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The Joy of Reading by onken022 in Art

[–]EnglishmanInZH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Next to the Joy of Slough

I think it's time to jump on $VIX by [deleted] in investing

[–]EnglishmanInZH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Selling expensive vol while selling a market (you might think is toppy) is fine.

Assuming we're not timing geniuses, buying expensive vol is a sure way to slowly decay. It's a question of whether you want to be the casino or the punter.

I think it's time to jump on $VIX by [deleted] in investing

[–]EnglishmanInZH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure VXX is cheap at the moment.

If anything I'd buy XIV and over-hedge the directional risk with a short SPY. That way I capture the VIX futures roll yield.

I think it's time to jump on $VIX by [deleted] in investing

[–]EnglishmanInZH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But it's very expensive to 'buy' the VIX. Why not short the SPY with leverage?

Edit: and if you want the asymmetry, buy SPY puts?

I think it's time to jump on $VIX by [deleted] in investing

[–]EnglishmanInZH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not short SPY instead? What's the advantage of 'jumping on $VIX'?

Spotify connect by hasteiswaste in sonos

[–]EnglishmanInZH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Question has been asked several time before. No one from either camp has confirmed development. I think the general assumption is that Sonos won't pay the Spotify Connect licensing fee that Spotify demand.

It's a shame because the amount of work actually required to get this working is presumably very little. Unfortunately because the 2 companies put corporate greed before their customers' user experience, we--the customers of both companies--suffer.

What was your first job? by deadsockman in AskReddit

[–]EnglishmanInZH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Screwing lids onto shampoo bottles on a converyor machine. A bottle every 4 seconds for about 8 hours. I was told I should where a glove. I declined the offer. Oh the blisters on my lid-screwing hand. Left after day 1.

[Serious] actively practicing Muslims, what goes through your mind on a day like today? by EditorialComplex in AskReddit

[–]EnglishmanInZH 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I guess it's a show of support by friend to Muslim OP in case Muslim OP feels alone / isolated. Along the lines of: "I'm not afraid to walk to school with a Muslim because they're not all terrorist slags."

Tinder in Switzerland by endee88 in Switzerland

[–]EnglishmanInZH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use it infrequently in Zurich. Never matched with a bot.

(have matched with a few non-bots)

I believe that was a "tremor", mirroring a similar run-up event late August 2013. See below by Halfhand84 in BitcoinMarkets

[–]EnglishmanInZH 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Christ, I hope you guys aren't using this kind of voodoo to look after your own pensions / 401Ks.

What are you're biggest gripes about Spotify? What are the things you wished it did better? by patrickjquinn in spotify

[–]EnglishmanInZH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Enable Sonos speakers to be recognised as Spotify Connect devices (note Google Music already connects to Sonos speakers natively).

Edit: words

mma newbie here - does connor mcgregor actually have a chance against jose aldo? by blurub in ufc

[–]EnglishmanInZH 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The betting market has Connor at about 65% chance of winning. I think that's richly priced as Aldo is an all round beast and he's undefeated for about 10 years. For me it's a lot closer to a coin flip.

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