Hedge Fund Manager: Goodbye and F—- You

This came up in coversation today. Definitely old in terms of it’s posting, but always timely in it’s content. From portfolio.com:

Oct 17 2008 12:01pm EDT

From the Scorched Earth Files:

Andrew Lahde, manager of a small California hedge fund, Lahde Capital, burst into the spotlight last year after his one-year-old fund returned 866 percent betting against the subprime collapse.

Last month, he did the unthinkable — he shut things down, claiming dealing with his bank counterparties had become too risky. Today, Lahde passed along his “goodbye” letter, a rollicking missive on everything from greed to economic philosophy. Enjoy. READ THE LETTER HERE

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Congrats Heidi!

My sister Heidi (the Olympic Hopeful) just landed a new job at Hudson River Sloop Clearwater as their Director of Development! Congratulations!

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Sustainability and Intergenerational Solidarity

Great document written by one of the best undergrad professors I had, Dr. Andrew Yarrow.

From ‘Generations’ the Journal of the American Society on Aging.

Abstract:

The author takes the opportunity provided by the Great Recession to make a case for the importance of sustainability and intergenerational solidarity. He examines how we can leave a world to our children and grandchildren that is at least as good as what we now have and concludes that sustainability is about “living the wisdom of Ecclesiastics: ‘a generation goes and comes, but the earth remains forever.’”

Full document in PDF.

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New Theme

Figured it’s about time for an updated theme. Liking this one…

Selalu 1.0 by Nurudin Jauhari

Created by Jauhari Network.

custom header, fixed width, two columns, widgets

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Joe Cocker / Mad Dogs and Englishmen – Cry Me A River

Never was I a Joe Cocker fan…until I ran across this.

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