Correction, I am agreeing with you but for an entirely different reason. I disagree with your reasoning about the Sharpe Ratio's ineffectiveness...
I disagree, although I don't believe in the "Sharpe Ratio" per se (or Sortini ratio, etc). What Sharpe measures is the deviations of your returns...
If this is the case I'm really disappointed. What happened to "change"? This bodes poorly for replacing Ben Bernanke or putting someone like...
I disagree: a) credit is being destroyed faster than created b) you can't force banks to lend or people to borrow. You went from a time when...
well since ge poses systemic risk, and government money is cheaper than any other money (if you can get it) why aren't they in line on the TARP...
Lol, RIP America before he's even in office after what Bush has done? Oh yeah, I forgot its all Clintons fault right
Worry about your fund Ken and not what anonymous people on a message board say :p
and lowered guidance and eps going forward
whats funny is seeing the ES down 41 pts and thinking whats the big deal! :D
is this flytiger's new alias?
i thought it was his personal account and not BRK, i think his personal account is only 1% of his wealth.
hmm, but what if 1 swan represented the world markets.. I wonder what the other two represent, revolution in US? other country? WW III?
So i was jogging, thinking about how incompetent our leadership is, if I should fade this move and then I saw a sign from the trading gods! OMG...
i dont see any problem with people doing whats in their own best interest. If walking away make sense, why not? Its not like everyone else isn't...
i dont get it. So lets say: 80% or 4 out of 5 times you make $1 = $4 20% or 1 out of 5 times you lose = $4 this doesn't have positive...
i agree; the cheap money definately found its way into stocks, goog is going to lose its grow premium multiplier, and now you have so many longs...
Hi, This thread is for people to post stories or evidence of what its like on Wall Street and in NYC right now. I'm not there but curious as to...
i agree, but put it in context, 5000 points off of 14200 in % terms I think its off like 30-33% which is a lot in a year.
question for stock trader: did you really take this kind of loss, how much did you lose in reality. I know you didn't believe in stop-losses and...
I think over the next several months/years (macro view) we are going to see the biggest rally in USD we have ever seen! Why? With credit...
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