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Looking For Inspiration In A Joke An Industry: The Original Hedge Fund From Alfred Winslow Jones

Posted by Timothy Sykes on Sat 6th of Dec, 2008 10:30:56 AM

Yes, it’s sad but we must look back many decades to find inspiration from the original hedge fund, from the man AW Jones himself.

Considering just how badly today’s over-leveraged monstrosities–an accurate description for the vast majority of wannabe/incompetent at short selling (perhaps someone should be kind and get them my 6 hour instructional DVD on short selling called Shortstocking)/should be absolutely banking right now, absolutely/today’s environment is the toughest they’ve seen because they’re truly incompetent aka not meant to last aka this market really isn’t that hard hedge funds these days–are performing:

hedgefundperformance199820081 Looking For Inspiration In A Joke An Industry: The Original Hedge Fund From Alfred Winslow Jones

(Gracias Hedgefund.net)

…these rich idiots, along with everyone else, should read THIS 1966 Fortune article that details the first hedge fund.

(Gracias SJ)

Considering that 99% of finance freaks are too ignorant/egotistical to ever really learn, maybe we do need to tear down the whole system and get back to basics, Snake Plissken-style.

What do you guys think?

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  • michaelangelo
    Tim,
    Link for fortune article wont come up.
  • Tony Ellis
    Too BAD, Santa Claus has many penny stock promoters on his payroll. Image all the suckers who are going to buy these shitty companies thinking they are getting the best deal in history.
  • no, i only believe in legal clauses
  • Tony Ellis
    Tim you believe in Santa Claus yet?
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