SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Strategies & Market Trends : The Epic American Credit and Bond Bubble Laboratory
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: bart13 who wrote (94285)5/15/2008 1:22:10 PM
From: Keith Feral  Read Replies (1) of 110194
 
Getting a little testy Bart. I think all the futures guys spend a lot of time bitching about everyone else's leverage. They use unlimited amounts of leverage to position their own trades. Then, they turn around and take advantage of all the banks and financial institutions by saying they are overleveraged. They are a bunch of fucking hypocrites that desperately need to be regulated. It's easy - take away all the leverage.

I would love to see margin requirements for futures and derivatives lifted to 25% or 50% maintenance margins. It would probably take gold back to $500 and oil back to $60, if all the futures traders had to have the same level of equity as the equity players.

I don't see a lot of science to your halucinations about inflation. Shadow figures this and inflation that, yet gold has been the worst trading instrument this quarter. You fail to mention the fact all your inflation tools are getting destroyed in precious metals. Oil is actually destroying the inflation instruments for the rest of the inflationists. It's a good one, and one that I will hold onto for a little bit longer. However, nothing is sacred, especially all the bullshit negativity that you love to throw at the world everyday.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News