So countries will start fertility campaigns in order to increase the supply of souls ?Zero-rate loans for match-making ?What would be the equivalent of ARMS ?

ARMs could be issued on souls in purgatory.

QuoteOriginally posted by: trackstarARMs could be issued on souls in purgatory.'purgatory' is now deprecated/obsolete, according to recent edicts, but we need to check with Prof Hamilton.

QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: trackstarARMs could be issued on souls in purgatory.'purgatory' is now deprecated/obsolete, according to recent edicts, but we need to check with Prof Hamilton.If you are referring to Catholic doctrine then purgatory has never been deprecated or declared obsolete. If you are referringto Catholic practice then a great many of them act as if both purgatory and hell were boarded up and declared vacant with former inmates on some type of indefinite amnesty program to wander the earth starting their own hedge funds. Consequently,many funerals now double as virtual beatification ceremonies with prayers for the dead being thought of as harmless anachronismsthat only old people do.

QuoteOriginally posted by: MCarreiraSo countries will start fertility campaigns in order to increase the supply of souls ?There certainly is a lot of open interest in the 9-month forwards contract.

I would actually go very long on souls. If you took out a contract at conception with maturity of 23 years, someone else would have covered the costs of carry right through 4 years in Delta House at Dartmouth.By then you have a soul that the Devil will pay for...

What about the cost of carry? convenience yield?

Carry on the 9m-forwards is a pain, but nothing compared with the delivery.

QuoteOriginally posted by: MCarreiraCarry on the 9m-forwards is a pain, but nothing compared with the delivery.Then it is a shout option!

QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnThen it is a shout option!Which can have multiple exercises; although in this case physical delivery is best exercised by surgeons.

The direction in fertility options is making me queasy. Let's look at the optionality of monastic souls.No mundane beta replication for 2 and 20.We are talking pure alpha here; managerial magic.

Business has already started

QuoteOriginally posted by: MCarreiraBusiness has already startedAmazing! Now we just need to securitize a collection of souls. I know some truly subprime souls that would fit nicely in the junk tranches.Hmmm..... This could get complicated. In the case of foreign souls, is there an exchange rate risk? I'm assuming that we'd have no interest rate risks because religious no-usury clauses would make the risk-free rate exactly zero.

What about *downloading some souls?The Saviours of Soul

presumably pricing these things with the Black Souls formula (ouch)