Michael Riley

Solution: Derivatives on Exchanges

Very good article. As a former listed and unlisted derivatives trader I agree with your analysis. Standardization and transparency allows for the orderly transference of risk among investors and users. This function is vitally important to financial markets. Transparency in trading and clearing benefit everyone except those who benefit from "dark"markets.

PowerShares Shutters 19 ETFs

This field is indeed very crowded. I have a question about some one who is short an etf that is delisted.Do they pay the NAV as of last trade date?
mg riley

Berkshire Hathaway Meeting and Some Options Strategies

if you think ultimately owning shares of these companies 50% below current orices is leveraged perhaps you are too conservative. Practically speaking in a hedge fund we would also own gamma on indices.


On May 10 08:32 AM Decoy wrote:

> Isn't your small portfolio,above, highly leveraged which helped get
> into the present mess.

Common Sense: My Solution to the Mortgage Crisis

this solution has too many laws ...let the market sort it out

NAR's Lawrence Yun Continues to Mislead on Housing

in my neighbor hood prices have not fallen much because turnover has dried up......supply is at a 20 year high and buyers are in control but there are very few...no panic sales...yet...i think this will take years to clean out at current prices...if prices go down 50% or so , then we can clear out the sellers.

Options Trader: Friday Outlook

not real happy with this political diatribe and the illogical conclusions........

Marc Faber: Short Emerging Markets - Barron's

i found the most interesting comment was looking at the pe of the market with energy stripped out. Approacjhing 20 times very shaky earnings. this flies in the face of the usual bkather of taking out the finacials to tell us how cheap the dow or S& P are. This is a market of stocks and they are not cheap .

Pacific Capital Bancorp: Evasive Maneuvers

One of the worst signs a CEO or CFO can give off is evasiveness. Share holders should review the conference call for themselves. All bank stock owners should be very wary of these types of stocks and switch to a more transparent and stable financial institution.There is no way the assets on the books of these banks should be valued at 100 cents on the dollar which is where most of their loans are valued.
mgr1929

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

love your wrap ups

Hillary Does 'Mad Money' - 3 Takeaways

100 million in three years i wonder how much money they have invested in oil stocks.? Can we have a windfall tax on lying politicians income?

Arbitrage Opportunity: Western Sizzlin/Steak 'n Shake Pair Trade

thanks ..i like your strategy

The (Abandoned) Uptick Rule and Blaming the Shorts

Its as simple as this Cramer hates short sellers and Buffett loves them. Gentlemen place your bets.

The Next Home Equity Surge

Th key to this is determining the beginning "value". I am fairly certain that AIG will have a conservative valuation as to current value to help protect their future return profile.Appraisals will be very important.