alpha without a PhD.

    Wow, you really ARE an idiot. Please leave this board. There is nothing worse than a know-it-all trying to convince himself that he is smarter...
    Post by: taleb31, Feb 15, 2007 in forum: Trading

  14. Poll: What's your 2007 YTD return so far?

    9%
    Post by: taleb31, Jan 4, 2007 in forum: Trading

  15. 7 Days In November

    Uhhhh, that looks to me like 5 days up in a row, then a down day, then an up day.
    Post by: taleb31, Nov 21, 2006 in forum: Trading