John Nyaradi

An Ugly Messy Market

Thanks for the comments and compliment.

Regarding Ultras, I would refer you to David Fry's recent excellent article regarding these vehicles. I have read many of the negative articles, as well, and certainly there are strong opinions on both sides of this issue.


On Jul 12 04:04 PM kagame wrote:

> Overall an excellent article.

Boring Bonds Become More Interesting

Let's say that in a $100,000 trading account you usually risk 1% of equity, or $1,000 per trade. In a standard ETF with a 10% stop loss, you would invest $10,000 for a risk of $1,000.

In a leveraged ETF you could invest $5,000, use a 20% stop loss to account for the 2x movement compared to the underlying index and achieve the same 1% portfolio risk, thus effectively achieving a 1x portfolio risk with a leveraged ETF.

By cutting your position size in half, you can get 1x portfolio exposure risk to these markets.


On Jul 01 02:05 PM morph366 wrote:

> "Position size needs to be carefully considered if an investor wants
> just 1X exposure to this market."
>
> I'm not sure that I understand the remark above from your article.
>
> The two short leveraged funds you mentioned will carry twice as much
> volatility risk as a non-leveraged holding and with twice the potential
> reward/loss. How would position sizing address that?

Boring Bonds Become More Interesting

Hi, Reluctant Quant,

thanks for your very good comments.

I agree completely,
John Nyaradi

The Horns of a Dilemma: What Lies Ahead?

Thanks for your comments and shared feelings,
John


On Jun 08 03:13 PM TheHague wrote:

> Thanks for the little bit of humanity at the end of your post! They
> all drive down the street and out of our lives all too soon. Mine
> just moved into her first new home. Her room empty. Yet oh so full!
>
>
> Thanks again!

The Horns of a Dilemma: What Lies Ahead?

Thanks so much, silverwood,
john


On Jun 08 12:01 PM silverwood wrote:

> Congrats on your boy's driving accomplishments. Your little boy will
> never be gone you just have to be able to see him inside the man
> your boy is growing into. As for our economic dilema trying to tinker
> with the controls of a failed system(read monetary) will never be
> successful. It would be better to remove government from free markets
> and let free capitalism work by itself.

Thursday Outlook: Commodities, Global Markets

Dave,
All the best to you and your family through this trying time.
Money doesn't matter next to health and I know that Francie will find her way back to a healthy future.

All the best,
John

Expecting Higher Prices Ahead

Thanks very much, Proximo,

John


On Mar 16 02:37 PM PROXIMO wrote:

> Congrats on your son at the swimming Championships. Here's hoping
> he has many rewarding and safe years in competition.

Tuesday's Fireworks Were Basically Meaningless

Thanks, John


On Mar 11 02:06 PM John Lounsbury wrote:

> John Nyaradi - - -
>
> I should have offered an inadvertently truncated article (by SA)
> as a possibility in my previous comment. I apologize for assuming
> you were to blame.

Tuesday's Fireworks Were Basically Meaningless

Only a part of this article was published. I have contacted the moderator.
John Nyaradi