you think you have it bad.. http://www.billgatesmicrosoft.com/networth.htm why doesn't he take measures to avoid these wild swings and losses
1) He may be prohibited from certain hedging transactions. 2) He doesn't want to incur gigantic tax liabilities 3) He wants to maintain a bullish stance on MSFT. 4) He wants to avoid any appearance of manipulating MSFT/QQQ/SPY et al. 5) If he attempted to avoid those wild swings and losses, his net worth would not be at the levels it has been at. He would have "capped out" after hitting 1-billion-dollars years ago after the original IPO. 6) Wouldn't it be nice not to be concerned with those types of fluctuations.