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A Hedge Fund Manager’s Holiday Card

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By Barry Ritholtz - December 23rd, 2008, 9:30AM

This bloody brilliant card is what a hedgie we know is sending out for Christmas:

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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