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Hedge Fund Managers

Super-Rich Man Makes Extremely Offensive Comment About A 'Girl's Bosom'

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 05.24.2013 | Business

Ambitious ladies listen up: If you’d like to stay that way, never have a kid and if you do decide to have a baby, under no circumstances let that wa...

Mark Gongloff

Hedge Fund Managers Make Billions For Doing Terrible Work: Data

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.15.2013 | Business

Many of us suck at our jobs. But only a few people can get exorbitantly wealthy doing so. These elites are called hedge fund managers. Several of t...

Mark Gongloff

Hedge Funds Think Other Hedge Funds Are Cheating

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.04.2013 | Business

Most hedge funders will fan themselves angrily on their fainting couches, while dialing their lawyers, if you suggest they cheat to get ahead. At the ...

Do Hedge Funds Care? Yes, They Really Do!

April Rudin | Posted 05.17.2013 | Impact
April Rudin

Who better than professional money managers to raise and invest funds while applying the skills that make them successful in their day jobs to philanthropic initiatives?

An Open Letter to Rachel Fox

Dan Solin | Posted 04.28.2013 | Business
Dan Solin

I understand you get up at 6:30 a.m. to study the markets. What do you learn that is not already in the public domain and has been analyzed by millions of other investors all over the world?

Hedgzilla vs. Finothra

J.E. Fishman | Posted 04.22.2013 | Business
J.E. Fishman

Destroying civilization as we know it never figured into Hedgzilla and Finothra's plans. It's just that, you know, stuff happens. Did I really destroy your house with my giant tail? Golly. How about -- I know! -- a visit to the house in East Hampton for my larger-than-life friends.

A Lesson on the Perils of Stock Picking

Dan Solin | Posted 02.05.2013 | Business
Dan Solin

Instead of being attracted to those funds that dumped Apple, you would be better advised to attribute their decision more to luck than to skill. Your confidence should be shaken by the overwhelming majority of funds that got clobbered when Apple shares dropped in price.

How Leaders and Financiers Can Be "Really Safe"

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 03.25.2013 | Business
Janet Tavakoli

One of my hobbies is writing fiction. (I'm traditionally published in non-fiction.) My recent fiction debut was inspired by real events, specifically the Vatican Bank scandals and other scandals in the Catholic Church.

For Hedge Funds, It's All in the Game

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 02.21.2013 | Business
Howard Steven Friedman

There are few greater examples of the irrationality of investors than the world of hedge funds. In spite of the historically poor return on investment, money continues pouring into hedge funds.

Steven Cohen's Press Release on SAC's Alleged Insider Trading: I'm a Genius!

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 05.21.2013 | Comedy
Janet Tavakoli

How did I not know allegedly illegally obtained insider information was used by managers at my own fund? It's because I'm a genius. If you don't get it, it's because you're not a genius. But don't worry. I'll explain it to you later in this press release.

Stay Classy: Hedge Fund Manager Spent On Private Jet While Borrowing For Taxes

Bloomberg Businessweek | KATHERINE BURTON, SAIJEL KISHAN and JOSHUA GALLU | Posted 06.28.2012 | Business

In early 2009, hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone was living the life of a newly made billionaire. He had started extensive renovations on a $49 millio...

Hedge Fund Managers: Sex Talk and Prostitutes

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 08.12.2012 | Business
Janet Tavakoli

Some hedge fund managers feel they are above appearances, if not the law. Some investors believe prostitution isn't a big deal, too. But there's a large cohort of investors that won't go near a hedge fund manager with a reputation for using prostitutes.

Ex-Enron Trader Retires At 38 With Billions In The Bank

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.04.2012 | Business

Most of us would feel lucky to have the means to retire at 38. Now imagine retiring at that ripe old age with $3.5 billion in the bank. That's the...

Book Review: The Little Book of Hedge Funds

Rob Taub | Posted 06.23.2012 | Books
Rob Taub

Anthony Scaramucci has written The Little Book of Hedge Funds, an entertaining and informative book without the typical Wall Street bombast.

Hedge Funds Face 'Make Or Break' Year

Reuters | Posted 06.18.2012 | Business

By Laurence Fletcher LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - Large institutional investors who have ploughed tens of billions of dollars into hed...

How Did Mitt Make So Much Money and Pay So Little in Taxes?

Robert Reich | Posted 06.12.2012 | Politics
Robert Reich

2012-04-12-Screenshot20120412at8.18.38AM.jpgThe magic of private equity reveals a lot about how and why our economic system has become so distorted and lopsided -- and why all the gains are going to the very top.

See Which Hedge Funders Took Home Billions Last Year

Reuters | Posted 05.29.2012 | Business

* Top managers earned $14.4 bln in 2011, AR says * Bridgewater's Dalio topped list with almost $4 bln * Icahn, Simons, G...

The Insufficient Influence of the Wealthy

David Donnelly | Posted 05.14.2012 | Politics
David Donnelly

We won't solve our economic problems with more influence from people who are able to hire lobbyists or write checks to candidates or super PACs. We'll solve them with more influence from more everyday Americans.

Venture Capital -- A Word of Warning

David Richards | Posted 05.06.2012 | Small Business
David Richards

Venture capitalists are often viewed as the heroes of the entrepreneurial Wild West. Without their willingness to gamble on the future success of unproven companies and products, the world would surely be a much poorer and less innovative place. Right?

D.M. Levine

'Sage' Investor Sued For Negligence

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 02.22.2012 | Business

Hedge fund manager John Paulson has been hailed as a finance sage for making billions betting against the subprime mortgages beloved by Wall Street in...

Don't Be Fooled by "Best Fund Manager" Lists

Dan Solin | Posted 02.26.2012 | Business
Dan Solin

This is the time of year when the financial media goes into overdrive. You can expect no end of predictions for 2012. Some will be right. Others will be wrong. Those who are right will anoint themselves "gurus." Actually, they were just lucky.

Goldman Raises Hundreds Of Millions To Invest In Start Up Hedge Funds: Report

Posted 11.30.2011 | Business

Goldman Sachs (GS.N) has raised $600 million from clients such as pension funds, wealthy families and large institutions for a new fund that would...

Conn. Money Managers Keeping Quiet About Huge Lottery Win

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 01.29.2012 | Business

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Three money managers awarded a $254 million Powerball jackpot said Tuesday there's no fourth participant despite a claim they...

Hedge Funds Have Worst Month In Almost Three Years

Posted 11.09.2011 | Business

By Amy Or of the Wall Street Journal One complaint among hedge fund managers during the financial crisis was asset correlation: Whatever they did, ...

The Tax Burden of the Very Rich

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 09.20.2011 | Politics
Christopher Brauchli

The main reason that the tax rate in the United States for the rich is low is that being rich, many of the rich do not need to work.