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13 year old trader
I am making this thread because I am so passionate about trading and I'm doing everything in my power to network to finally get an internship in the hedge fund industry. I even built a LinkedIn bot to send out my cv to Portfolio Managers. Would also appreciate if someone wanted to be my investment...
Soros Signals Argentina’s Shale is Biggest Place to Be
One of the world’s legendary investors is upping his bet on Argentina’s shale oil and gas industry in a show of confidence for shale production in South America’s largest unconventional prize —and a big boost for both supermajors and smaller players making big waves in the heart of new...
How To Spot An Epic Trade: The £ And Asiana Airlines
Just like the crash landing in San Francisco yesterday, the £ had a similar incident in ‘92. Just as the two associated fatalities are an unfortunate outcome of the crash, a similarly tragic event unfolded at the British Treasury. They say when there's smoke, there’s fire, and George Soros saw...
George Soros Explains the Euro Crisis
George Soros gave a thought-provoking speech the other day, providing his insights into the euro crisis. The following quotes are taken from a blog on the NPR website by Jacob Goldstein (Planet Money) as well as from the text of the speech (see www.georgesoros.com). Soros equates the current belief...
Thoughts on reflexivity?
You guys had a pretty good discussion on the random walk theory the other day so, I figured that maybe we could shine a light on our good friend Georgie this time and discuss his own theory of reflexivity. The verbose man’s verbose man, Soros has written miles of text and has spoken extensively on...
Soros 3/4 in Cash
Though he is not one of my favorite people in the industry it isn’t really possible to doubt the investing acumen of George Soros. Over the years many have made a good bit of money in markets by simply mimicking his strategies. The most recent, however, is hardly worthwhile replicating for most...
Who wrote this marriage problem article, Eddie?
http://shine.yahoo.com/love-sex/9-marriage-proble… 9 Marriage Problems that Are Actually Good for Your Relationship 1. You both fantasize about other people. 2. He goes out with the guys. 3. You argue a lot. 4. He spends a lot of money on his hobbies. 5. He uses porn.
6. He works all the time....
The Forbes Billionaires List is out…
And it looks like we’re in the wrong industry. Once again, Forbes has come out with their much anticipated Billionaires list and newly minted billionaires around the world are singing praises of the Ben Bernank for elevating their share prices . Still on top is Carlos , with a whopping $18 billion...
There be Tigers cubs here
Global macro is undoubtedly one of the most pursued styles in the hedge fund world, and for the monkeys interested in it, you might find this to your liking. Opalesque TV has recently interviewed Argonaut Capital founder David Gerstenhaber about global macro and the Tiger cub had a lot interesting...
WSO's Most Wanted CEOs
Inspired by a recent employer attractiveness survey , Jorge, an obscure yet devastatingly handsome writer for the world’s premiere finance community, Wall Street Oasis, has decided to run a survey on who are the most attractive CEO’s in Wall Street to work for. Choosing from over 20 nominees...
Tuesday's Great Debate: Soros, Buffett, and Models
The Black Swan author Nassim Taleb was in Canada last week for the Salon Speakers series and was asked by an audience member; if given a choice between investing with Buffett and billionaire investor George Soros, who would he pick? The former prop trader said he would probably pick Soros, and...
Shia LeBeouf: World's Greatest Trader
With all the new financial rules and regulations, ideas such as "honesty" and "fairness" have forcibly been added to the dog-eat-dog mixture of markets. This creates a potential hale storm of falling pianos as to what can be viewed as illegal and/or illicit in trading decisions and taken positions....
Forbes 400 Richest Americans
As if hearing Edmundo’s question of who is rich , Forbes magazine released their list of the 400 richest Americans. Topping the list as usual is Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, with Bershire's Warren Buffet in 2nd and Oracle's Larry Ellison in 3rd. So where are the bankers ? Of the top 200, 50...
Hedge Fund Kings
The Financial Times has recently released their top 10 Hedge Fund manager list, and no surprise here, it’s pretty much a cross section of the funds found on this recent thread . (Which I just found out also has a link to the article… Moving on.) Net gains for investors since inception was the...
Wall Street Looks to November Elections
November elections couldn't come sooner for Wall Street. Make no mistake about it, this will be the most important election in decades, if not in history, for the battered and tattered financial sector. With autumn upon us, we get back to business as usual. Anxious aspiring monkeys peel their...
BREAKING: Druckenmiller Closing Duquesne Capital
Bloomberg just announced that Stanley Druckenmiller is retiring and shutting down Duquesne Capital after 30 years without a losing season. Druckenmiller, 57, said he was tired of the stress of managing money for others and frustrated by his failure in the past three years to match returns that had...
Underrated banks and the ambitious bastard
Across the boards, you see hundreds of questions regarding exit opps; how to get to KKR ? How does someone get into Paulson & Co .? Questions like these veil the poster’s true motivation: Ambition. “How do you get in KKR ?” really means “How can I be the next Henry Kravis?” and “how to...
Soros beats girlfriend, she sues for $10M apartment
takeaways: -George Soros has a temper -the old man still appreciates fine tail -beside being a bimbo soap opera star, knowing GS may be enough to qualify you to study Economics at Columbia. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Soros-sued-by-exgir…
George Soros says Goodbye
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-26/soros-to… George Soros heavily affected by Dodd Frank and government regulation.
Ask George soros a question about philanthropy right now
George soros is currently fielding questions at a talk I'm at. The subject is philanthropy but I imagine he'd answer anything interesting. If you have a good question pose it here and I'll ask it and report back.
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