The long bond future is NOT just a derivative of the 30y bond (which, by the way, the current 30y will eventually become the old 30 and another...
This is the point you make that I really have a hard time understanding. First, I disagree that the Fed is doing a 'trade'. The Fed is effecting...
Why is that a curve trade? The Fed (rather - more precisely, the Treasury) has a certain duration target in mind and also issue to ensure certain...
Isn't it more of a problem if the Fed did a trade? The Fed is not suppose to be a hedge fund; Nor is it suppose to make money. It's dual mandate...
Frankly I think you are intelligently arguing a useful point. I wish more ET threads go this way. Why do you think QE2 is creating a leverage...
Okay, but if the point is to great an asset bubble (*), then why does it matter if it's MBS or long bond, or short bonds? In fact, wouldn't...
Not quite correct... a recruiter is more like a real estate broker; He wants to make a deal and get paid. The employer doing is paying doesn't...
What line of business are you in? It's really interesting... it's definately not the norm in finance.
I don't know what kind of a-holes you've been running into but my experiences (and the norm for my industry, which happens to be finance). So...
The chinese currency is pegged to the dollar. I would hardly call that as 'owning' its currency in your sense.
Okay - let's leave a side the scumbag scamers that are in any business; Why would they call your existing boss? What do they have to gain?...
What in the world are you talking about?? He didn't exactly spend his life cracking the lottery; And if you read the article (which i suspect you...
And who would these people be? FNMA 5 2/13/17 is currently trading at 110.8563. But equity is another story...
They addressed your (*) point in the article. And I think it was $600/day, not hour. In any case, your point stands: it was the maximum he could...
Christ... you aren't too bright are you? You seem to miss the part that really makes him smarter than you: after he figured out the pattern, he...
If you initiate both the long position and the short position at the same time and in the same number shares, then your winner's profit will be...
Sorry if I'm being dense - but what's the difference between long and short the stock at the same time, and netting the position?
Well it has significantly less duration than the 10y and 30y, so it would have to be less volatile by definition
It's called doing work. Do you come from a future where the United Federation of Planets has already freed us from resource constraints and we...
Wait wait, it's only voluntary when you don't get paid for it? You are saying that no one can act by their own volition if they get something in...
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