Wednesday, 18 March 2009

Quitting while you're ahead

Bought: one June Long Gilt Future at 123.43

My latest blogpost: Quitting while you're aheadTweet this! Posted by Mark Wadsworth at 14:14

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah, a profit, however small, is always better than a loss.

18 March 2009 at 16:10
Snafu said...

"You are collecting nickels just in front of a steam-roller"

18 March 2009 at 16:21
Steven_L said...

Mark, who lets you short government bond futures? If you don't mind me asking.

18 March 2009 at 16:47
Mark Wadsworth said...

S, good analogy.

SL, you just open a futures dealing account and get on with it, it's bread and butter stuff. Legally it isn't quite the same as 'shorting' although in practice it is exactly the same thing.

18 March 2009 at 17:00

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