What went wrong? In 1999 the relatively poor and 'emerging' economies of Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Greece abandoned control over their own...
Already done. http://www.ockhamresearch.com/know-your-stocks/crowd-sentiment/
Good news for the UK economy. Nothing stimulates the economy quite like a Royal wedding.
This is what the Brits and Japanese used to say to justify their property bubbles - before they popped. If supply shortages was the issue, then...
This is all very convincing, but I do have one question. If retail investors can't 'play' at the sub penny level, then who's taking the other...
Again, simply not true. I'd suggest you get yourself a little more knowledge and a little less opinion. There was broad international and...
This is a complete BS rewrite of actual history. If Bush Snr. had finished the job in the first Gulf War and taken out Saddam back in 1991, the...
Remember Donald Rumsfeld's "Unknown unknowns" quote? "There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns;...
But there's no obligation if the attached revenue stream dries up. ie the issuer doesn't necessarily go into default for missing a payment. I...
Under that definition, "Revenue Bonds" would be equity?!?! What I'm trying to point out, is that the distinction between debt and equity isn't...
This is totally irrelevant to the OP, but out of interest, how do you define "Preferred stock"? Debt or equity, or both, or does it matter?...
That's Taleb's whole point, mortgage securitization is the brainchild of portfolio theory. We all know that lending some random douchebag you...
Simply calculate your stats on the % PnL rather than the $ PnL
I've looked at the Australian, UK and HK markets. My conclusion was that is was just too expensive. 1. Brokerage/exchange fees/taxes are too...
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From the UK's Daily Mail: Tumbling-tower-China-Amazing-pictures-13-storey-block-flats-toppled-over...
You made 7.9% on the long side and 3% on the short side. Congratulations on that, but surely your return on capital invested is only 5.4% (average...
You suggesting that it was Lescor's chubby fingers getting stuck on the P and G keys?
So you're effectively chasing black swans. Inspired by the Michael Berry story in Vanity Fair, I actually looked into testing something very...
I would agree with a lot of what you say here. Pair trading can feel a bit like writing OTM options, a fixed and pre-known upside and an open...
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