Disliked{quote}..Some hedge funds have done a 300% year but the return came from 2-3 months max and they usually poop out the next year. That or get indicted for insider trading.Ignored
On another note, I've seen genuine exceptions. I recall a brilliant but unassuming fellow I met sometime ago, who dressed like a "hobo" (no disrespect to him at all), and smokes like a chimney. He advised a couple of really large clients. Seems to me, he trades everything...Bonds, Equities, FX, Energy, Metals, Grains, Softs and Livestock etc etc. He personally managed over 100M almost a decade ago; his month on month was 20%+ at least running a couple of years as at the time I met him. Unfortunately though, those kind of circles are as far away from retail as east is to the west..
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