Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,614
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-27-2007, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 313
Re: Limit Order question
if you send a limit order at that price, it will just be filled. you are trying to use a stop-limit order. google "stop order" or something like that to get familiar with the differences.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-27-2007, 08:58 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,614
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-27-2007, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 486
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-27-2007, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 486
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-27-2007, 12:23 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 2,266
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-25-2007, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 562
Re: Quant Funds and the August Meltdown
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I guess I wasn't being clear. The thinly veiled fund does sound like GSAM, but it is attributing actions to them that they didn't do. That is, the guys who wrote the story...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-25-2007, 09:06 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,061
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-22-2007, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 831
Re: choosing an investment management firm
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To clarify for the OP: Vanguard is not an investment management firm, it's a mutual fund company. Some people here are advocating that you forget your idea of putting money with an...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-22-2007, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 562
Re: Quant Funds and the August Meltdown
I guess I wasn't being clear. The thinly veiled fund does sound like GSAM, but it is attributing actions to them that they didn't do. That is, the guys who wrote the story aren't that familiar with...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-22-2007, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 562
Re: Quant Funds and the August Meltdown
[/ QUOTE ]that has gotta be GSAM. i'm fairly certain of that.
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What's the point of trying to decipher this story when the story itself isn't accurate?
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-22-2007, 09:47 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 562
Re: Quant Funds and the August Meltdown
The writers of that story don't know which fund did what, so don't waste any time trying to figure out which funds they are trying to disguise. As I wrote above, the writers didn't get the details...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-21-2007, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 562
Re: Quant Funds and the August Meltdown
What did it really say? Most of the quant funds are leveraged, but so is every bank and a vast number of other funds. Yes, there are some similarities between quant funds, and so too are there...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-21-2007, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 562
Re: Quant Funds and the August Meltdown
The story referenced a paper by Andrew Lo who writes "A significant rebound of these strategies occurred on August 10th, which is also consistent with the sudden liquidation hypothesis. This...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-16-2007, 12:51 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 1,312
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-16-2007, 12:45 AM
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Replies: 62
Views: 2,064
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-14-2007, 11:35 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 425
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-14-2007, 11:33 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 425
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-14-2007, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 412
Re: I have 3 cards
The origin of this problem was JK just having too many chips in front of him. As I said after you wound up with one of my cards, go to the cage and color up when you get to one rack of black.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-14-2007, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 292
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-14-2007, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 645
Re: Trading Dow Futures.. Is my system +EV?
you haven't fully defined your strategy, so we can't say exactly how to backtest. you may need some tick data.
please, do this for the education and only for the education. take your money and...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-14-2007, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 218
Re: becoming a market wizard
If you are going to start reading, read a book about efficient markets. It will be a little discouraging, but it's helpful for traders to have some grounding in reality.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-14-2007, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 645
Re: Trading Dow Futures.. Is my system +EV?
These responses are a little depressing. I hope they don't lead you to believe that it is as simple as some have made it sound. It isn't just about your ability to handle the volatility; it's first...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-14-2007, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 425
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-14-2007, 07:23 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 99
Re: undergrad degree for trading?
1. Good, no, great grades are very important. Not every interviewer cares, but plenty do, especially on the trading side.
2. As in poker, the right move is situational. Find out from your school...
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