Will the disappearance of investment banks affect the trading permanently ?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by joesan, Sep 22, 2008.

  1. START SELLING OPTIONS WHILE THERE ARE STILL BUYERS.
     
    #11     Sep 22, 2008
  2. joesan

    joesan


    Not necessarily. Hedge funds will take over the positions of the big IBs.
     
    #12     Sep 22, 2008
  3. jem

    jem

    whose going to compete to give the crazy leverage to the hedge funds?
     
    #13     Sep 22, 2008
  4. Cutten

    Cutten

    Most hedge funds don't have the inherent edges that investment banks do (e.g. customer orders, seeing 2-way flow in OTC markets etc, having diversified revenue streams, access to massive leverage and financing, ear with the Fed/Treasury, ability to issue stock etc).
     
    #14     Sep 22, 2008
  5. Plenty of other markets to trade. Equities will not be the game.

    Futures, Comds, Euro/Emerging Markets, Currency.....

    A lot of things to trade, just not US public held Companies.
     
    #15     Sep 22, 2008
  6. YAY, finally a fair market! :D
     
    #16     Sep 22, 2008

  7. JP Morgan took over and has Bear Stearns

    Barclay's and others took over Lehman's IB units...

    Goldman and Morgan didn't go anywhere

    Royal Bank of Scotland, Credit Suisse, UBS and most other international IBs are unchanged.

    So what were you reading again?
     
    #17     Sep 22, 2008