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9 Responses to “A Hedge Fund Manager’s Holiday Card”

1. Scott F Says:
   December 23rd, 2008 at 10:33 am

   Hysterical!

2. going broke Says:
   December 23rd, 2008 at 10:48 am

   Nice!
   I’ll bet a dollar to a donut there was no check in the card, but the fund manager got his Holiday bonus… right?

3. Gabriel Says:
   December 23rd, 2008 at 10:51 am

   Very Cool. :-)

4. R. Timm Says:
   December 23rd, 2008 at 11:26 am

   Looks more like the housing market to me. The stock market is much lower in 2008 than 2004. Although I like the general idea.

5. Barry Ritholtz Says:
   December 23rd, 2008 at 11:44 am

   Good point — it should say 1998 – 2008!

6. JohnnyVee Says:
   December 23rd, 2008 at 12:04 pm

   Buy and hold is for suckers and the mantra preached to the masses.

7. Dr. Kenneth Noisewater Says:
   December 23rd, 2008 at 12:24 pm

   Best wall st. xmas bonus I ever got: A wonka bar.

   Back office ftw…

   (but at least it wasn’t quite as bad as the worst birthday present I got..)

8. MikeG Says:
   December 23rd, 2008 at 5:21 pm

   That graph looks like Southern California housing prices.

9. Scott F Says:
   December 24th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

   This was mentioned on Fast Money last night

   http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=975129200&play=1

   At the 3:30 mark