I think the forum is fine. However, somethings that may add a lot of value is a)adding a way to thank a poster, which would add to his...
Suppose you believed that a particular state was going through a rough patch, because of which its worth has been grossly undervalued. Or that the...
Hii.. I wonder if there is any known trend in which the different sectors grow in a developing economy. For example China is supposed to grow...
I tend to go through the weekly issues of the IBD one at a time every weekend, without looking at the later issues. This helps me see whether my...
I believe this happens mainly because hedge funds have much more flexibility to use various instruments and strategies. Unlike the mutual funds...
http://www.hedgeindex.com/hedgeindex/en/default.aspx?cy=USD The hedge fund index(sort of an average of all hedge funds) does outperform SPY
I apologize. It was not my intention. I cannot really say against what you said, because I only have intuitive, and now it seems rudimentary...
anyways enough of this discussion.
I guess I am back to the first question. My premise was that the above (directing funds, price discovery) should be the value that is produced by...
The reason I put Bogle's name was because his views fell in line with mine. Not the opposite. I dont agree with everything he says. I am not...
http://ablazeofbrightblue.blogspot.com/2011/11/tax-wall-street-transactions-petition.html
a)trading/investing as a whole industry at present in my opinion doesnt produce any "societal value". Read previous post by "sle". "Oppurtunity to...
Pot/cocaine/drug industry also has a value- provide delusions..But why is that not legal? The term that may be important here is "social"...
You must also remember that "gambling" which is also an opportunity to speculate is highly regulated(illegal in many scenarios) and is not that...
Yes, that is what I was saying. Tabloid press does have a societal value, it provides entertainment to its readers.
Yes, the purpose of any industry is to generate fees for itself. But what value does it give in exchange for the fees it extracts? All industries...
While I am very new to investing/trading, the above statements shows a basic misunderstanding of what Wall Street/trading/investing industry...
I think there is about to be a short market cycle. The put call ratio has been greater than 1 for 3 consecutive days. The short interest ratio...
I agree liquidity is important. But do we really need the amount of liquidity being provided by the HFT and other technical traders? All the HFT...
Well..you cannot prevent people from trading on technicals. What you can do is put guidelines which would encourage trading based more on...
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