scarletham

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by scarletham 7y ago
Yeah, definitely good points. Even with a department looking after voting, they're not nearly as "vested" in the results of their voting as something like an actively managed long value fund is.
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by scarletham 7y ago
Yes, and they voted against the proposals mentioned in the article, except for equal share class voting rights.
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by scarletham 7y ago
Why? How is Vanguard, an investment management firm which employees thousands of trained professionals, not qualified to cast votes on corporate governance? And in what sense is it "power collecting"? Yes, this is an issue that is
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by scarletham 7y ago
They have a department responsible for this, among other things. https://about.vanguard.com/investment-stewardship/perspectiv...
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by scarletham 7y ago
I work in a MM group so take this as you will, but the days of profitably making markets by just fitting everything to the screens are long gone.
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by scarletham 7y ago
I think you're missing the gist of his statement and also overlooking the word "almost"? That being said, most of your definitions are still dependent on competitively pricing securities. A market maker who can't calcula
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by scarletham 8y ago
Yeah, it really is. If you haven't already, check out the full BEA report - it's incredibly comprehensive and leads to lots of "jumping off" points for further research. https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2
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by scarletham 8y ago
There is both a visual and aural indicator. That being said, nobody (except Bonin) knew that the PF had his stick completely back until it was too late. You can see more here: https://safetyfirst.airbus.com/app/themes&#
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by scarletham 8y ago
Yeah, to clarify I was agreeing that those firms certainly pull and use that data, but not necessarily in the same traditional fashion that paper seems to imply.
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by scarletham 8y ago
Take this with a grain of salt as I don't work at any of the funds mentioned (but still in the industry), but why not? Filings are subject to change due to errors, updates, etc. It's cheaper, easier, and less error prone to just s
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by scarletham 8y ago
They're not HFT, although they are more blackbox / quant than the "traditional" hedge fund, which I think still supports OP's point.
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by scarletham 8y ago
Yes, exactly. Wouldn't surprise me if most of these firms were rescraping the data every night and overwriting.
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by scarletham 8y ago
Tradeworx is HFT. Yes, the premise of this paper is completely absurd. Drawing a line between overnight batch jobs for internal databases and performance is a quantum leap to say the least.
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by scarletham 10y ago
Last I saw, ~300ft wide and ~1700ft deep. https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/rift-in-antarcticas-larse...
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by scarletham 10y ago
We've been using this keyboard for well over a year and a half...
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by scarletham 11y ago
μs or ms. As I mention below, there may be a little delay as people failover and reassess their view of the book, but that's all.
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by scarletham 11y ago
Market liquidity would not "disappear". Liquidity providers do not rely on their microwave lines quite that much (yet). In the case of a microwave failure (more common than you'd think), all one does is failover to physical a
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by scarletham 11y ago
Equities dry up as well. Pretty much everything dries up before FOMC announcements.
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by scarletham 11y ago
He's saying that if the investor wants a Treasury, the only way you can sell that to him is with a Treasury. If he's open to a swap, you can sell (write) that contract to him and hedge it with either a Treasury or another swap. Th
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by scarletham 11y ago
Oil rigs have specially designed flare stacks, so you won't really see flare fires right on the deck like that. http://photorator.com/photos/images/north-sea-oil-rig-flarin...
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by scarletham 11y ago
> slightly stylized Or "completely made up"
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by scarletham 12y ago
“I began wearing prototypes myself to test comfort and usability, and to ask for feedback,” said Rivera. “Folks immediately associated the bracelet design with a watch and asked, where’s the watch? We decided to make a timepiece an optional
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by scarletham 12y ago
They're still deadly, and as he said, it's simply endearing.
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by scarletham 13y ago
I think you have a fundamentally flawed understanding of just how small a timeframe short term memory can apply to. As a commenter said below, your brain is constantly utilizing memory, whether or not you know it. > the point is that unc
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by scarletham 13y ago
Police in Iceland are unarmed. [1] [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22288564
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by scarletham 13y ago
> The gunman who died during a police shootout in Reykjavík this morning was the first person to die from a police shot in Iceland I assume you could argue that this does not include police killing people by beating them or running them
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by scarletham 13y ago
Worth noting that the amount of money in index funds has risen to 24% as of 2012. [1] [1] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/business-economy-fin...
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by scarletham 13y ago
Isn't the title of this a bit misleading? Cargill doesn't sell corn flakes, it (possibly) sells physical grain to Kellogg's, or derivative products to hedge Kellogg's exposure.
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by scarletham 13y ago
GLD, the largest gold based ETF, holds bullion. Gold bullion trades in the unregulated OTC markets.
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by scarletham 13y ago
The order book would show people who are sitting on either side of the market, so if they have a bot that's adjusting their quote it would still show it - unless I'm misunderstanding your question?

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