Comments on: Hedge fund managers say the darndest things http://gigaom.com/2007/07/15/hedge-fund-managers-say-the-darndest-things/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:48:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Carleen http://gigaom.com/2007/07/15/hedge-fund-managers-say-the-darndest-things/#comment-174724 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:48:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/15/hedge-fund-managers-say-the-darndest-things/#comment-174724 Gold might be a class act, Jerry, and I wouldn’t doubt someone who knows him as you do concerning his personal character. But by Gold’s own testimony, I’m just not sure what expertise he personally offers. What, exactly, is a self-described follower of the pack an expert of? (Or did you mean you are “the expert” I was addressing?)

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/07/15/hedge-fund-managers-say-the-darndest-things/#comment-174723 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:57:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/15/hedge-fund-managers-say-the-darndest-things/#comment-174723 Jerry,

so you are saying he is a client of yours? just want to make sure.

]]> By: Jerry http://gigaom.com/2007/07/15/hedge-fund-managers-say-the-darndest-things/#comment-174722 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:45:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/15/hedge-fund-managers-say-the-darndest-things/#comment-174722 Carleen,

You should have more reservations not being an expert when speaking to experts. I work on the Sell-Side in Institutional Equity Sales and cover Gold. I talk to him all the time, for almost two years now. And I talk to a few hundred other “experts” at fifty institutional accounts; they don’t come sharper, more informed or more polished than Gold. He’s a class act.

]]> By: Sydney http://gigaom.com/2007/07/15/hedge-fund-managers-say-the-darndest-things/#comment-174721 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:56:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/15/hedge-fund-managers-say-the-darndest-things/#comment-174721 You say you were laughing inside in court?
I can tell you one thing for certain, the Government lawyers were not laughing, inside or out, with this witness or any other. Their case (what little they had to begin with) is falling completely apart. The key phrase in your last statement “Now I’m no expert” says it all. But you’re just about as qualified as the government’s experts and key witnesses.

]]> By: Basab http://gigaom.com/2007/07/15/hedge-fund-managers-say-the-darndest-things/#comment-174720 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:09:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/15/hedge-fund-managers-say-the-darndest-things/#comment-174720 At that size of a hedge fund, he likely won’t have more than two investment professionals in his firm. If they are not sector specific they probably can’t go into any depth into the companies they cover. They are likely momentum traders. His last statement is a dead giveaway. What you heard was probably a mix of his marketing pitch and reality.

]]> By: Paul Roth http://gigaom.com/2007/07/15/hedge-fund-managers-say-the-darndest-things/#comment-174719 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:40:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/15/hedge-fund-managers-say-the-darndest-things/#comment-174719 Maybe I’ll invest with him – I sure wouldn’t want a manager to, heaven forbid, take any risk or anything like that.

On second thought, I’m glad I don’t have any money with this twit.

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