10 year Treasuries are a lot more volatile than 30 year mortgages. Take a look at this data: http://www.freddiemac.com/pmms/pmms30.htm Your...
Actually, it's not important. It's a completely useless and deceptive statistic for an individual investor unless they are fortunate enough to own...
Yeah... it's called a laptop. Stephen's right. A true wireless LCD is simply not possible with current technology. The Viewsonic product is a...
If housing prices decline by only 10% while mortgage rates rise 250bp, that's not a bubble bursting. That's a rational market. A correction of...
Serge, do you believe you have better short availability than Interactive Brokers? They publish their list daily so it shouldn't be hard for you...
Zeb, that's Interactive Brokers' list, not E*Trade's. However I'd be very suprised if you could short something at IB but couldn't short it at...
Is there a public source for this data? I'm curious about this statistic. Martin
Genesis is self clearing and I'm very skeptical that they have a good short list. You're probably just shorting easy to borrow stuff. For...
There's already a thread on this topic over in the retail brokers forum. You've already got the bet short list you're going to find. I've tried...
That's exactly why the VIX futures don't track the VIX. Mean reversion of volatility is strong and the contract is hard to replicate so nobody's...
E*Trade. Seriously. Martin
From the Motley Fool thread: http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=22442380 Martin
BrownCo lied. They originally claimed that their change in policy was forced by a recent change in SEC interpretation of Reg T. There was no such...
The actual Reg T rules for cash accounts are relatively subtle. They prohibit buying, selling, and then buying again using the same funds before...
Hey Guys... calm down. This is just a new BrownCo regulation on cash accounts. It does not apply to margin accounts. It has nothing to do with...
So you do agree that there is a bubble, but you think it still has room to run? An entire market went up 41% in one year? And this is a sign...
Then you weren't paying very much attention. In 1973 Burt Malkiel wrote the following in A Random Walk Down Wall Street: There's nothing new...
You know what SteveD ... you're right. I was acting as if investors and single family homeowners participate in the same real estate market. But...
In the short term, I don't agree with the assumption either. This is a financial model, not a crystal ball. It's an assumption, not a prediction....
OldTrader, Thanks for the comments. I don't really find much in your comments that I disagree with, but that's fine. We don't always have to...
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