• 10 Apr 2008 at 5:08 PM

Name That Instrument

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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!
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    Comments (33)

    1. 1
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 5:12 PM

      Trombone
      Fred Jackson
      Senior Vice President
      Bear Stearns

    2. 2
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 5:18 PM

      Fred, Please remit funds for a new laptop. I spit my coffee all over my monitor and keyboard. That’s classic!

    3. 3
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 5:18 PM

      Looks a bit rusty.

    4. 4
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 5:19 PM

      rice forward contracts

    5. 5
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 5:19 PM

      Skin flute?
      Little Jimmy Cayne
      BSC Holdings

    6. 6
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 5:21 PM

      My energy business
      Davis Edwards
      Senior Managing Director
      Bear Stearns

    7. 7
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 5:22 PM

      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.

    8. 8
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 5:23 PM

      Dennis, we all know you are bullshitting us. Nothing BSC has touched in the past year has gone up so guess again.

    9. 9
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 5:24 PM

      Is that the rise in Jamie Dimon’s pants when he stole BSC?

    10. 10
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 5:26 PM

      Spitzer’s account balance at Empire, in thousands.

    11. 11
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 5:32 PM

      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

    12. 12
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 5:45 PM

      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

    13. 13
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 6:04 PM

      Size of my penis after EP walks into my room at the Mayflower.
      Eliot Spitzer, Esq.

    14. 14
      Posted by miami | April 10, 2008 at 6:07 PM

      2/10 year CTD spread?

    15. 15
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 6:07 PM

      Blackstone

    16. 16
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 6:11 PM

      BSC CDS?

    17. 17
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 6:36 PM

      Timmay’s AUM?
      Low of $.05, high of $111.05. Yep, I nailed it.
      -NSD

    18. 18
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 6:49 PM

      The number of redemption requests in John Meriweather’s mailbox.
      Sincerely,
      Nassim Taleb

    19. 19
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 6:54 PM

      $5 strike march corn calls

    20. 20
      Posted by ep | April 10, 2008 at 7:03 PM

      The Answer:
      Sept08 S&P500 put options with a strike price of 1350.

    21. 21
      Posted by Cov Lite | April 10, 2008 at 7:04 PM

      Popularity of Doctor Representative Ron Paul after people realized 90% of Americans have no sense of personal responsibility?

    22. 22
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 7:13 PM

      MHL’s consumption chart in the universe.

    23. 23
      Posted by ep | April 10, 2008 at 7:42 PM

      “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.

    24. 24
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 9:25 PM

      gam lou mAi!
      ching bo ma ngo gok :)

    25. 25
      Posted by guest | April 10, 2008 at 10:05 PM

      inches of snow at Tahoe this winter?

    26. 26
      Posted by guest | April 11, 2008 at 1:42 AM

      April 08 $100.00 crude oil calls

    27. 27
      Posted by guest | April 11, 2008 at 3:36 AM

      “Winner will get dinner with the famous DealBreaker writer…
      John Carney.”
      That’s SO mean!! Way to make fun of poor John…

    28. 28
      Posted by Novice | April 11, 2008 at 7:34 AM

      Aw hell, ep, give us another.
      Or just award the booby prize to 6:49 for cleverest answer.

    29. 29
      Posted by guest | April 11, 2008 at 7:54 AM

      @7:03 no, I don’t think it is

    30. 30
      Posted by guest | April 11, 2008 at 9:04 AM

      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…

    31. 31
      Posted by guest | April 11, 2008 at 10:02 AM

      ARS

    32. 32
      Posted by guest | April 11, 2008 at 11:03 AM

      Minutes a day I spent on my resume.

    33. 33
      Posted by guest | April 11, 2008 at 2:04 PM

      GOOG puts?

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