You make a lot of good points so I will only address a few. > You say its not a challenge, but then... Finding homogenous universes to hedge...
This is what I mean by "issues indigenous to that class of securities". With REITS you have many: Mergers, dividend increases/cuts,...
Life is not easy when you have no class "Mister 666"... But your behavior far exceeds the ET Terms of Service. YOU ARE HURTING ET'S...
Your absolute statements about "traders"... Actually apply more to "porfolio managers" putting on medium term positions. When one is scalping...
I've been using Avast for at least 3 years. This is a commercial grade product on par with the best... based in EU. The virus database is...
I only had to read 2-3 of your truly dopey posts... To officially welcome you to my ignore list.
This first one is not a challenge at all. He's an example (of something I don't have time to trade): There are 60-70 REITS that trade on the...
Why has everyone just accepted these numbers as FACT? They are not believable. It's just not that easy. Even if "20 year old kids" off the...
Most of the misunderstanding... Stems from the rampant abuse of the term "hedged". Today... Any ** unregulated entity **... and 100% of...
I would consider showing up. Did the May event happen? Has this ever actually happened?
IMO, this paper appears to be deeply flawed: (1) They used "economics students" as a proxy for "professional traders". It's hard to imagine...
This is the only "serious" forum I have ever seen... Where totally clueless "paper traders" are posing as "experts"... And giving advice to even...
His real question: When will free money be available to everyone... even lazy dopes like me?
Used to 10 years ago... But now only at 8:30 to hear Rick Santelli in the Chicago bond pit... Or if ** MAJOR ** story day. 98% of CNBC...
I agree with Maverick. Pairs/basket trading is all about exploiting short-term market inefficiencies. Headline fundamental ratios you can get...
Dustin has it about right... about 2.0 cents/share is the ceiling today. Sorry... but it's not 1995 anymore. Simple analysis. IB...
jwecme has just taken a BIG STEP towards becoming a successful trader... A step many never make... and just spiral down the toilet. ** At best...
IB is the 16th largest securities firm in America... And according to their latest posted financial statement... One can do some very...
Agree. Most profitable strategies are: (1) Only moderately complex. (2) Exploit a market inefficiency. (3) The market inefficiency can...
Totally agree. Music genius is always in full bloom by late teens... Athletic genius as well... And math genius is not any different. And...
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