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bushido
13y ago
If someone wants an accessible instrument that regularly goes 20x+ times initial risk in a year or even a month! look into the options markets. Remember to always only buy to open your call and put positions and sell before the contract exp
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13y ago
1. The point on suitors and relationships was meant as a joke but is a relatively easier example to use when explaining a concept to the layman. 2. Big cap vs Small Cap != Necessarily More Relevant (its relevant to the principle of volatili
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bushido
13y ago
Your premise regarding the market not being of sufficient size to support a 1M BTC transaction is flawed. You're assuming: 1. That it would be a block transaction, where a block doesn't refer to a BTC block but a single transactio
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bushido
13y ago
I agree 100%; quoting myself from a previous comment on a different post: Bitcoin is revolutionary. THAT is most likely true. Is it doomed to fail? Perhaps it is, but things are not quite as grim. Here is what is likely to happen as a resul
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bushido
13y ago
This is among the most ridiculous statements I have heard about how the markets work. Its actually the exact opposite, the lesser the people the lesser the fluctuations/volatility. And this is not just about the markets, it applies to
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bushido
13y ago
Bitcoin is revolutionary. THAT is most likely true. Is it doomed to fail? Perhaps it is, but things are not quite as grim. Here is what is likely to happen as a result of bitcoin: 1. The future of banking transaction fees is bleak - The cur
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13y ago
It seems like that tone of all comments regarding "how this hurts insurance companies", fails to see a few things: - The risk was always on the consumer, that's how insurance works. For common major ailments (breast cancer, h
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bushido
13y ago
Its not responsive in it current definition. The site is just fluid (based on percentages), the reason some elements seem to realign/behave like responsive design, is because those elements have fixed widths. History lesson: Fluid widt
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bushido
13y ago
+10 for the tulip reference. For those who don't recognize the reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania
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13y ago
If you are looking for how this works: A classic pump-and-dump(PnD) is when a large amount of an instrument (security/commodity/shares/etc.) are bought by a few entities (people/institutions/early investors/etc
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13y ago
Did a quick browse through the code. A couple of things jumped out: 1. A number of CSS classes have 'furatto' as a prefix ex. '.furrato-block'. This seems a bit counter-productive as the word itself does not add any valu
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Is Google allowing this Adwords advertiser to misuse/spoof the Mashable brand?
(i.imgur.com)
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17y ago
You're correct. Paulson did suggest 123 bonds that he thought should be included in the CDO. And since Paulson was considered smart by ACA he did have an "expert" influence on the final offering. BUT. ACA as an independent portfolio selecti
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The SEC's Case Against Goldman: Key Questions About John Paulson's Role
(finance.yahoo.com)
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17y ago
The real issue as people have been summing up is: "The Abacus Fund bought risky mortgage loans and literally bet that they (and the homeowners who held them) would default to the detriment of investors and consumers." The abacus fund was th
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bushido
17y ago
LMFAO! Where did you get this from: "GS has access to huge amounts of credit at zero percent interest from the Fed"?? whereas in fact: They had "10 billion" shoved down their throats in Oct-Nov 2008, in exchange of preferred stock, with the
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17y ago
I agree with you, and thats why I added the word "theoretically". :)
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17y ago
Facts: 1) The stock-market itself is theoretically a zero sum game. So regardless of the instrument being trade someone is always betting against a trade. ex. over and above a long/short combo, even if person X is going long and person Y is