Dow Jones Indexes

[RVince]

Well, Dow Jones Indexes owns the rights to make indexes based on a
specific path through Leverage Space (one that seeks to compress the
time required to recoup a drawdown), and they will be doing that and
offering ETFs on it, and indexes to institutions based on it in the
coming months. Richard Wilkie and I,as partners, have entered into an
agreement with them this week.

I'm happy about it because it not only lets me pretty much retain my
autonomy (something I have sacrificed over the years to retain more
than I can say) but moreso, because it is a commercial validation of
the idea -- that such an entity would put their good name to
mathematics of this and the results it claims to achieve, I am very
heartened by.

Anyhow, I'd like to keep this group going., Also, I;d like to see if
we can't get Josh to show us how to use the EC2 cloud with the lspm
software of his, or, get access to it through the cloud, somehow.

-Ralph Vince

[Joshua Ulrich]

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:01 PM, RVince <rvin...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Well, Dow Jones Indexes owns the rights to make indexes based on a
> specific path through Leverage Space (one that seeks to compress the
> time required to recoup a drawdown), and they will be doing that and
> offering ETFs on it, and indexes to institutions based on it in the
> coming months. Richard Wilkie and I,as partners,  have entered into an
> agreement with them this week.
>

Congratulations Ralph and Richard! Do you have any idea when the ETFs
will begin trading?

> I'm happy about it because it not only lets me pretty much retain my
> autonomy (something I have sacrificed over the years to retain more
> than I can say) but moreso, because it is a commercial validation of
> the idea -- that such an entity would put their good name to
> mathematics of this and the results it claims to achieve, I am very
> heartened by.
>

In what ways should we expect to see this autonomy expressed? Via
books and articles, or via more limited means like this group?

I am excited to see how these ETFs will be structured and how they will perform.

> Anyhow, I'd like to keep this group going., Also, I;d like to see if
> we can't get Josh to show us how to use the EC2 cloud with the lspm
> software of his, or, get access to it through the cloud, somehow.
>

Josh would first need access to an EC2 account and would require some
help getting the environment set up (not-so-subtle hints). ;-)

> -Ralph Vince

Regards,
--
Joshua Ulrich | FOSS Trading: www.fosstrading.com

[RVince]

On Mar 30, 5:17 pm, Joshua Ulrich <josh.m.ulr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Congratulations Ralph and Richard!  Do you have any idea when the ETFs
> will begin trading?
>

Probably sometime this Summer they will roll out the first ones. It;s
not something we have control over though.

> In what ways should we expect to see this autonomy expressed?  Via
> books and articles, or via more limited means like this group?

I plan to particpate in this group yes. I also plan to huckster the
indexes themselves.

> Josh would first need access to an EC2 account and would require some
> help getting the environment set up (not-so-subtle hints). ;-)

Let me get this dusty collections basket out....I have an EC2 account,
I just haven;t used it much. I'll hook up wioth you sometine over the
next week or this weekend to get you access to it. Ralph

[R Herrold]

As I recall, they (Amazon) were offering a 'first year free' deal to
new subscribers

That said, Josh please take a look at http://www.pmman.com/ for Xen
based domU units -- CentOS installed and ready to populate to taste --
and I am sure we can arrange a 'study grant' -- with OS / application
support from a founder of CentOS

-- Russ herrold