An mba is still a great degree for finance if you are at the right program. The best programs today allow such specialization in finance that is...
Stimulus is merely targeted inflation. it benefits some at the expense of others. It makes certain targeted classes relatively richer, and many...
managing risk is a balancing act between estimates of expectation and advantage and ones capital position. My thought is that stops as a...
EricP, your sarcasm raises a few good points. However, I am willing do judge peoples ideas on their own merit, at stated here on a relatively...
More examples of why we need a Ron Paul to bring sanity back to our system. If you you think these examples of police/state bullying are bad,...
Hilarious. How much better would the quality of discussion here be if people stopped referring to the ever present, mythical, "trader(s) I...
You have to think about risk/reward. If you are on your own, what will be the amount of capital you are trading? You suffer losses if things go...
i support ib's margin policy. it protects the firm and other customers from undercapitalized yo-yo traders. I would not trade with a firm that...
Tim comes accross quite well here. Not sure what the issue is. Muff? If only.
another point is that they didn't quite start from ground zero in the business and get to where they are in a few years. both principles are...
sounds pretty much like the same stuff the other short term futures managers have been doing: statistical pattern recognition. For market wizard...
"I'll never make $100k in banking" are you serious? I guess banking is a broad field.. what, are you working at the teller window? If you...
one way to put it is that u have bad timing. another option is that your portfolio is not consistent with your risk preferences and appetite. I...
If firmly believe that if one is not motivated to be in college or to take it seriously, one should stop going. But don't consider it a permanent...
It depends upon if the entrepreneurial route or institutional route is favored by the individual. To be a great trader, it helps to have a...
Rather than ask "does ta work" it may be more fruitful to ask a more specific question that can be properly refuted with evidence. Scientific...
depends on what you mean by trading firm. "ivy" league is more a matter of getting into the big prestigious firms, Investment banks, etc, because...
It is useful for many financial positions, particularly analyst or portfolio manager. And certainly, increasing ones knowledge on financial...
those "piss poor' phd types are making a hell of a lot more than most here... and more importantly, their earnings stream is more valuable because...
nothing at all factual is going to come out here, but my thought is yes by a hefty margin if viewed over a career. He has been trading for a long...
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