Worldco Going Out of Business

Discussion in 'Prop Firms' started by Thug_Life, Oct 14, 2003.

  1. Maverick74

    Maverick74

    Yeah AG was a really nice guy at one point but he sold his soul to the company store. Bad move on his part. PM is probably saying I told you so.
     
    #171     Oct 21, 2003
  2. AG.....yes, very much a puppet. not sure whether he was stand-up, but anyhow he managed to work his way into Schonfeld with the deal Worldco struck with that firm.

    PM was fired about 6 or 8 months ago. He couldn't get hired at Andover so he tried to trade there but gave up. Now he works for Hold Bros.
     
    #172     Oct 21, 2003
  3. zdreg

    zdreg

    people believe alot of nonsense. walter never had a license. never had any problems with nasd.
    firm might reorganize under chapter 11 to walk away from real estate leases particularly a potential multimillion dollar lease on space in a telecommunications building in brooklyn which is empty now and was partially occupied by sprint and worldco. at one time.
    firm might be subject to a fine.
    within a year it is possible that traders will be paid back a substantial part of capital.
    walter will probably be in hedge fund business and will have no problems attracting traders.
    a typical business story-co. tried to diversify hoping to sell all kinds of services to wall street. market collasped.....
     
    #173     Oct 22, 2003
  4. Okay, that's not nice but it sure was funny. :)
     
    #174     Oct 22, 2003
  5. Substantial is not good enough given the way they misrepresented their situation to the end, and even took and solicited money from new and existing traders until the final week. There are people who had hundreds of thousands in their accounts. I don't think they'll be happy with "substantial." Worldco ought to pay back nearly everything at least.
     
    #175     Oct 22, 2003
  6. burnin

    burnin

    dont hold your breath
     
    #176     Oct 22, 2003
  7. Wow, how could Walter not be licensed and run a trading desk? He was directly managing desk supervisors. Doesn't that require the 24? And why wasn't he licensed? Not like the tests are that hard.
     
    #177     Oct 22, 2003
  8. Funny all the boo-hoo about worldco....people on the street hardly no about shoney let alone worldco!
     
    #178     Oct 22, 2003
  9. Who ever held a gun to anyone's head and forced him to trade at Worldco?
     
    #179     Oct 22, 2003
  10. I believe I made that point.
     
    #180     Oct 22, 2003