MBB: Centennial Conference

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

He isn't talking to you, jmcozenlaw.

[ReturnOFmonix]

my girls???

[Corporal Hicks]

     Woah woah woah settle down there Day-trader (@jmcozenlaw)  Futures and commodities aren't rocket science.  Even @monix (Mcdaniel Alum) would most likely be able to figure them out.... ok well maybe not....slow down corporal.....

      Corporal Hicks- School of Hard Knocks Alum

[BleedingGreen]

@jmcozenlaw Did not mean any offense to you, theres a certain segment of people on here who seem to be very preoccupied with blogging complete BS.  Haven't recalled you posting in some time, but I wish your trading account all the best.  Not to say that people on here don't hold respectable jobs, just saying that people seem to be spending a considerable amount of time on here with the only intent to spread lies and hate.  Glad to see Swarthmore succeed in recent years, Kosmalski has done a wonderful job. Not here to be competitive in any ways, just got defensive because I think this blog has gotten out of hands at times.

@ReturnofMonix My apologies, I was mistaken, I believed you to be the girls coach, but you are indeed the boys varsity coach. I get you come from a point of loyalty, but everybody here has figured out the shtick.  Even Hank knows who you are, although it doesn't take an FBI detective to figure it out.

I hope everybody has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  May it bring health and joy to all of you. 

[Hank Mardukas]

@jmcozenlaw: Since the CME group had now implemented Bitcoin Futures any thoughts on a smart play? Admittedly, I am not an expert on crypto but I did get very lucky by purchasing some Bitcoin back in 2007. The only reason I purchased it was because I was the head of my towns rec department and could get the jerseys made cheaply in China if paid in Bitcoin. I kept a couple just because I liked the idea of the blockchain although I never knew how practical it was. My real question is since I got so lucky, should I hedge my Bitcoin bet in the futures market. I know how volatile crypto is and if I do a Costless Collar, even if the price of Bitcoin drops I still win. I also read the intrinsic value of a Bitcoin is $1,000 so the fact that it trades up to 19x its value does scare me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. All the best and enjoy your holidays.   

[centfan]

merry christmas everyone
may we continue to discuss basketball on this site and be kind and respectful to each other

[D.B. Cooper]

Nice win by Hopkins against ranked opponent

[noonhooper]

How about that?!? Swat goes up to the #4 team in the country and beats them on their home court pretty soundly.

Added bonus that Swarthmore spends a lot of time going against the NESCAC for players and it will be a nice result to hang your hat on.

Centennial has some legit teams- let the fun begin!

[BleedingGreen]

Nice to see a number of Centennial teams pull out some out of conference wins- Swat with the biggest one over Middlebury, Dickinson over Susquehanna, along with Ursinus, Muhlenberg, Johns Hopkins, and Haverford all pulling out wins.  Nice to see the Connecticut guys from Muhlenberg get a win in their home state, which was the main headline of the write-up.  Really impressive win for Swat, think it is fairly obvious that they are the clear cut favorites moving forward. 

Happy New Year to everybody, good luck dealing with the cold up north!

[Swat Fan #1]

Great win for Swat over the #2 team in country. I watched the game and it was never really close. The win must have Swat thinking of big things this year.

[Gabriel]

Nice comments about Swat on the NESCAC board.  They are the real deal and should advance to the post season.

[jmcozenlaw]

@jmcozenlaw: Since the CME group had now implemented Bitcoin Futures any thoughts on a smart play? Admittedly, I am not an expert on crypto but I did get very lucky by purchasing some Bitcoin back in 2007. The only reason I purchased it was because I was the head of my towns rec department and could get the jerseys made cheaply in China if paid in Bitcoin. I kept a couple just because I liked the idea of the blockchain although I never knew how practical it was. My real question is since I got so lucky, should I hedge my Bitcoin bet in the futures market. I know how volatile crypto is and if I do a Costless Collar, even if the price of Bitcoin drops I still win. I also read the intrinsic value of a Bitcoin is $1,000 so the fact that it trades up to 19x its value does scare me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. All the best and enjoy your holidays.   

Hank, I have been a bit of a skeptic (listening to too many people talking about the "tulips") but I am changing my tune. I don't watch CNBC often, but I did happen to catch a piece on Fast Money today that intrigued me. A gentleman from RBC by the name of Mitch (or Mich) Steves spoke about the infancy stage of crypto and blockchain. What was most interesting were his comments about how this future is also about building the Web 3.0......in essence, replacing the internet. 100% security, 100% of the time. Non-hackable. If I knew he was coming on, I would have DVR'd it to watch it over and over (to better understand it). I might go to the CNBC website and see if I can find it (and will post here). If you google 'Bitcoin Jesus'.......check out the first two CNBC pieces on Roger Ver. He is the first Bitcoin investor and is worth a couple billion dollars I believe. He is now anti-Bitcoin, but pro-Bitcoin cash. I need to look at this closer. I've been following Ethereum. I also heard the CEO of Ripple a few times and he is impressive (not a techie kid) and there are some real world applications already happening.

I loaded up on gold and gold miners/junior gold miners (leveraged and non-leveraged). I am also looking to establish a VIX position soon as things seem "too good", but not yet. Brian Kelly (CNBC's Fast Money) was on the Bitcoin and crypto bandwagon a few years ago. I was pretty clueless. Tonight, he announced that he will be launching a few crypto etf's shortly. I'll probably get involved that way vs. futures on the CME as I still don't feel comfortable from a knowledge standpoint just yet.

[Swat Fan #1]

Is this still a basketball forum?

[Gabriel]

Is this still a basketball forum?

Forum has been hijacked.  Must be the Russians.

[noonhooper]

Wasn't able to watch any of the games this weekend. Anyone have any thoughts?