It’s “a no brainer” to sell short Treasuries, Nassim Taleb, a principal at Universa Investments LP in Santa Monica, California, said at a conference in Moscow today. “Every single human being should have that trade.”
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- Use the Bloomberg command
NH BLG_DEALBREAKER <GO>
to access Dealbreaker
Of course Treasuries are up HUGE on the day.
Great Call!
Bitches.
– Dave Chappelle
guy gets no pussy, why would you listen to him?
-Dr. Realist
I’m confused. How is it possible for every single person to be on one side of a trade?
don’t quite think i’d consider a +1-00 move in 30′s to be that significant, especially since we had a -1-00 move the other day before.
-The Guy Who Is Talking a 2/30 steepener book.
I’m confused. How is it possible for every single person to be on one side of a trade?
3/5 – The saying.. “There’s a sucker born every minute” comes to mind…
-mrp
I’m confused. How is it possible for every single person to be on one side of a trade?
“See these…these are spririt fingers”
Those who “say” don’t “know”.
Those who “know” don’t “say”.
~Dumbass Trader Who Really Believes Such Things
@3/5: other animals could be long treasuries
@5 fear not, the fed will be happy to take the other side of that trade.
@3,5,6 – Because all the married people are on the other side of the trade.
@10 the shape-shifting lizards of the illuminati already are.
Sure would be nice if Germany started another war in Europe so we could get out of this mess.
@3,5,6 – Because all the married people are on the other side of the trade.
Only hit the button once, so I don’t know why the multiple posts.
-3/5/6
this one trick pony can’t raise money in the real world – now tries to go to the 3rd world
16, you’ll figure out the buttons next time. Are you long treasuries by chance?
@3/5/6 & 16 – Fine but I’ll bet you a million dollars that you hit refresh twice and don’t know how this website works. Would you like to take *that* trade?
I doubt very much Nassim recommended shorting Treasurys. Buying puts, maybe.
Bloomberg must’ve misunderstood.
@3/5/6 & 16 – Fine but I’ll bet you a million dollars that you hit refresh twice and don’t know how this website works. Would you like to take *that* trade?
@16: You lie!!!
-Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
NO SOUP FOR YOU!
Sounds like someone’s needs to see the Kush Doctor in Venice.
http://kushdr.com/
not 3/5/7 but I will take your bet. This website seems to have a shitty backend (or perhaps it’s on my end) as my posts usually get repeated and I change windows after I click submit because it takes a good three minutes for the comment to finally upload and so there’s no way I’m hitting refresh.
Bess, is there any explanation for this as I’m fairly certain it’s not my own idiocy?
not 3/5/7 but I will take your bet. This website seems to have a shitty backend (or perhaps it’s on my end) as my posts usually get repeated and I change windows after I click submit because it takes a good three minutes for the comment to finally upload and so there’s no way I’m hitting refresh.
Bess, is there any explanation for this as I’m fairly certain it’s not my own idiocy?
@26/27- it’s a little bit of both. On the one hand, we’ve been experiencing more trouble than usual w the back-end (which is affecting people’s ability to comment, our ability to post, etc). On the other, you’ll notice that most people don’t have problems with the double/triple posts. Hit ‘post comment’ and then, before hitting it again, see if it’s gone up.
19, Where can I collect my million dollars of BofA restricted stock, douchebag, because I didn’t do that, either.
@NS/14:
Iran = the new Germany? But Israel ≠ France.
Sounds like someone’s needs to see the Kush Doctor in Venice.
http://kushdr.com/
this one trick pony can’t raise money in the real world – now tries to go to the 3rd world
I have the exact same experience as 26/27. Hit comment only once, page takes forever to refresh, usually times out, close the window, come back to DB and find multiple posts. Seems to work best if you click “post comment” and then immediately close the window without any waiting.
@30/pfluger
Exactly. gulp.
@33 no. the only time it double posts is if you’ve hit the ‘post comment’ button more than once. hit it once, open another tab and see if it posted. if it did? don’t hit ‘post comment’ again.
The problem with wars nowadays is that a real good one, with the potential to stimulate the economy, is either a) over too soon or 2) possibly destructive of the whole world. On the other hand, your typical asymmetrical war, where you employ say 100,000 troops and hundreds of billions in technical surveillance and drones to keep a handful opium farmers and religious zealots on the run, just adds to the deficit.
Just a coincidence maybe, but as DB has become stickier this week in terms of commenting (and apparently posting too) I’ve notice that a trojan has tried to download from the site twice in three days.
i use two windows, one to post, the other to refresh until i see post, then close out ‘posting’ window.
-guy who explains how to avoid double posting
hahaha lovely, calling out multiple-posters by posting several times, very nice (watch this go 7x, sigh…)
@27/33/34 Reading yall’s comments is like watching a special olympics race, no matter who wins ya’ll are still retarded.
-guy who likes watching retards race
@40 too bad their content sucks dick.
@37
Agreed. My AV software has been whining about “processing threats” with alarming frequency while on DB over the past couple days.
I even tried closing the other browser windows normally reserved for porn, but DB is still slower than Trig Palin. Yeah, I know…I’m surely going to hell for that one.
@42 seconded
@41 Sarah, is that you?
I suggest shorting bald guys with grey beards.
A short idea for the short-sighted Treasury bulls, yes?