craigatelite, Thanks for a very clear answer and for the zionsbank link. I tend to buy bonds with short term maturities because interest...
I am looking at some Federal Farm Credit Bank notes which pay about 4.7% for a 1 year maturity. I think that these are agency notes and I am...
Good info, although actually I Bonds have a 60k limit per individual. That is, you can buy 30k paper and another 30k online. I don't think...
"If you definitely want TIPS, the easiest and most diversified way to go is simply purchasing i-shares TIPS ETF." I view these I shares the...
Yes, that might be good advice, but if you buy short term bonds and hold them to maturity you cannot lose money. Longer term bonds don't have much...
I Bonds are a great investment, but I think that TIPS are better yet. TIPS and I bonds have very similar interest paying mechanisms. That is,...
Thanks, fader and craigatelite, your explanations Make sense. On a related issue, does anyone have experience trading TIPS in the secondary...
You might be right about it not being likely to outperform bond funds. I was just trying to give you some feedback on your post. Let me know if...
At a glance I don't see any particular advantage to selling calls on TLT. Basically, the 5% dividend will cheapen the calls so the net benefit...
Closed-end bond funds have their own risks and I am not comfortable of my associated knowledge although I suspect your are correct saying they can...
I am an active options trader that likes to invest a portion of my portfolio in safe marginable investments. Recently I have been dabbling in...
Of course it is "our job" to protect our money. and to be aware that busting is a risk. But it's also part of our job to minimize these risks and...
I don't see anything wrong or illegal about your idea, but there are obviously some practical drawbacks that you mentioned. Another approach...
How come you don't have the same attitude toward the broker side? You seem to say that they should be able to avoid the risks, but the retail...
If the busted trade was re-filled at the original fair price plus a small penalty to the busting party, I would agree with you. I have had a...
I don't think you would be thanking IB if the trade executed at a favorable price. Furthermore, if you had a corresponding hedging transaction...
Nobody replied so for what it's worth I'll give you an off the top guess: Most of the Greeks are defined "for small changes in the...
I am not sure about the other IB greeks, but the IV calculation always looked wacky to me. For example, the QQQQ Nov $40 Call today shows about...
Excellent way to prove the dividend effect on Call prices. To make it clearer I have re-arranged your equation to reflect Call options (the...
I don't think that is true. Dividends always make a call cheaper even when the call is in the money. Of course, American style calls will not get...
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