letYourMoneyGrow.com – Serving Retail Investors | Schai | Friends Activity https://letyourmoneygrow.com/members/marco-schaigmail-com/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Schai's friends. Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:21:56 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 6e6ea8558a8c97b8cc2b1b79a3013518 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic Neuralstem [CUR, US64127R4011] - another stock for a gambler-investor in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/neuralstem-cur-us64127r4011-another-stock-for-a-gambler-investor/#post-4375 Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:03:25 +0100 Closed the position with ca. -$50 loss. A position in a similar gambler stock was closed with ca. $100 profit, so in total won $50 on $300 investment. Per se not bad but in context of the drawdown that had to be tolerated – nothing good. And of course I hoped for a better pay-off from this lottery.

]]> 152a889ef7af47e9d3d29d0af9f24689 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic Destination Maternity Corp. (DEST, US25065D1000) is for a gambler-investor in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/destination-maternity-corp-dest-us25065d1000-ist-for-a-gambler-investor/#post-4374 Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:03:12 +0100 Closed the position with ca. $100 profit. A position in a similar gambler stock was closed with ca. -$50, so in total won $50 on $300 investment. Per se not bad but in context of the drawdown that had to be tolerated – nothing good. And of course I hoped for a better pay-off from this lottery.

]]> 9a55b12ce062cf0700ed40d61789fe87 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic Destination Maternity Corp. (DEST, US25065D1000) is for a gambler-investor in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/destination-maternity-corp-dest-us25065d1000-ist-for-a-gambler-investor/#post-3144 Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:29:37 +0200 Today the stock fell by -42%, as Destination Maternity and Orchestra-PrΓ©maman scraped merger.

I take and calmly and put next $100 at stake.
NB! $100, not $200 (because doubling would mean a martingale, which will not make you rich)!

]]> 1726a7a4344c954a1f8bf250d3503419 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic Neuralstem [CUR, US64127R4011] - another stock for a gambler-investor in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/neuralstem-cur-us64127r4011-another-stock-for-a-gambler-investor/#post-3143 Thu, 27 Jul 2017 19:00:57 +0200 Code to generate the last chart using data from AlphaVantage

avUrl = paste0("https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=TIME_SERIES_DAILY_ADJUSTED&symbol=CUR&outputsize=FULL&apikey=<yourAPIkey>")
dat <- fromJSON(avUrl)
nms = names(dat$"Time Series (Daily)")
N = length(nms)
dates = as.POSIXlt(nms)
OHLCV = array(0.0,…[Read more]

]]> 2c5be8bab22719c9ffe861719032539e Vasily Nekrasov started the topic Neuralstem [CUR, US64127R4011] - another stock for a gambler-investor in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/neuralstem-cur-us64127r4011-another-stock-for-a-gambler-investor/ Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:58:39 +0200 Neuralstem, Inc is down by -30%.
The stock exists for a decade and has recovered from a significant drawdown several times. The only problem that really embarrasses me: the stock has never been profitable. But if it did not confuse the market during 10 years, I bet risk $100.

]]> 61911ef43383adfac685f53a192a9ff3 Vasily Nekrasov started the topic Salzgitter (SZG, DE0006202005) short in the forum European (in particular German) Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/salzgitter-szg-de0006202005-short/ Fri, 21 Jul 2017 19:26:18 +0200 Salzgitter ist the second largest German metal company, specializing on pipes: from huge for natgas pipelines to finely polished for diesel engines.
Gas pipelines got a strong competitor: LNG tankers.
Diesel (esp. in Germany) is also in danger: e.g. they want to prohibit it in Stuttgart.
Still the stock grew intensively. But today it started to…[Read more]

]]> f9c0132b0f8033a076b973de4a293cd4 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic STADA (SAZ, DE0007251803) - Sell short but not yet in the forum European (in particular German) Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/stada-saz-de0007251803-sell-short-but-not-yet/#post-2728 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 18:39:24 +0200 Stada turned out to be a covered stock,

Bain Capital und Cinven try to acquire it once again. The new offer price is set to €66.25 but now they need only 63% of shareholders agree.

Additionally, there are Hedge Fonds in the game.

Thus close position at €65.3
Though from rational point of view the price shall not exceed $66.25, there mig…[Read more]

]]> 762d66c671653813de610dcf56eacc49 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic STADA (SAZ, DE0007251803) - Sell short but not yet in the forum European (in particular German) Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/stada-saz-de0007251803-sell-short-but-not-yet/#post-2667 Thu, 06 Jul 2017 16:41:34 +0200 I sold short at €64!
By the way, the news that Stada’s CEO and CFO resign is somehow left unnoticed.
But this is another good reason to go short!

]]> 39d9abfe9e2df0bc706a04d889c37fc6 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic Buy Gold and Silver in the forum Bonds, FX, Commodities, Derivatives, etc https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/buy-gold-and-silver/#post-2665 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 17:50:37 +0200 Silver becomes interesting again. However, I would not buy yet because there is a risk that it will further fall if USD gets stronger.

]]> ac978f4ece2ad0df533438561becac00 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic Wheat is low: trend reversal is not clear so far but still in the forum Bonds, FX, Commodities, Derivatives, etc https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/wheat-is-low-trend-reversal-is-not-clear-so-far-but-still/#post-2664 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 17:45:40 +0200 After several month of awaiting my wheat position started to germinate! πŸ™‚
The reason behind is likely a cold summer in Russia.

]]> d2479b6b9f5325fde163cea7ae3f772d Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic Wheat is low: trend reversal is not clear so far but still in the forum Bonds, FX, Commodities, Derivatives, etc https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/wheat-is-low-trend-reversal-is-not-clear-so-far-but-still/#post-2664 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 17:45:40 +0200 After several month of awaiting my wheat position started to germinate! πŸ™‚

]]> 631fa6592a9848e9dd2aabd7052e84b5 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic STADA (SAZ, DE0007251803) - Sell short but not yet in the forum European (in particular German) Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/stada-saz-de0007251803-sell-short-but-not-yet/#post-2657 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 18:46:07 +0200 I guessed the significant price levels surprisingly precise. Now the stock reached €64 (and then fell a little bit below). Bain Capital and Cinven are going to make a new acquisition offer.
The previous acquisition prices was €66. Likely it will be at least as high but not much higher. So there is about €3 or €4 growth potential and (from recent…[Read more]

]]> 9ece15db2802a352bb060bde198d688b Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic Zink short (in near future) in the forum Bonds, FX, Commodities, Derivatives, etc https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/zink-short-in-near-future/#post-2619 Sun, 02 Jul 2017 10:48:41 +0200 BTW, by nickel the situation is inverse: low spot prices and high contango. So Nickel long (for me it is already the case) and Zinc short is a market-neutral pair trading.

]]> 228deabbd11d9038e2d33b3be8c1d1d2 Vasily Nekrasov started the topic Zink short (in near future) in the forum Bonds, FX, Commodities, Derivatives, etc https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/zink-short-in-near-future/ Sun, 02 Jul 2017 10:34:28 +0200 Reading financial news I came up to this article, in which they affirm the Zink price will grow first of all due to growth in automotive.

So far, so good but let us look at the forward curve. It is inverse, which means that the market anticipates the price drop!

So I gotta go short, e.g. with this ETC.
Either now or await till the price…[Read more]

]]> 221d14526383a3aedf194d09a0328091 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic STADA (SAZ, DE0007251803) - Sell short but not yet in the forum European (in particular German) Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/stada-saz-de0007251803-sell-short-but-not-yet/#post-2614 Sat, 01 Jul 2017 07:19:22 +0200 As I expected, STADA has reached €62. On 03.08.2017 they will publish Q2 2017 report. Recall that the market can react irrationally!
So for conservative traders I recommend to wait for this reaction … and if stock jumps then go short (unless the report turns out to be really super-duper).

]]> 7d1fb03c64d1c57702b4a4e50439dde6 Vasily Nekrasov started the topic Destination Maternity Corp. (DEST, US25065D1000) is for a gambler-investor in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/destination-maternity-corp-dest-us25065d1000-ist-for-a-gambler-investor/ Sat, 01 Jul 2017 06:27:01 +0200 Before yesterday, as the stock dropped -33%, this company was unknown to me. Now I am an investor, however, a gambler-investor, as Paul Samuelson wrote in some of his papers.

During recent years the company was making losses.
However, Destination Maternity Corp. is not an start-up, it is a company with a long history, in which it already…[Read more]

]]> 7d1fb03c64d1c57702b4a4e50439dde6 Vasily Nekrasov started the topic Destination Maternity Corp. (DEST, US25065D1000) is for a gambler-investor in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/destination-maternity-corp-dest-us25065d1000-ist-for-a-gambler-investor/ Sat, 01 Jul 2017 06:27:01 +0200 Before yesterday, as the stock dropped -33%, this company was unknown to me. Now I am an investor, however, a gambler-investor, as Paul Samuelson wrote in some of his papers.

During recent years the company was making losses.
However, Destination Maternity Corp. is not an start-up, it is a company with a long history, in which it already…[Read more]

]]> 6229962168bee5a8dc9261984dec2b48 Vasily Nekrasov started the topic Destination Maternity Corp. (DEST, US25065D1000) is for a gambler-investor in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/destination-maternity-corp-dest-us25065d1000-ist-for-a-gambler-investor/ Sat, 01 Jul 2017 06:27:01 +0200 Before yesterday, as the stock dropped -33%, this company was unknown to me. Now I am an investor, however, a gambler-investor, as Paul Samuelson wrote in some of his papers.

During recent years the company was making losses.
However, Destination Maternity Corp. is not an start-up, it is a company with a long history, in which it already…[Read more]

]]> 8d634978d39f114527a22be3b129cfdf Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic Cloudera (CLDR, US18914U1007) is a good company and costs 7% less than by IPO in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/cloudera-cldr-us18914u1007-is-a-good-company-and-costs-7-less-than-by-ipo/#post-2606 Fri, 30 Jun 2017 16:50:07 +0200 Bought it today at $15.69!
It may continue falling but in long term it has a potential to become a tenbagger!

]]> 1604ed478cfbf6269045e95ed6227907 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic GoPro (US38268T1034) looks attractive - 2016.12.17 in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/gopro-us38268t1034-looks-attractive-2016-12-17/#post-2595 Tue, 27 Jun 2017 19:14:53 +0200 Gut recover but further growth is in question. So I would sell

]]> 29c31587953561c9cc16224c8af13b3d Vasily Nekrasov started the topic STADA (SAZ, DE0007251803) - Sell short but not yet in the forum European (in particular German) Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/stada-saz-de0007251803-sell-short-but-not-yet/ Tue, 27 Jun 2017 18:57:34 +0200 STADA is the leading German producer of generics. Its stock intensively grew last year since Bain und Cinven wanted to take STADA over. Now the acquisition is failed and Bain und Cinven are not allowed to try again for one year (unless BaFin – German analog of SEC and STADA itself agree).

As expected, STADA’s stock dropped … but suddenly got…[Read more]

]]> 2d59e2104daff78f6d6a9cf91964772a Vasily Nekrasov started the topic Cloudera (CLDR, US18914U1007) is a good company and costs 7% less than by IPO in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/cloudera-cldr-us18914u1007-is-a-good-company-and-costs-7-less-than-by-ipo/ Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:58:40 +0200 Investors can buy now, speculators should wait till the price again recoils from $16.00

Telling you that Cloudera is a good company I know what I am talking about. Namely, as I tried to build a hadoop cluster I found the Hadoop-suite from Cloudera the most usable.
However, so far it unprofitable: http://financials.morningstar.com/ratios/r.html?t=C&hellip;[Read more]

]]> b71d110454bd01b19df83a89c8d9a9d1 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic GoPro (US38268T1034) looks attractive - 2016.12.17 in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/gopro-us38268t1034-looks-attractive-2016-12-17/#post-2569 Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:39:19 +0200 The stock is again looking attractive ($7.77) but the most cautious investors (like me) should set the buy-limit near $7.25

]]> f5577b2031afeef5a4fef9b526b1aa8e Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic GoPro (US38268T1034) looks attractive - 2016.12.17 in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/gopro-us38268t1034-looks-attractive-2016-12-17/#post-2569 Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:39:19 +0200 The stock is again looking attractive.

]]> a440cf72147b3a7d686c8053bfb32f55 Vasily Nekrasov started the topic PUT option on (overvalued) Adidas - Analysis before buying in the forum European (in particular German) Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/put-option-on-overvalued-adidas-analysis-before-buying/ Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:12:01 +0200 1e79b72397c83b086c9d9d7113590ae5 Vasily Nekrasov started the topic PUT option on (overvalued) Adidas - Analysis before buying in the forum European (in particular German) Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/put-option-on-overvalued-adidas-analysis-before-buying/ Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:12:01 +0200 32a1f79bb1e87ebce8d88317a09d6540 Vasily Nekrasov started the topic How to use R behind a proxy to get data from Yahoo.Finance and Quandl in the forum Quantitative Methods and Programming https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/how-to-use-r-behind-a-proxy-to-get-data-from-yahoo-finance-and-quandl/ Tue, 28 Mar 2017 08:49:30 +0200 If you are connected to the Internet via proxy server, you will experience inconvenience working with R. In particular, by default you will neither be able to download the data, nor even install packages from web.

To circumvent this inconvenience, start R with key –internet2 , i.e. Rgui.exe –internet2
Now you can install the libraries and get…[Read more]

]]> ad78572ffa9bce14316e14131760fe6d Vasily Nekrasov started the topic GAZPROM [ADR] (US3682872078) in the forum Japanese and BRIC stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/gazprom-adr-us3682872078/ Wed, 22 Mar 2017 17:58:49 +0100 A year ago we reviewed Gazprom stock and recommended not to buy (not yet).

At 3:07 we promised to tell you as soon as time to buy comes. It came! πŸ˜‰

]]> e6e19e1af935b3bcdf95f7c4973c31d6 Vasily Nekrasov started the topic GAZPROM [ADR] (US3682872078) in the forum Japanese and BRIC stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/gazprom-adr-us3682872078/ Wed, 22 Mar 2017 17:58:49 +0100 A year ago we reviewed Gazprom stock and recommended not to buy (not yet).

At 3:07 we promised to tell you as soon as time to buy comes. It came! πŸ˜‰

]]> 45f72cc9fdaa93ce01a9aa4f09e9430e Vasily Nekrasov started the topic GAZPROM [ADR] (US3682872078) in the forum Japanese and BRIC stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/gazprom-adr-us3682872078/ Wed, 22 Mar 2017 17:58:49 +0100 A year ago we reviewed Gazprom stock and recommended not to buy (not yet).

At 3:07 we promised to tell you as soon as time to buy comes. It came! πŸ˜‰

]]> 68ac259e765e12d456244c12bbfd1a9d Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic GoPro (US38268T1034) looks attractive - 2016.12.17 in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/gopro-us38268t1034-looks-attractive-2016-12-17/#post-1431 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 18:28:07 +0100 Ride on turbulence.
After Goldman downgraded GoPro I thought that it was a good opportunity to buy. And started buying in small tranches.
Finally made infinitesimal Profit, now waiting for a opportunity to re-enter.
Date Stocks Price Trade P&L
16.03.2017 19:16 79 7,765 sell 8,08%
16.03.2017 09:18 79 7,467 sell 3,94%
14.03.2017…[Read more]

]]> 23a8188ef498f5eba7f9daaacf1072ad Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic GoPro (US38268T1034) looks attractive - 2016.12.17 in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/gopro-us38268t1034-looks-attractive-2016-12-17/#post-1426 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 21:43:35 +0100 Forgot to report on 24.02.2017 that I sold the stock with 6.3% profit. In time, since it dropped today by to $8.00.
And again I bought very close the minimum!

]]> ccf7f5817df3d9ee0f29e7f92a604a1c Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic Wheat is low: trend reversal is not clear so far but still in the forum Bonds, FX, Commodities, Derivatives, etc https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/wheat-is-low-trend-reversal-is-not-clear-so-far-but-still/#post-1197 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 22:08:10 +0100 Finally, the wheat (DE000A0KRJ93) started to reverse!

]]> dd73396d5ef8a0151d5871ea07fae67c Vasily Nekrasov started the topic COCOA -43% within a year, breaking 5Y minimum in the forum Bonds, FX, Commodities, Derivatives, etc https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/cocoa-43-within-a-year-breaking-5y-minimum/ Fri, 10 Feb 2017 21:55:35 +0100 Keep watching it, it may be a good opportunity! So far it seems to be an oversupply but a drought or a hurricane will blow up the prices! I bought the first tranche (DE000ETC0597) and I am going to add, however, after the downtrend bends.

]]> e6e2bc7b795022bc5d34a2c95957bfaf Vasily Nekrasov started the topic COCOA -43% within a year, breaking 5Y minimum in the forum Bonds, FX, Commodities, Derivatives, etc https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/cocoa-43-within-a-year-breaking-5y-minimum/ Fri, 10 Feb 2017 21:55:35 +0100 Keep watching it, it may be a good opportunity! So far is seems to be an oversupply but a drought or hurricane will blow up the prices! I bought the first tranche (DE000ETC0597) and I am going to add, however, after the downtrend bends.

]]> ab54fac023a6cf8ed137e0238c0778af Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic GoPro (US38268T1034) looks attractive - 2016.12.17 in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/gopro-us38268t1034-looks-attractive-2016-12-17/#post-1151 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 18:34:49 +0100 It has not reached $8.5 yet but a drop today was significant. I bought a little bit since there may be a correction but I will patiently wait until it calms down before I add.

]]> 62fb31ba7573948d17b67db007dcff01 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic GoPro (US38268T1034) looks attractive - 2016.12.17 in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/gopro-us38268t1034-looks-attractive-2016-12-17/#post-1060 Fri, 03 Feb 2017 18:01:49 +0100 GoPro is -12% down after the Q4-report was published!
And I think it will reach $8.5 again, where I am going to put my buy order.

]]> 73fcc4ac84569f5d873d1535f2eada82 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic Hugo Boss and Tom Tailor jumped +5%. Jumps Gerry Weber next? in the forum European (in particular German) Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/hugo-boss-and-tom-tailor-jumped-5-jumps-gerry-weber-next/#post-1007 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 21:48:03 +0100 Well, Gerry Weber has indeed moved by 5% … but it was a drop, not a jump πŸ™
However, the annual report is actually OK that’s why I added the position. And this was right, the stock went up after that.
Since I want to keep my exposure in GB small, I halved the position but I still expect a 5% – 10% growth in midterm.

]]> 19ee0f0c972350315e1eb37e0741fea2 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic RTL (LU0061462528), Axel Springer (DE0005501357) and Norma (DE000A1H8BV3) in the forum European (in particular German) Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/rtl-lu0061462528-axel-springer-de0005501357-and-norma-de000a1h8bv3/#post-989 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 19:55:26 +0100 RTL is in “no grow” mode, so sold with minimal profit.

]]> b71f0043c4647c6313721d04e71025a5 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic GoPro (US38268T1034) looks attractive - 2016.12.17 in the forum American Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/gopro-us38268t1034-looks-attractive-2016-12-17/#post-988 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 19:54:15 +0100 GoPro reached today $9.5, so I have sold it.
Of course it might go even higher but recently it has rather fluctuated between $8.5 and 9.5 and since I expect a general market correction, I took profit.

If it goes down, I will re-enter again, I still expect M&A / takeover.

]]> a19c4c984e8fed156948ce87e353b895 Vasily Nekrasov started the topic Hugo Boss and Tom Tailor jumped +5%. Jumps Gerry Weber next? in the forum European (in particular German) Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/hugo-boss-and-tom-tailor-jumped-5-jumps-gerry-weber-next/ Fri, 20 Jan 2017 20:35:48 +0100 Hugo Boss (DE000A1PHFF7) and Tom Tailor (DE000A0STST2) jumped +5%. Will Gerry Weber(DE0003304101) jump next? I expect it will and bought it!
Last year something like this did work!

]]> 75f9dc54e089bb6b643c9de69d6b00fc Vasily Nekrasov started the topic Hugo Boss and Tom Tailor jumped +5%. Jumps Gerry Weber next? in the forum European (in particular German) Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/hugo-boss-and-tom-tailor-jumped-5-jumps-gerry-weber-next/ Fri, 20 Jan 2017 20:35:48 +0100 Hugo Boss (DE000A1PHFF7) and Tom Tailor (DE000A0STST2) jumped +5%. Jumps Gerry Weber(DE0003304101) next? I expect yes and bought it!
Last year something like this did work!

]]> 848c94a24ea5d32d8fe2d9f83ceb67c6 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic RTL (LU0061462528), Axel Springer (DE0005501357) and Norma (DE000A1H8BV3) in the forum European (in particular German) Stocks https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/rtl-lu0061462528-axel-springer-de0005501357-and-norma-de000a1h8bv3/#post-938 Fri, 20 Jan 2017 20:31:00 +0100 I bought RTL again. The market grew in December 2016 as crazy but RTL did not. I think it has a potential to catch up.

]]> f331253c9d64c8fb44a9878256abf1ac Vasily Nekrasov started the topic Rack Wreck - a case study of small household problem with Bank branch in mind in the forum General questions https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/rack-wreck-a-case-study-of-small-household-problem-with-bank-branch-in-mind/ Tue, 27 Dec 2016 12:10:13 +0100 On Christmas evening I had a lot of guests, who hung their heavy winter coats on the rack. The rack held … but in the night – as the guests and their coats were away – it wreck!
First moral: it wreck not directly under the “stress scenario” but after that, as the stress peak was away!

Actually, though it wreck, it didn’t fall since only one…[Read more]

]]> a5d97b9770009ac0c21e2267eaa458d6 Vasily Nekrasov started the topic Rack Wreck - a case study of small household problem with Bank branch in mind in the forum General questions https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/rack-wreck-a-case-study-of-small-household-problem-with-bank-branch-in-mind/ Tue, 27 Dec 2016 12:10:13 +0100 On Christmas evening I had a lot of guests, who hung their heavy winter coats on the rack. The rack held … but in the night – as the guests and their coats were away – it wreck!
First moral: it wreck not directly under the “stress scenario” but after that, as the stress peak was away!

Actually, though it wreck, it didn’t fall since only one…[Read more]

]]> 24f5360bbd68ac62b07e1148eb6da73b Vasily Nekrasov started the topic A typical question "which theories on quantitative finance to read about" in the forum Student Forum https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/a-typical-question-which-theories-on-quantitative-finance-to-read-about/ Mon, 26 Dec 2016 11:57:26 +0100 I am permanently being asked what Msc. Student of Quantitative Finance / Financial Math should read additionally to the compulsory curriculum.

Well, I can give a comprehensive answer only if I know the background of those who ask. But a general advice:
1. Look which models are implemented in QuantLib. If practitioners spend their time…[Read more]

]]> 9600d7fa1d92966a92b451c5f641f8fb Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic OPEC agrees to cut oil production. A good opportunity to short? in the forum Bonds, FX, Commodities, Derivatives, etc https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/opec-agrees-to-cut-oil-production-a-good-opportunity-to-short/#post-657 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:54:47 +0100 Well, so far the WTI price fluctuates between $52 and $54. I still keep about 5% of my portfolio WTI short and use another 5% to trade within this corridor (however, short-only)

]]> 4268590f90c1469237e0e6b443d68f7e Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic OPEC agrees to cut oil production. A good opportunity to short? in the forum Bonds, FX, Commodities, Derivatives, etc https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/opec-agrees-to-cut-oil-production-a-good-opportunity-to-short/#post-655 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:51:55 +0100 Well, so far the WTI price fluctuates between $52 and $54. I still keep about 5% of my portfolio WTI short and use another 5% to trade within this corridor (however, short-only)

]]> 4268590f90c1469237e0e6b443d68f7e Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic OPEC agrees to cut oil production. A good opportunity to short? in the forum Bonds, FX, Commodities, Derivatives, etc https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/opec-agrees-to-cut-oil-production-a-good-opportunity-to-short/#post-655 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:51:55 +0100 Well, so far the WTI price fluctuates between $52 and $54. I still keep about 5% of my portfolio WTI short and use another 5% to trade within this corridor (however, short-only)

]]> 9b82f12956d171a8239e600259fcf853 Vasily Nekrasov replied to the topic OPEC agrees to cut oil production. A good opportunity to short? in the forum Bonds, FX, Commodities, Derivatives, etc https://letyourmoneygrow.com/forums/topic/opec-agrees-to-cut-oil-production-a-good-opportunity-to-short/#post-655 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:51:55 +0100 So far the WTI price fluctuates between $52 and $54. I still keep about 5% of my portfolio WTI short and use another 5% to trade within this corridor (however, short-only)

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