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Risks are still not taken care of …

Donnerstag, September 4th, 2008

Stupidity still seems to rule …
2 days … 2 examples of MAXIMUM BRAINLESS INVESTING …
1. Hedge fund manager Ospraie Management LLC will close its flagship fund after it plunged 27 percent in August due to losses in energy, mining and natural resources equity holdings
2. Tim Whyte,a former Enron trader, a 34-year-old manager […]

SocGen … a case against ALL financials

Montag, Januar 28th, 2008

Reading the stories coming out after the SocGen MISMANAGEMENT … not a rogue trader … absolute reckless mismanagement made it happen … makes me sick!!!
Where were/are all the supervising authorities???
SEC? BaFin? Whatever their name is … WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU??? Or are you all stupid underpaid bastards??? Helpless or blind? Or just waiting for […]

SocGen … Rogue trader? … a different view

Freitag, Januar 25th, 2008

After reading a lot of stuff about the case, the story looks even more incredible today.
Risk Magazine named SocGen in its JANUARY issue “Equity Derivatives House of the Year”. Farther from reality they could not have been
French press is speculating, that Jérôme Kerviel is only used as a public scapegoat to cover up […]

How many times can you jump out of a window?

Dienstag, November 27th, 2007

As technical problems with my trading platform … after the new EUREX release hold me back from trading … let me ask you:
HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU JUMP OUT OF A WINDOW?
Answer: As many times as I keep enough money to play that *smile*
Good example … yesterday … everybody bought the open … […]