Hi, I'm doing a pairs trading project for a statistics course at the University of Toronto and I'm having a hard time finding a good pair of non-stationary stocks whose spread is stationary. some of the companies that I've tried are wal-mart, Coke, Pepsi and the Target corporation. If anybody has any suggestions please let me know, thanks.

I see British Gas has just increased gas price by 35%. Brings back memories of the 1970s.

Hey guys,

Been lurking about these forums for a bit, will hopefully set up a blog come september (bit busy atm).

I figured I'd start off with this post, as i want to know your thoughts (why else would i post i guess).

There is this generally accepted rule of not putting more then 2% of your trading capital into one stock (or deal).

Do you agree? Why? What are the advantages?

Personally, I don't follow it, but i think it might be because I'm missing something major, and as I am rather rubbish at explaining my ideas in text, i figured it would be easier to reply to your views, then hope you'd understand mine.

yay?

P.S. great forum, love you all, etc

Hotch
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