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egalitegirl

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45. Other people's money

Wed May 11, 2016, 02:21 PM

May 2016

Fund managers think it is other people's money. So they don't care and they invest in order to help politicians.

Chelsea has also been in the hedge fund world and so it is plain common sense that her advice went into this failure and so this failure is an indicator of her real level of intelligence along with her husband's intelligence level.

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Chelsea's Husband to Close Greek Hedge Fund After Losing 90% of Value [View all] LiberalArkie May 2016 OP

Of course, Hillary's son in law made a fucking bundle, but the investors took the loss. CentralCoaster May 2016 #1

The investors took a chance dumbcat May 2016 #16

It's all about risk... Nothing is certain... R. Daneel Olivaw May 2016 #20

Except bailouts for well-connected Oligarchs. NewImproved Deal May 2016 #30

The difference is Hedge Funds are small enough to fail iandhr May 2016 #38

You would have to bring up "free stuff." R. Daneel Olivaw May 2016 #51

OK then malaise May 2016 #2

These people, making billions and producing nothing of value. CentralCoaster May 2016 #35

Boy I bet that Mezvinsky dude lost his ass! Or maybe not right? Shitweasle probably raked off brewens May 2016 #3

typical hedge fund expense ratio is "2 and 20" Angel Martin May 2016 #12

So if you have a name, or some other angle to attract clients, you could run a complete brewens May 2016 #14

Yes GummyBearz May 2016 #15

you don't know the half of it Angel Martin May 2016 #17

I doubt he'll get a job in the Sanders administration. JonathanRackham May 2016 #4

Haha that's for sure! Good thing Hillary's gonna lose... he wuda prolly get the Treasury Secretary job. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2016 #34

LOL. Didn't exactly beat the market, did he? PatrickforO May 2016 #5

Its pretty amazing GummyBearz May 2016 #19

She married money JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #49

Poor fool CountAllVotes May 2016 #6

And you know he made.out like the proverbial bandit cali May 2016 #7

So he had a hedge fund job and not a productive one? egalitegirl May 2016 #8

Nail on head CountAllVotes May 2016 #9

but they cant bring themselves to "worry about money" tk2kewl May 2016 #13

I grit my teeth every time that line is mentioned. Scootaloo May 2016 #37

" contributing to society" isn't what good liberals do anymore. No money in it n.t arcane1 May 2016 #32

Fleecing ain't easy. marmar May 2016 #10

uh oh. chelsea might have to get a job at wal-mart... on the board of directors of course just4lulzidk May 2016 #11

What!? CountAllVotes May 2016 #18

Now we're posting Weekly Standard links on DU? Blue_Tires May 2016 #21

I read the story in the NYT. n/t meaculpa2011 May 2016 #22

Did I miss something? Blue_Tires May 2016 #24

This is "General Discussion" not GD-P LiberalArkie May 2016 #25

For the love of Christ Blue_Tires May 2016 #27

You can look at the site DemocraticUnderground.com on the front page for the post LiberalArkie May 2016 #28

Sorry your feeling got hurt. Here is another link LiberalArkie May 2016 #26

Oh don't go through all that trouble on my account, arkie Blue_Tires May 2016 #29

Wow. Some are so easily bruised. R. Daneel Olivaw May 2016 #52

Not taking the bait, but thanks for showing you care Blue_Tires May 2016 #54

You don't have to respond, but bless you jus the same. R. Daneel Olivaw May 2016 #56

Chelsea Clinton Mezvinsky just couldn't... meaculpa2011 May 2016 #23

+1,584,697 pangaia May 2016 #31

A hedge fund that bet on Greece's economy improving was probably a bit optimistic. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #33

Cattle futures would have been the safe bet Major Nikon May 2016 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author iandhr May 2016 #39

Except Hillary's name was probably mentioned to close the investors. eom zalinda May 2016 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author iandhr May 2016 #42

Risky for common people, not risky for fund managers egalitegirl May 2016 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author iandhr May 2016 #44

Other people's money egalitegirl May 2016 #45

The acorn does not fall far from the tree. n/t SmittynMo May 2016 #40

Really dumb! egalitegirl May 2016 #46

I guess he is a "contrarian" investor nt Angel Martin May 2016 #57

Really now? The Weekly Fucking Standard? Capt. Obvious May 2016 #47

Why Is Hillary Clinton's Jewish Son-In-Law Avoiding Campaign Spotlight? Jesus Malverde May 2016 #48

Tin horn. Thinks he's Gold Sacks, or an accountant in Panama. Eleanors38 May 2016 #50

It's called "failing upwards" alarimer May 2016 #53

Well he can do what Trump did when he lost a huge amount of money. Rex May 2016 #55