Octave is good, but i think it's better suited to those already familiar with Matlab or at least with mathematical programming in general because...
those "certain circumstances" are any - yes, any - movement of the underlying. if you truly have a counter example, please post it, as it would...
good point. you can even lease it for a few months at a time for something like $50. imo a fabulous deal.
that matches my experience, matlab is noticeably faster for crunching numbers. post wasn't meant as a "mine is bigger than yours" swipe, both are...
i'm all ears, as it would overturn the fundamental principle underpinning the entire options industry. [/b] [/b]
matlab is a great quantitative platfrom, no question. anybody serious about this might also want to check out Mathematica. yes, it's stoopid...
if the point isn't to make money but to hold the underlying no matter how far it falls - which is a curious strategy, but hey, takes all kinds! -...
maybe i didn't make myself clear: writing covered calls isn't "investment protection", it's the equivalent of naked selling puts. long stock +...
...has the same risk factor as naked shorting puts.
but...isn't buying annuities the outsourcing of risk?
neither do i. pay attention in ESL. and... ...have a nice evening!
i never made the above statement (which is tautalogical to begin with). i'd love to continue this, but sorry, you are way to non sequitured for my...
exactly. very low mobility of human capital relative to other parts of the economic system is precisely the ingredient needed to create serfs....
exactly. and it is why your original bulldozer example is so completely wrong.
based on the continuing rape of social security and private pension plans retirement age is going to push out for an awful lot of boomers.
not only does this not support your argument, it actually runs counter to it. consumer electronics is the prime example of an industry that...
sorry, you have it exactly backwards, outsourcing in a world where capital and goods can move but labor can't is NOT capitalism, it is the...
money is made on volume of people working for you, not on volume of "stuff" an individual worker does for him/herself. the correct answer is...
assuming you're talking net, over the long term, the correct answer is neither.
they lost their global influence, had their country flattened by bombs, and their economy absolutely decimated. so no, their standard of living...
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