for what its worth----i know for a FACT that tim was attended a party on SAC's property in greenwich as a guest. furthermore "the impossibility of death in the mind of the living" hirst's shark art is NOT located in his greenwich home. you guys are really out of control..... may I suggest the book "ENVY a theory of social behavior" as a good starting point to understand what's happening here. best surf ps. in regards to the lictenstein and warhol these staples of modern art are in almost every modern art collectors collection..... very prolific artists
Guys, let's get back on topic. Tim, some serious questions: 1. What is your money management strategy? How much of your money (maximum) would you put in one particular stock? 2. If you are good with stocks but diversify for safety, why not just trade ETFs/futures? Then you don't have to do all the hard work of researching and you can spend the evenings dating. 3. How many hours do you spend a week with trading including research? (don't include the fundrunning time, just the trading related time) 4. Why the strong short bias, when the markets/stocks in a rally mode? Do you want to make money or want to be right (of being short)? 5. Had I given you money in June 2004 after 3 years you would be sligthtly DOWN, when the S&P is up almost 50%. That is a serious underperforming of the markets, showing that you have trouble adjusting to new market conditions. How do possible investors feel about it? 6. Your last year's performance of -25% is quite abismal compared to the market's going up 13%. Looks like you are trying to fight the trend. Why not just go with the flow? I have a few advices but will keep them until you answer these questions...
I promise I won't post again.. You, and others on this thread, have made a special point of tagging Wiley as an expensive publisher. My simple, obvious and true point is that quality books in the field are expensive from all publishers, so there's no reason to point a finger at Wiley. Again, browse Wilmott, then tell me whether you still believe Wiley is expensive -- relative to its competition.
Yeah, some Wiley books are expensive. Even this simple option book in eBook form is still $70! <img src="http://images.ebookmall.com/lsi/s-image/0/047166829X.jpg"/>
Well, I said I'd stop posting.. but I'm weak. Did anyone follow my suggestion and actually check what high-quality derivs books from non-Wiley publishers sell for, say, on Wilmott: Modelling and Hedging Equity Derivatives by Oliver Brockhaus, Andrew Ferraris and Christopher Gallus Publisher: Risk Books Our price £145.00 The Handbook of Financial Mathematics - Vol 2 Derivative Instruments by Peter Cartledge Publisher: Euromoney Institutional Investor Our price £145.00 Risk Management and Financial Derivatives: A Guide to the Mathematics by Satyajit Das Publisher: Palgrave (Trade) Our price £150.00 Foundations of Continuous Time Finance by Stephen M. Schaefer and Richard Roll Publisher: Edward Elgar Our price £145.00 .. Yes, those are cable prices, so you can double them for $ prices. Relatively speaking, Wiley's books are a good value. They're generally well-written, well-edited and competitively priced.
Were you his date to the party? God you are a sad individual. You have to be the biggest kiss ass I have ever seen.
Sorry to burst your bubble surfer, but I have been to his house. Will a $100,000 bet shut your "envious" mouth ? I can prove it, as i can prove i've been guests at many of these super rich homes. My friends who runs $10B with a staff of only 30, his initials are SD. His funds initials are BD. If you know the best at distressed secutities, you'll know him. There's my clue. So shut your envious mouth surf, or bet me the $100K. I've also been in Trumps apt, Bloombergs, Leo Castelli's in 1996 (Roy Lichtenstein was there) etc etc. i'm not a name dropper so i'll stop at that. But to jealous "surf": STFU you jealous, envious jackass. And yes, Tim is lying and I can easily prove it. But i'd like for him to admit it himself.
WTF? Why does anyone care whose homes you've visited? What does this have to do with reviewing Mr Sykes's book?