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I do not believe aerodynamic stability depends on whether the inputs change or not. For instance, stall a Cessna 172 and it will tend to pitch down on its own even if you keep pull…

Please look up what 'amnesty' means. Apple isn't doing anything wrong or illegal by keeping its cash outside of the US. Also note the the US tax code is the only one (in advanced c…

It's called a tariff. They're an incredibly blunt tool and they're generally not a good way to make anything "fair". Also the rarity of a skill does not necessarily correlate to it…

Is it futuristic because it runs tests concurrently?

Are you saying that aviation is inherently less safe in non-predominantly english speaking countries?

I'm even less convinced about the usefulness knowing "how much of a trade a particular counter-party can absorb". And somehow deriving this information from the current book size (…

Correct maybe. Useful, certainly not.

1) I think you're asking too much of what is essentially a silly experiment. 2) What if potatoes become hip? 3) If you want auditable PPP conversion rates: http://data.worldbank.or…

How good is your index if you don't capture local shocks?

Any practical reason you'd want a "non brand related" index? The way I understand it the Big Mac index is pretty good because it casts a wide net from the cost of producing (or imp…

And: 3. The number of good developers is unrelated to the number of H1-B issued

1. There is no relationship whatsoever between the secrecy of their strategies and the likelihood of a government bailout. Most companies have some sort of proprietary secrets, aft…

I don't see how this proves the market is rigged. What I do see is: 1) One market participant is being less than clever by trying to buy, in one order, 80% of the offered quantity,…

You charge for deposits made in the banks' accounts at the ECB.

A pretty solid evidence is the consistently high number of people coming / trying to come to the US each year... Seriously, you wouldn't put up with all that immigration crap if it…

That's a bit of an exaggeration. Many H1-Bs work in high-value industries and make a decent amount of money (I should know, I'm an H1-B holder). I don't think many of them consider…

What exactly is the point ? How long it would take for the guy who washes the dishes in my favourite restaurant to buy the shoes I'm wearing? How long would it take a techie in a h…

Please re-read my comment. I'm not saying you need options to get rid of a large block of shares. What I'm saying is that trying to get rid of a lot of shares through $30MM worth o…

The only people I see "guaranteeing any return on whatever investment they sell" typically turn out to be ponzi schemes.

No. If you have a block of shares, there are much better ways to get rid of them. These deals typically take a long time to structure, market and initiate. Besides, you really don'…

How exactly is this a scam ? These are very generic products, and many investment banks issued dollops of them (especially tied to Apple) in the past few years. Basically, they loo…

You just did the equivalent of a user calling tech support saying "my computer doesn't work".

Quick correction here: AAPL has weekly, monthly and quarterly options. Weeklies expire every friday (except on fridays when it is also a monthly expiry - the third friday of every …

Care to share one of these "well told stories of amateur investors making literally billions of dollars finding holes in option contracts that the hedge funds and IBanks missed" ?