that's correct. there was a good article in september issue of "Foreign Affairs" with all the problems and advantages connected. e.g.: * local...
exactly - a delta trade. another possible course of action is to follow pension_admin advice.
but you CAN'T unwind this trade AH! on the rest; are you sane? what is complicated on trading the underlying when you trade options? do you...
hedge something right now by shorting the stock! no brainer.
so much for the 1.46 puts over christmas...:D :cool:
i am interested in the article - if you can send it to me that would be great. LEH reason is interesting but somehow i am hard to press to...
the above does not explain why 30y is a big negative while 10y is positive... imo PRDC rehedging is tiny to explain the big negative spread....
i put C. more or less for fun. but both A. and B. were meant seriously. i also expected that somebody would add D., E. etc... I was thinking...
i am puzzled by one thing. maybe some guys here can help me out. swap spreads on 30 years are negative - what does it mean? A. too much cash...
do you speak english?
the year end is here. today was the first day with crazy action especially in some lower cap stocks. use it to your advantage...
just imagine that greece goes BK over the weekend, germany says they do not help them and EUR collapses to parity in a single day...i.e. another...
well i do not think that's the way it is supposed to work but it does not matter - the point is there. even marx was extreme right compare to this...
absolutely amazing - marx has not dreamt about things like that even in his wildest dreams.
def is right that on US stocks/futures IB is hardly beatable. but there are many other areas where it pays off to have a different broker. for...
with ben behind the wheel? i consider this improbable. more likely gold at 2000 and long rates much higher. ben is completely incompetent when...
well it is more hawkish than usual. anybody saying that this is a normal speech from fed had their heads in the sand for the past 2 years....
wow from me. amazing that the market does not care and the tsy curve actually steepens!!! as really the opposite should happen. this tell...
amen. that said, it is getting a touch better recently :cool:
i am sure of one thing - at the moment anybody having 1USD in T-bills is an idiot.
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