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mircea_popescu: somebody should plot the various pt price vs mpex one day
mircea_popescu: you know in retrospect... that s.dice ipo price was judicious
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla o totally forgot. how's the clay business i wonder
mircea_popescu: (the exact way is left as an exercise to the user, seeing how depending on how you do it you get diff results)
mircea_popescu: why can't he participate in the chan like normal human beings.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla what's it like there ? i can't make sense of all the bs i'm reading.
mircea_popescu: i guess btc is still very much a contrarian market. whatever the public consensus is, it's prolly wrong.
mircea_popescu: it's moot practically as they're not listed, but since we're discussing theory.
mircea_popescu: so maybe the best play is a weighted binary portofolio, bonds and mtgox shares
mircea_popescu: MPOE bonds make money on calm fx market, lose money on volatility.
mircea_popescu: thestrin1puller thinking more about your question : it would seem to me there is some relation here:
mircea_popescu: actually... this is interesting. from a purely fiat perspective mpoe bonds may be one of the best btc-investments you can make.
mircea_popescu: jurov that is a point, in fiat terms the bondholders made money :D
mircea_popescu: if you have 105 btc and put 100 btc into mpoe bonds expect a wild ride.
mircea_popescu: to hedge you would need things which for good reason move in opposing directions.
mircea_popescu: bitesak lol considering the state of finances everywhere in europe vs romania... that's not quite so far off.
mircea_popescu: now "people" are confronted with the rude awakening of reality. kinda bound to be a little thrashing about.
mircea_popescu: "people" have been busily ignoring it for the past year or two
mircea_popescu: thestrin1puller ya well, the thing is this : mpoe and mpex are VERY complex, well thought out intricately designed gems.
mircea_popescu: it's a romanian-based llc (srl in romanian) that i own ~99% of
mircea_popescu: thestrin1puller no. i paid twennyfive dollars for a girls pair of stockings out of pocket yesterday.
mircea_popescu: poor guy lol. one day he's claiming market success like what... 99% of all internet ppl in financial rooms
mircea_popescu: bitesak i'd normally say my pleasure... but this month was a little rough.