I'm sorry to hear it, but explains why I haven't seen any posts by him recently. When did he pass away and how old was he? By the way, there is some guy going by "highfreq" pretending to be riskarb - no respect for the deceased!
The little smiley face was intended to project my comment was in jest and not to be taken literally. There was some kind of hoopla with riskarb getting banned. There was even a funeral thread on Chit Chat. My comment was in line with that. I believe highfreq, who also got kicked off, was a reincarnation of riskarb. Sorry for the confusion. Perhaps I'm spending too much time here?
I know - my post was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, lol. Still, I'm disappointed not to have riskarb's insightful commentary to look at any more. Cheers ra