Any issues with the JO etf that I should be concerned about? Like daily negative compounding? The obscure part of an index it tracks? The type of...
I am looking for an instrument, besides bond and futures that, unlike say TBT, will not have the decay from daily compounding. It doesn't need to...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/business/15AIG.html?hp
I have some cash in Fidelity Cash Reserves. What kind of risk is there in this? Worse case scenario, AIG under, lots of MM break the buck?...
What is the iPath® Dow Jones-AIG Coffee Total Return Sub-IndexSM ETN actually linked to: What is the index and what does it track, surely not...
At IB, you can, apparently, short Treasuries, actually Treasuries, not futures, with as small a lot size as 1. (And at the opposite end of the...
Let's say, I want to take my SPY loss right now. Book it. I'll take the short term loss. And tomorrow I buy and equal dollar amount of DIA. Any...
If so, can you short Treasuries individually? Smallest lot size? Caveats?
Okay, we all know that shorting a lot of these 2X 3X and even just plain old inverse ETFs, gives you an upper hand because of the negative...
Ok, he's against bailing out home buyers who were dumb, irresponsible, greedy, et cetera. Okay, I get that point of view, philosophy, the Ayn Rand...
ETFs? Anything with a high correlation?
I gave it a glance, and it looked like it was close to an all time high @ 1.27, might hot 1.28 or 1.29. But intermediate to longer term it is sure...
If you were doing a merger arbitrage to lock in a 12% profit how would you hedge? Deep ITM calls and puts on the, respectively long (Wyeth) and...
Long term, is there any reason to hold a 2X or 3X ETF, long or short? Let's say, no. So given that (with a few exceptions) it's not a good idea to...
Generally I don't use these instruments; I know they are useful as a financing tool. But I was wondering if there was any value in also using them...
I have read that some of your traders do merger arbitrage, either part of the time or maybe full time. Do they hedge their trades with options. If...
On IB, can I place an OTO order so that when a short option is assigned it also triggers an at the market sale of the underlying, assuming, of...
What's the best way to use options to protect a spread in a merger arb? Assuming all cash transaction. Two collars? Seems expensive, awkward? How...
Let' say I am doing a dividend capture and using a short deep ITM call, two-to-three months out, to hedge my long stock for 61 days (to get the...
I have to hold for 61 days right? But what if I am hedged on the underlying stock during those 61 days with a short very deep I-T-M option. Does...
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