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Month: September 2008

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USSR is back

A day without an internet connection and look what happens. First, my Reliance WiMax gives up on me and, as it turns out, the entire lot using that tower, ...

Outperformance By Hanging Around

Yesterday we decided not to trade the system. We’d found that when the market had gapped and was in some direction by over 4% – then we found that ...

Bid/Ask has changed…

Dow down 500 points, nearly 5%. Korea down 6%, Taiwan down 4%, Shanghai 5%, Hang Seng 5%. The capital market world is coming to an end. Or so it seems. Too ...

ICICI CDS – how badly is it impacted?

So if ICICI has about 6,000 to 8,000 cr. of CDS exposure, of which a little was sold recently, are they going to be hit by Lehman’s bankruptcy and the ...

Lehman Bankrupt, Employees in India leaving

Lehman Brothers is Bankrupt. After Barclays dropped out and Bank Of America went to Merrill Lynch, Lehman had nothing available on the table so it filed. In ...

Strangle Strategy – 50% gain on a low frequency system

I wrote about a Straddle/Strangle strategy in the early part of the month, saying that if the spread narrowed I would pick it up, because we were ripe for a ...

It Just Got Worse: LEH down, MER bought out, AIG nearly gone

Ok this is as crazy as it gets. Please wear your seat belts. Lehman at land’s end, will likely file bankruptcy. BoA and Barclays have quit talks to buy. ...

The Delhi Blasts

As you would have heard, there have been five bomb blasts in Delhi. My deepest condolences to the victim’s families. Words cannot describe the outrage I ...

Lehman On The Hot Seat

Lehman Brothers is the Hot Topic of Discussion Today at the Fed/Treasury in the US. Shall we cut it, break it, fold it or let it die? The question is no longer ...

SOS Trade: Short JPAssociates, Nifty, plus Update

In my Short Only strategy I would choose to now short the Nifty. Yes, I should have kept it on from the beginning, but these are things only viable in ...