Introvert or Extrovert,...which is more likely to be successful at trading? An extrovert will build a network of successful and similarly focused...
What is your focus in trading? ....and what do you prefer as vehicles? Any interest in trading open-ended (Rydex or Profunds) index funds with a...
Simply, traders will likely move to trading US Govt Bonds, which will be exempt from any proposed FTT.
Agree. As a result of a FTT, the mkt will see a profound change (for the worse). Need to monitor articles and media going forward for next...
Agree zdreg, Wall St is too fat a target for Dems to pass up. A FTT will be key way to fund Medicare for All.
Under every proposed FTT to date, US Govt Bonds would be exempt from the tax. Thereby enabling the Gov't to sell bonds, and creating an incentive...
A FTT will incentivize (essentially force) the short term trader to become an investor...longer term holding periods. Also will likely widen...
A FTT will be widely popular. Even moderate Michael Bloomberg supported a FTT. With increasing focus on inequality, a FTT is an obvious place to...
That is very true, a full 60 votes would not be needed. And both Biden and Harris have strongly advocated for a stiff FTT....
Q. WHEN will a FTT be on WS's radar? Or...when will the mkt start to discount a FTT? HFT stocks such as VIRT and CME do not reflect concern...yet.
Most "edges" that exist, btwn asset classes, indexes, or in sectors, only exist for a short period of time,... rarely for longer than very next...
Thank you tommo. Your reply makes sense, and reflects the time you have spent researching the impact of a FTT. Not sure what the eventual fallout...
An important consideration in this discussion is that HFT accounts for over 80% of volume in US mkts, whereas in Europe (where FTT exists) HFT...
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