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An American Hedge Fund: How I Made $2 Million
by Timothy Sykes

Published September 2007

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  "Where is the sex?" - riskaddictOctober 18, 2009   3:39 PM  
 
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I bought this to read on the beach when I went to Mexico. It had the potential to be entertaining but he kept writing about shitty penny stock strategies and not living like a pimp for 2 years. I want to read about the rock star lifestyle of a hedge fund manager. I don't need a book to tell me I can't start a hedge fund with a million bucks.

  
  "tim's ranked #1 on covestor" - marketsurferMay 22, 2009   8:52 AM  
 
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Tim has proven his mettle once again by having top rankings for months on end on the third party trade verification service--covestor. Love him or hate him, the guy has a real edge.

  
  "Kid is a joke..." - dsparksMay 21, 2009   5:20 PM  
 
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Ran across this post in alumni mag the other day. Makes his money with traffic to website (nothing wrong with that) not trading, though

http://www.screencast.com/users/divergence/folders/Jing/media/f3c0330d-19d3-4f40-ab35-ce0eb77a0610

  
  "" - monty21March 23, 2009   10:56 PM  
 
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This kid sucks... he is trading a $20,000 account now.

  
  "Save the $$$ and go out to a bar instead" - neveral0neMarch 04, 2009   1:41 PM  
 
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First of all, I have read more books on trading and investing than the amount of hair on some people's heads. During the 2000-2002 Sykes wasnt the only college kid messing with stocks, out of a thousands, someone was ought ot get lucky and famous regardless, that doesnt mean he's good - just lucky. I also signed up to his montly subscription on his site - on that was another waste of money. this kid isn't a real trader, he doesnt have the right strategies nor does he have the experience to give anything with intellegicence to its readers. If you go to his site, he turned from a wanna-be trader, to a full bown marketer , marketing his dumb books and DVD"s to everyone.

His monthly gain from TRADING for January was 6$ , yes 6$. As a trader, while he bloats how his "income" for the month was 45,000 or something like that. Why show off ? I mean people pay this guy monthly and he can't even make a living of his trades? What kind of professional shows of his income , markets his book all the time as backup against bashers, and to milk more money out of other poor kids that have sub 2k accounts.

I mean do you really want to take advice from someone like this? Plus he failed miserably with his hedge fund - and I dont even go there.

Anyway, save the money, go out, or you're better off losing the same amount in stocks - I'm sure you will learn more from your mistakes than his.

  
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