Just another update on this thread... 2 years later. The Hussman Fund outperformed the S&P 500 by 34 percentage points since the beginning of...
I'm glad to see that you are conceding the point that the Ultra ETFs contain embedded options. As to the amount of time decay, a one year 50%...
Did I say that?? No I didn't, did I? But, nice try. What they do have is swaps that are somewhat like synthetic shorts, but have asymmetric...
So what do you imagine that ultrashort ETFs are actually composed of? Keeping in mind that the SEC does not permit ETFs to borrow money or shares....
Just noticed Arnie's reply to my post. Sorry about the hang time. Every little bit helps, I agree. I have always supported opening the OCS, ANWR...
Since Obama's tire inflation comment became an object of Republican ridicule, I thought I'd look at some actual data (a step Krauthammer obviously...
Gnome, that is correct. The power supply has a single 12v regulator generating the total capacity of the power supply, but it is split into...
Close, but no cigar. The thinking that got us into this mess was the lenders who forgot that housing prices can go down as well as up, and...
<i> All this rancor for the banks, and not a word about the lowlife trailer trash that won't pay their bills.</i> The "lowlife trailer trash"...
That's not analysis, nor even opinion, that's just blind optimism. FRE needs to raise 5.5 billion in capital just to meet current regulatory...
Interactive Brokers has a page here with a good description and examples....
jeb9999 is correct. Just to elaborate a bit: When you short $10,000 worth of XYZ, your account is <i>credited</i> with $10,000 worth of cash...
Wow, that is retarded. Buffet will pay estate taxes on his estate. He's not dodging taxes. The money he is giving away no longer belongs to him...
The total amount of crude oil "tied up" and "taken off the market" in commodity futures is just a few weeks' supply. Those arguing that futures...
The futures market participants getting blamed for high commodity prices here are commodity index funds. They really are long-only, they never...
I want to trade the far end of the delivery curve, 2012 or later, for a long term position. How can I find liquidity in those contracts? I am...
Are we now bargaining over dead Russian Orthodox? Is that what this thread has come to? Is that really how you want to spend your time? I'll...
Some advice, to avoid offending people: "When capitalized Holocaust refers specifically to the destruction of Jews and other Europeans by the...
So now we are back to your total aversion to evidence. You can claim whatever the hell you want, but until you provide some evidence, it's just...
I'm scared of you, or anyone else, cheapening the word genocide to the point where it has lost its meaning. This is important, because, as we saw...
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