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Eddie Braverman

14y

I'm thinking there was a similar conversation going on at Lehman Brothers a week before the end of each quarter...

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Koho

14y

hah probably pretty close to the truth Edmundo

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pey3

14y

If you get really desperate... this is what you do...

Look at the NASDAQ (probably the highest variance stocks here)
Look at the top losers and do a standard statistical arbitrage model on them, and in tandem with this if they have any hope fundamentally put it in.
Also, look up pharma companies possible that have high prospect drugs and are a good target for acquisition or just blow up with commercializing.

These are usually labeled (lottery tickets) in hedgefunds and usually only allocate around ~1-2% of the portfolio, but if you keep your eye out you will see big movers and big winners.

I actually have my own portfolio with real money and I took a good 40% from WAMUQ's big drop and rebound around mid March.

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Beef

14y

If you're desperate and want to bet it all, this is a simple way to do it:

FAS is a triple-leveraged financial bull ETF. That means if the financials go up 2% that day, FAS will go up about 6%.

FAZ is the opposite, it's a triple-leveraged financial bear ETF. So financials go down 2%, FAZ goes down about 6%.

These two are not meant for long term investing, only short-term (days, weeks) plays. So it comes down to this: do you think the stock prices of financial companies will go up by the end of the week, or down? That's a tough question to answer, but a sure-fire way to make sure you make money if you're right is to bet it all on one of these babies.

You can also leverage the hell out of your portfolio with options...

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m.c.trader

14y

Beef:
If you're desperate and want to bet it all, this is a simple way to do it:
FAS is a triple-leveraged financial bull ETF. That means if the financials go up 2% that day, FAS will go up about 6%.

FAZ is the opposite, it's a triple-leveraged financial bear ETF. So financials go down 2%, FAZ goes down about 6%.

These two are not meant for long term investing, only short-term (days, weeks) plays. So it comes down to this: do you think the stock prices of financial companies will go up by the end of the week, or down? That's a tough question to answer, but a sure-fire way to make sure you make money if you're right is to bet it all on one of these babies.

You can also leverage the hell out of your portfolio with options...

In all seriousness, there is a jobs report coming out on Friday, you know it will be BS because of all these census jobs.

How do you think the market will react? Finance added jobs last report, they probably will be in the black again, there is a good chance that if you sit by your computer all day Friday FAS will boom for a bit (open or close probs), cash out your chips when it's where you want it.

Then again, the opposite could happen. But your competition is all or nothing....I went all in on a F***ing pair of queens last weekend and lost to pocket aces at a 6 person table, neither of us making three.

This is why we trade and will be a GREAT lesson for you. Good luck

(Also FAZ goes up when Finance goes down I believe, correct? I think that was a typo earlier)

m.c.trader

14y

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