We know our readers are among the sharpest. (Notice I didn't define my sample universe). We also know you are up for a challenge after a long, hard trading day. So this little contest should only be vaguely difficult. Name the financial instrument depicted in the attached chart.
Winner will get dinner with the famous DealBreaker writer...
John Carney.
1-2-3 Go!







Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 5:12PM
Trombone
Fred Jackson
Senior Vice President
Bear Stearns
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 5:18PM
Fred, Please remit funds for a new laptop. I spit my coffee all over my monitor and keyboard. That's classic!
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 5:18PM
Looks a bit rusty.
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 5:19PM
rice forward contracts
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 5:19PM
Skin flute?
Little Jimmy Cayne
BSC Holdings
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 5:21PM
My energy business
Davis Edwards
Senior Managing Director
Bear Stearns
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 5:22PM
Hey Jimmy, the question was what is what financial instrument is depicted in the chart not which instrument of yours hasn't been played in the last 40 years. Get with the program.
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 5:23PM
Dennis, we all know you are bullshitting us. Nothing BSC has touched in the past year has gone up so guess again.
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 5:24PM
Is that the rise in Jamie Dimon's pants when he stole BSC?
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 5:26PM
Spitzer's account balance at Empire, in thousands.
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 5:32PM
Stop stating the obvious. I know the difference between a musical and a financial instrument, dipshit. Sorry, but I've been hotboxing my new Chevy Nova that I got after I traded in the S-Class last week.
Little Jimmy Cayne
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 5:45PM
I believe that graph represents the bank account balance of a Ms. Dupree before and after meeting a certain guv. Did I win a prize or something?
M. Bloomberg
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 6:04PM
Size of my penis after EP walks into my room at the Mayflower.
Eliot Spitzer, Esq.
Posted by miami , Apr 10, 2008 6:07PM
2/10 year CTD spread?
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 6:07PM
Blackstone
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 6:11PM
BSC CDS?
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 6:36PM
Timmay's AUM?
Low of $.05, high of $111.05. Yep, I nailed it.
-NSD
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 6:49PM
The number of redemption requests in John Meriweather's mailbox.
Sincerely,
Nassim Taleb
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 6:54PM
$5 strike march corn calls
Posted by ep , Apr 10, 2008 7:03PM
The Answer:
Sept08 S&P500 put options with a strike price of 1350.
Posted by Cov Lite , Apr 10, 2008 7:04PM
Popularity of Doctor Representative Ron Paul after people realized 90% of Americans have no sense of personal responsibility?
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 7:13PM
MHL's consumption chart in the universe.
Posted by ep , Apr 10, 2008 7:42PM
"Size of my penis after EP walks into my room at the Mayflower.
Eliot Spitzer, Esq."
Now you are scaring me. Bit too close to home.
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 9:25PM
gam lou mAi!
ching bo ma ngo gok :)
Posted by guest , Apr 10, 2008 10:05PM
inches of snow at Tahoe this winter?
Posted by guest , Apr 11, 2008 1:42AM
April 08 $100.00 crude oil calls
Posted by guest , Apr 11, 2008 3:36AM
"Winner will get dinner with the famous DealBreaker writer...
John Carney."
That's SO mean!! Way to make fun of poor John...
Posted by Novice , Apr 11, 2008 7:34AM
Aw hell, ep, give us another.
Or just award the booby prize to 6:49 for cleverest answer.
Posted by guest , Apr 11, 2008 7:54AM
@7:03 no, I don't think it is
Posted by guest , Apr 11, 2008 9:04AM
mortgage paper. there's no volume this year, so it's just one or two transactions to print a high value just to show a paper profit...
Posted by guest , Apr 11, 2008 10:02AM
ARS
Posted by guest , Apr 11, 2008 11:03AM
Minutes a day I spent on my resume.
Posted by guest , Apr 11, 2008 2:04PM
GOOG puts?