“What were you doing in the summer of 2006?”

Not a trader myself, but this article was interesting! Given that a lot of us, especially on this forum were maybe in HIGH SCHOOL the last time they raised rates, and only in college when they were dropped to 0! will be interesting to see how that dynamic, if anything impacts the reaction to a rate increase.

Edit:(Moved this since I am not a trader and it could apply to most of us in general)

Full article here.

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2/3 of the way through middle school, having a great summer doing absolutely zero work. Those were the days.

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Oh god the memories of playing on one of those custom maps with that OP tank that 1 shot people even if you completely missed them. Hilarious getting a triple kill after blowing up a warthog. Man those were the days...

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Negotiating the acquisition of a cable TV company in Asia.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, post threads about how to do it on WSO.
 

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