Kushinator

I just found this old convo and after 5 years am still learning from it.

Fields be struggling bruh

Luv your av

tried to send a PM but your mail box is full

I loved the Porter pick. I basically yelled Hallelujah when the Cavs took Bennett number 1, because the talk in Washington was that the front office was split half and half between Porter and Bennett and I'm really not a fan of Bennett. Oladipo is an intriguing player to me because he improved so much from one year to the next you wonder if it's a fluke. I'm surprised Noel dropped so much but personally I think he was a bit overrated and overhyped. I don't think you can be an impactful big in the NBA when you have the weight of a guard.

We also took Glen Rice Jr. in the 2nd round so I'm anxious to see what he can do. His daddy was lights out.

Not bad brother. Been working my butt off at the store and still taking classes so I'm exhausted. Yourself?

How about yourself? I've noticed the economics forum has declined in quality quite a bit.. the number of posters I actually read on this board get fewer and fewer every time I check it. I'm sure RL is treating you nicely if you're still working in the markets. What's your personal outlook?

Hey man, been doing great just been super busy recently so I haven't been able to post much. The rally is great! I gotta say, business is much better when things are going up.. and being bullish leaves a better taste in everyone's mouth. My economic perspective is pretty radically different than when I was posting last year -- I have much more faith in the strength of the recovery, believe markets have muddled through the worst, and think the unemployment crisis demands more attention than the fictional "debt crisis". Right now, I agree with most economists that we should have a slow start to the year but will pick up steam in the second half of the year. It's still a tricky time to invest - is it 1986 or 1995? Personally, I'll be waiting for a technical correction before dipping my toe back in and I think the yen trade is still one of the best opportunities out there.

Woo 'fiscal cliff'. How long before we get a compromise in the new year?

merry christmas kush

Kushinator!!!! You have the funniest Avatar on DP!! What an absolute hoot!!!

What's 150b between friends? That's only like the subsidy to PBS

Thankyou for restoring sanity and pointing out the obvious in the Peter Schiff thread.

hey sorry I missed you in chat last night, maybe next time lol

That's definitely true. Sustaining expectations were a primary reason for leaving the easing open-ended. Did you get a chance to read the Woodford paper? He proposed that the expectations channel is more effective than the actual market operations. Most people are saying that paper was the primary factor in Bernanke's decision. Do you support NGDP targeting? What do you see as the drawbacks?

Both quantitative and open-ended easing affects inflation expectations. One of the main purposes of quantitative easing is to reduce the real interest rate once the nominal rate is zero. I don't understand why a poster of your stature would believe otherwise.

Graph: 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate (DGS10)-10-Year Treasury Inflation-Indexed Security, Constant Maturity (DFII10) - FRED - St. Louis Fed
Best Chart: Fed Purchases Boost Inflation - Businessweek

LSAP's effects on 10Y yields and inflation, before OT was even announced: FRBSF Economic Letter: Estimating the Macroeconomic Effects of the Fed's Asset Purchases (2011-03, 1/31/2011)

Just found this old piece from Goldman. They advised shorting the 10Ys on Jan-23 through the March futures. Maybe that big money was one of their big clients. Goldman Tells Clients To Short US 10 Year Treasurys | ZeroHedge

Raise rates? No way. Even Goldman predicts that sterilized QE3 is still inevitable. Whatever it is they knew, I'd like to know. IIRC, the large sell-off in treasuries last week came out of the blue on no news.

**** man, I was going to ask if he left the position open until the sell-off last week. What a beautiful trade

Didn't watch the game, but I saw that John Lucas lit up the Heat last night and the Bulls won without D-Rose. You must be very proud

Granted the decline in 30-year treasury futures came from the peak on Tuesday. They were relatively unchanged on the day unless he covered at the lows.

I saw your chat with SB in the chatroom. I guess that big money made out like a bandit this week

You had a cool story to tell me??

Really enjoyed our small debate last week. I would like to continue it as I posted a pretty long reply to your last question but it got buried in the spam that now makes up that thread. I look forward to future discussion on economics and fiscal policy