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Goldman Sachs Vanity Fair Profile: Bank Can 'Practically Mint Money' And 'Never Loses'

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Vanity Fair Goldman Sachs, Bank-Holding Company, Aig, Goldman Sachs, Bethany McLean, Goldman Sachs Mint Money, Vanity Fair, Hedge Fund, Mint Money, Business News

In what constitutes a compendium of anti-Goldman Sachs charges, Vanity Fair's Bethany McLean has delivered some of the best reporting on the bank sinc...

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Raj Rajaratnam Denies Insider Trading Allegations, Says Trades Were Based On Analyst's Work

Bloomberg | David Scheer, Joshua Gallu and David Glovin | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Wiretap, Insider Trading, Hedge Fund, Galleon Group, Sec, Raj Rajaratnam, Business News

Attorneys for Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam denied a U.S. regulator's claims he engaged in insider trading, saying he based investments on anal...

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The $20 Billion Gamble: The Greatest Coup in Financial History

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Sub-Prime, Goldman Sachs, Greg Zuckerman, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Hedge Fund, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis, Sub-Prime Mortgages, John Paulson, The Greatest Trade Ever, Citigroup, Real Estate Boom, Wall Street Journal, Business News
Blake Fleetwood

Paulson made his bets in late 2006 just as the sub-prime mortgage markets were starting to weaken. His timing was impeccable, as was his luck.

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Too Big to Jail

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Hedge Fund, Wall Street, Private Wealth Management, Tarp, Norb Vonnegut, Barney Frank, Banks, Business News
Norb Vonnegut

Uncle Sam is wrestling how to govern organizations vital to our nation's economic welfare. I'd rather see legislators focus on leverage and preventive cures than after-the-fact remedies like "amending loans."

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Public Pension Fund Being Invested in Hedge Funds In New York

Crain's New York Business | Hilary Potkewitz | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Hedge Fund, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, New York Common Retirement Fund, Diamondback Captial NY Pension, State Workers Fund, Diamondback Captial, New York State Pension Fund, New York, New York News

The New York state pension fund is plowing money back into hedge funds, with plans to invest more than $1 billion by year's end. This after the hedge ...

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Should Insider Trading Be Made Legal?

James Altucher | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Raj, Insider Trading, Intel, Scam, Hedge Fund, Galleon, Ponzi, Hilton, Wall Street, Google, Business News
James Altucher

I'm simply raising the question. Could legal insider trading lead to a more efficient market that would ultimately benefit investors and allow investigators to probe elsewhere?

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The GS-Files 4: Always a Winner

Nathan Lewis | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Trading and Principal Investments, Hedge Funds, Stocks, Goldman Sachs Bailout, Hedge Fund, Goldman Sachs Profits, Trading, Business News
Nathan Lewis

Goldman has been making its money somewhat like a hedge fund: by buying and selling securities in the secondary market for profit. Why this activity should be government subsidized, I don't know.

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iPorn Girls Enliven Apple Conference (SLIDESHOW)

FINalternatives | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Iphone, Iporn Girls, Apple Developers Conference, Apple, Iporn, Adult Entertainment Industry Hedge Fund, Hedge Fund, Porn, Adultvest, Slideshow, Iporn Girl, I Porn, Business News

Not content to let its bikini-clad publicity stunt last week speak for itself, adult entertainment industry-focused hedge fund AdultVest has put out a...

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Help -- I'm Overwhelmed! 10 Ways to Deal

Tara Stiles | Posted 06.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Healthy Eating, Lists, Rest, Work Life Balance, The Balanced Life, Hedge Fund, Balance, Overwhelmed, Drinking, Sleep, Living News
Tara Stiles

Ever get the feeling there's not enough time in the day? You have a long list of things you need to get done and can't see the pile ever shrinking? D...

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Steinhardt, Hedge Fund Vet Now 'Less Of A Capitalist'

footnoted.org | Michelle Leder | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Capitalism, Steinhardt Partners, Hedge Fund Managers, Hedge Fund, Loab, Hedge-Fund-Regulations, Michael Steinhardt, Business News

We take a break from our usual troll through the filings because last night, I had a chance to hear legendary hedge fund investor Michael Steinhardt s...

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Alpha's Hedge Fund Losers: Magazine Lists 8 Worst Performers

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Hedge Fund, Hedge Fund Losers, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Managers, Slideshow, Alpha Hedge Fund Magazine, Ken Griffin Big Hedge Fund Loser, Alpha Worst Losers, Business News

Alpha magazine has published a list of the worst performing hedge fund managers in 2008. The group of eight lost a combined $6.2 billion in personal...

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Arthur Nadel, Jailed Hedge Fund Manager, Can't Make $5 Million Bail

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Missing Money Manager, Nadel Bail, Arthur Nadel, Financial Crisis, Nadel Can't Make Bail, Hedge Fund, Hedge Fund Manager Jailed, New York-Florida, Business News

NEW YORK — A Florida hedge fund manager who disappeared for two weeks as investigators closed in on him can be freed on $5 million bail after be...

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Solving The Buffett Conundrum On Taxes

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Populism, President Obama, Capital Gains Taxes, Income Taxes, Buffet Secretary, Secretary, Million, Obama, Tax the Rich, Bush Tax Cuts, Bush, Reagan, Clinton, Tax Policy, Millionaire, Capital Gains, Inequity, Fairness, Unfair, Taxes, Hedge Fund Manager, Buffett, Budget, Hedge Fund, Tax Rate, Barack Obama, Buffett Conundrum, Wall Street, Tax, Chris Weigant, Bracket, Warren Buffett, Santelli, Hillary Clinton, Billionaire, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Obama has leaked his first budget outline, and it appears he is serious about attempting to fix this tax policy travesty.

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Parting Hedge Funder Andrew Lahde Writes Scathing Goodbye Missive

BloggingStocks | Zac Bissonnette | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Andrew Lahde, Hedge Fund Manager, Andrew Lahde Goodbye Letter, Hedge Fund, Business News

A little less than a year ago I wrote about Andrew Lahde, a California-based hedge fund manager who earned his investors 1,000% on their money with hu...

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CON GAMES: T. Boone's Doggle

Michael Conniff | Posted 09.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil, Wind, Environment, Hedge Fund, T Boone Pickens, Natural Gas, Wind Power, Green Energy, Green News
Michael Conniff

In the history of television advertising, has any private citizen ever ponyed up $50 million-plus for the greater good of the American people, with no strings attached?

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Samuel Israel III, Convicted Hedge Fund Manager, Still Missing

New York Post | Perry Chiaramonte, Kaja Whitehouse and Dan Mangan | Posted 06.19.2008 | Business

Read More: White Collar Crime, Hedge Fund Managers, Suicide, Convicted Trader, Samuel Israel III, Hedge Fund, Hedge Fund Suicide, Business News

June 11, 2008 -- A hedge-fund manager due to begin a 20-year prison stint for a $450 million fraud abandoned his SUV on a Hudson River bridge with "Su...

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