A couple more. The second power of five goes to a 1 followed by zeroes number in the end so I guess he worked it backwards as another division of five is not a whole number

To see if he will become an accountant or a Fields' medalist, see how he handles Gauss's problem: 1 + 2 + ... + 100 the right answer to this is someting like =nx*0.5+nx? I havent studied maths since 18, I was better at Chemistry Any other sequences that I can show to him appreciated. I will post th...

Can he do [$]e^5[$] to two decimal places accuracy?

from his head,
This sound like a direct translation from a Germanic language.

thats probably a bit much!

This is my son wirting out 8^n and 9^n from his head, I think self taught, and yes he is on the spectrum. What do you think? The 9^n sequence has one error in it carried through.

monetisation it wont help the reindustrialisation trend in the US but a bout of inflation might help erode consumer and government liabilities.

<t>yeah plausible enough. i mean you have millions of baby boomers with savings that think they will retire but will find themselves with devalued savings. but the government bond markets are controlled by professionals and they are supposed to be rational investors. pretty soon the fed and state co...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: Traden4AlphaQuoteOriginally posted by: MartinghoulQuoteOriginally posted by: rbhawcroftso by renege i mean if inflation is high the US govt may decide they dont want to honor the TIPs bonds and either redeem them or convert them or reduce the coupon over the inflation r...

so by renege i mean if inflation is high the US govt may decide they dont want to honor the TIPs bonds and either redeem them or convert them or reduce the coupon over the inflation rate.

in theory TIPS should pay off in an price inflationary environment, however the tail risk is that the government try and renege on them as well!

<t>the US issued their national debt in dollars on the understanding of a sound money policy. now they are moving away from that via monetisation. on that basis as a rational investor i would require a much higher nominal and real expected yield on UST's. In otherwords if the Fed is willing to monet...

<t>if local sovereign debt has been issued on a sound money basis and priced as such then to leave sound money due to necessity is a default as far as any rational investor is concerned. getting back to the swiss banks, where is thier bailout? UBS has puked up a $750m loss on a Highland CDO today, w...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: MartinghoulQuoteOriginally posted by: rbhawcroftwell Uve Been Sacked 5yr SNR CDS is creeping higher pretty much every day. I have a feeling the last 4.5yrs of that contract might be a bit redundant.We shall see, sire, we shall see... In general, I would really question ...

well Uve Been Sacked 5yr SNR CDS is creeping higher pretty much every day. I have a feeling the last 4.5yrs of that contract might be a bit redundant.

you seem to be about 2 years late. in the past you could have put a pool of loans together, guarantee very high returns, tack an incomprehensive trading overlay on to enhance that and be laughing until the SEC came knocking.

<t>Yeah but if they are going to try and seigniorage savers to bail out the equity owners in the US then TIPs stands out, thats all I am saying. To a multi asset class investor you can hedge inflation by investing abroad or in commodities and real assets, but not if you are mandated to only invest i...