I guess they will not be shorting in bear markets. They will be always-on like mutual funds. Shorting always rises political issues, so they...
Some people asks me to manage their accounts -in common brokers like Optionsxpress, Think or Swim, E*Trade-, and share profits. This will be my...
It has underperformed the S&P 500: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?t=2y&s=RYMSX&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=&c=%5EGSPC However if you don't have the time or...
Why go against the trend? The trend is somewhat bullish now, so why not look for stocks that might go up? And leave shorts for the next...
Military spending flashing green. Keynesianism moves the US econmoy. Half a trillion yearly certainly generates instant demand, and jobs....
Reading an article about surviving outdoors, found paralelism to the stock market psychology -when having losses-. One may experience the...
Some people I know asked me if I want to manage their accounts, -common online discount brokers-, and get a % of the profits. Neither me, nor...
By split you mean performance fee?
Hedge funds are very secretive. So its hard to know how they really do it. Usually they just average profits divided deposits, for the time...
To attract customers you have to offer something the big hedge funds, don't. Of course you can expect to charge less, you aren't famous -yet-.
After hours trading is the same as normal hours, except for very low volume. Be sure to use limit orders -too avoid grim surprises- and all or...
It is said that market makers -be them human or computers-, set prices based on orders yet unfilled. If some large group of financial...
Is true that Jim Simons mostly does swing trading? With billions of dollars?
Is it true that most hedge funds that failed made -overleveraged- bets on oil (oil, gas, natural gas), or speculated with bonds? Very few hedge...
Since optionsxpress has too delayed implied volatility charts: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93087 Where can I find...
Be aware that optionsxpress' implied volatility charts are delayed, by several days! Today Apr 26, the last date in the chart is Apr 23, a...
Short term bonds have more demand now, therefore prices rise. All foreign banks are now buying very short term bonds, so they may have cash...
Margin at 9% equals paying 0.025% per day. July 149 SPY Calls Ask: $4.40 have an theta (time decay) of: -0.031 This equals losing 0.70% per...
If you love zero risk, only buy Treasury bonds.
During quarter earnings reports...
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