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Re:Trader Made Billions on Subprime by gruseom on Tuesday January 15, 2008 @11:16PM (#99074)
That presupposes you're right. But there's no way to know this for sure in advance, besides which nobody's right all the time. To do as you advocate guarantees that your losses, when they do come, will be maximal.
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Re:Trader Made Billions on Subprime by byrneseyeview on Wednesday January 16, 2008 @08:22AM (#99202)
Whereas your trading strategy presupposes that someone else is right, but that they persistently under-react.

I find it more intellectually appealing to make my money taking a stand than to make it by saying "Me too, me too!"

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