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by smabie 6y ago
kdb+/q has the most traction. However, it could have more traction and first derivatives has done a terrible job at promoting the language. I love k/q and see a lot of the ideas of array languages perculate into the mainstream thr
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by smabie 6y ago
Then people just discriminate on the basis or race/appearances. I don't think there's any getting around the fact that employers want to know this information and will try and infer it if they don't have it.
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by smabie 6y ago
You can't leave them behind and I'm sure you've wanted someone punished for some misdeeds they've committed. This isn't a bad thing and is an overwhelmingly natural response.
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by smabie 6y ago
It provides liquidity for shareholders of illiquid, private companies. It solves the problem of connecting buyers and sellers of shares in these companies. It will also function as a better pricing function for private companies instead of
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by smabie 6y ago
There's so many companies that aren't terrible and aren't planning on going public, you just aren't aware of them.
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by smabie 6y ago
I see the end goal of diversifying out their oil exposure. It may be entertaining to harbor unlikely conspiracy theories, but it's not helpful. Occams razor.
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by smabie 6y ago
If by "sold out" you mean focusing on delivering value to customers and investors instead of wasting money on frivolous and actually harmful designs, then yes. If you want a company that didn't "sell out", check out
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by smabie 6y ago
I mean hololens are the same price.
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by smabie 6y ago
Compensation for risk occurs through the same mechanism as compensation for everything: the supply and demand curves. This creates outcomes where the compensation for risk occurs at a deeper level, co-mingled in with many other factors. I&#
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by smabie 6y ago
I'm not unaware I have been very personally affected by the opioid crisis. And I don't think the pharma companies are responsible. I haven't met a single opiate addict (and I've met far too many for one lifetime) who b
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by smabie 6y ago
Sounds like everyone is guilty? Not a very useful perspective imo
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by smabie 6y ago
Hedge funds weren't the real winners, but rather prop shops/market making firms. January was the best month in the history of the universe for all the major prop shops: Citadel, Jane St, IMC, etc. The two "vols": volume
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by smabie 6y ago
What if your investments aren't long term?
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by smabie 6y ago
No one cares about the technical users. They are, by and large, irrelevant.
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by smabie 6y ago
while there are exceptions, most companies sell products and therefore mostly grow by selling products. That is, they grow because people think there is value to the product and fork over there hard earned money. As such, it's pretty c
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by smabie 6y ago
Well there's defi, which is pretty exciting imo. There's a lot things in that ecosystem like flash loans (uncollateralized loans) that simply cannot exist in the traditional financial system. In many ways we are seeing a shift awa
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by smabie 6y ago
Most entities borrowing are borrowing crypto as part of their trading operations. For example, I could borrow crypto to provide margin for my HFT market making strategies. A very popular use is to do rate/basis arb. So I borrow a crypt
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by smabie 6y ago
I think the distinction is artificial. The kind of strategies robo-advisors use aren't really that different from any other investor. For example risk parity, "smart" beta (getting exposure to risk premia factors) are all thi
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by smabie 6y ago
I really wouldn't consider LTCM an example of YOLO trades.
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by smabie 6y ago
What kind of indices tho? Every decision ultimately reduces all investment to active management. Like are you holding crypto indices or real estate indices, etc etc. Index selection is active management.
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by smabie 6y ago
it's way more portable so that's a major value proposition in my book. I would never use it for multi-player games, but for single player it's probably okay if you're an average gamer. I personally wouldn't use it b
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by smabie 6y ago
Dark pools have deceptive marketing imo: to investors they advertise how no HFT ppl will be around to eat you alive while simultaneously giving a totally different presentation describing all the benefits of the dark pool to the HFT firms.
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by smabie 6y ago
It shouldn't be easier to generate better returns if you are better informed? How should people generate superior returns then? If information could not generate returns the market would not exist. The purpose of all markets is to aggr
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by smabie 6y ago
Is there a reason why it should be illegal?
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by smabie 6y ago
It's not that simple you have to consider the total portfolio. To give a simple example, longing AMD and shorting Intel is less risky than just longing AMD.
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by smabie 6y ago
Hate to break it to you, but I can borrow a share and sell it to you and then I can borrow it back over and over again.
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by smabie 6y ago
A bygone era, my friend. Cramer would get eaten by the sharks today. He knows this, which is why he stays out of the water.
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by smabie 6y ago
140% short interest is illegal? Are you sure? The answer is no, it is not illegal.
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by smabie 6y ago
A fraction of a percent is yuuuge. Entire categories of liquidity providers can be wiped out with taxes on trades as "low" as 0.05% Not sure what people have against trading or why I should be taxed on buying or selling shares, bu
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by smabie 6y ago
Which market? What country? What assets? Are you allocating money to Pokémon cards? Why or why not? PS: all investing is active management. full stop.

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