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HFT Is Evil….So Says Charlie Munger

Banks and Finance, Brokers/Fund Managers, Economy, Get Your Shit TogetherBy Chris Tate May 5, 2013

Funny thing is I thought that according to this group derivatives were the spawn of the devil……oh but thats right they are only the spawn of the devil is you lose money doing it. I would guess so to is taking billions in bail out money was also pretty bad but WTF…. And for a…

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Have You Ever Wondered Why Fund Managers Do So Badly?

Banks and Finance, Brokers/Fund Managers, EconomyBy Chris Tate April 24, 2013

If so here is your answer. I snipped this out of a conversation going on in the Mentor Program Alumni forum and as is my habit whenever someone makes a bold pronouncement regarding something like stops I like to dig a little deeper. On Baskin financials website they boast the following performance. At first glance…

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The Mind of Jeffrey Gundlach

Banks and Finance, Market WizardsBy Chris Tate April 23, 2013

To be honest i had never heard of this person but he seems to be vaguley interesting – its a pity the piece is not longer. Suddenly, he decided he wanted to be rich. It was the 80s, and in the 80s if you wanted to be rich, you were an investment banker. So he…

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John Paulson And Gold

Banks and Finance, Commodities, Economy, Market WizardsBy Chris Tate April 15, 2013

I am not really much of a contrarian. You cant be when you are a trend follower and whilst I take mild amusement from magazine covers trumpeting that housing is the best investment in the universe in 2007 only to see housing end up in the toilet. It is not a strategy I find compelling…

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Hedge Funds Fudge Their Data…Say It Isn’t So

Banks and Finance, Brokers/Fund Managers, Get Your Shit TogetherBy Chris Tate April 10, 2013 2 Comments

From The Economist – Some revisions may be down to cock-up but a closer look hints at conspiracy. Counter-intuitively, most fixes aim to make performance look worse than originally stated. That is probably because two-thirds of funds charge performance fees only if they are at or above their highest valuations. Eager to bring forward the time…

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Simon Lack – Public Money And Hedge Funds

Banks and Finance, Get Your Shit TogetherBy Chris Tate March 20, 2013

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In What World Is This True?

Banks and Finance, Brokers/Fund Managers, Economy, Get Your Shit TogetherBy Chris Tate March 17, 2013 1 Comment

I get a newsfeed from FinAlternatives its always good for which hedge fund has gone broke, which one is being investigated for insider trading and which one is mysteriously relocating to a country with no extradition. This morning I popped in to take a look and saw the following headline – Hedge Fund Pay Up…

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Jim Rogers

Aspiration, Banks and FinanceBy Chris Tate March 7, 2013

“Most of us don’t have the discipline to stay focused on a single goal for five, ten, or twenty years, giving up everything to bring it off, but that’s what’s necessary to become an Olympic champion, a world class surgeon, or a Kirov ballerina. Even then, of course, it may be all in vain. You…

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The 40 Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers And Traders

Aspiration, Banks and Finance, Brokers/Fund Managers, EconomyBy Chris Tate February 28, 2013 2 Comments

From Forbes….good work if you can get it. I have snipped out the top ten from here –

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