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I did it for doodle

Post by MediumTex » Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:17 am

doodle's Chicken Little act finally got to me and I went out and bought some TLT August 97 calls.

I picked them up for .75.

Maybe my bravado in taking the other side of his trade will help loosen up his thinking a bit.
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Re: I did it for doodle

Post by Lone Wolf » Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:15 pm

Impressive!  Note that you lose "bravado points" if you hedge it with leather chaps and sawed-off shotgun futures.
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Re: I did it for doodle

Post by tennpaga » Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:21 pm

I really like the phrase "I did it for doodle".
* Gresham's Law: Bad behavior drives out good.
* Gresham's corollary: Avoid participating in systems where good behavior cannot win.

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Re: I did it for doodle

Post by MediumTex » Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:11 pm

TennPaGa wrote: I really like the phrase "I did it for doodle".
It's the truth.
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Re: I did it for doodle

Post by doodle » Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:35 pm

:) I sincerely hope that is profitable for you. Actually I think that is a pretty smart short term debt ceiling trade. Longer term I still think you would be better off with some puts.

I hope I haven't become a contrarian indicator ;D
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Re: I did it for doodle

Post by Gumby » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:21 pm

Excellent lecture from Richard Koo on why we have contracted Japan's economic disease — a 'Balance Sheet Recession'...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OWGDWYB5KZ0

(Hint: Flip the resolution to 720p or higher to see the slides clearly)

You can also flip through the slides here.

Some striking similarities between our two countries.
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Re: I did it for doodle

Post by MediumTex » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:47 pm

Richard Koo is always thought provoking, though he never quite gets to the part where any of the sovereign debt is paid back.

Maybe that's the point--in his world tomorrow never comes; it's always an abstractin kept at bay by ever more elaborate central bank maneuvers.
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Re: I did it for doodle

Post by MediumTex » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:50 pm

doodle wrote: :) I sincerely hope that is profitable for you. Actually I think that is a pretty smart short term debt ceiling trade. Longer term I still think you would be better off with some puts.

I hope I haven't become a contrarian indicator ;D
What puts would you buy?
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Re: I did it for doodle

Post by doodle » Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:10 pm

Puts on good ideas and clear thinking. I'm buying calls on more stupidity. :)
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Re: I did it for doodle

Post by AdamA » Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:00 am

MediumTex wrote: doodle's Chicken Little act finally got to me and I went out and bought some TLT August 97 calls.

I picked them up for .75.

Maybe my bravado in taking the other side of his trade will help loosen up his thinking a bit.
I love it.
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Re: I did it for doodle

Post by AdamA » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:54 am

MediumTex wrote: doodle's Chicken Little act finally got to me and I went out and bought some TLT August 97 calls.
Why $97?
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Re: I did it for doodle

Post by MediumTex » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:09 am

Adam1226 wrote:
MediumTex wrote: doodle's Chicken Little act finally got to me and I went out and bought some TLT August 97 calls.
Why $97?
I just liked the risk/reward of that trade.
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