Category Archives: Wall Street

The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Luke Ford

The New York Times published Nov. 6, 2023: Ever Had a Horrible Boss? ‘The Fund’ Is the Perfect Rage-Read. In Rob Copeland’s “The Fund,” we learn about the notorious hedge-fund giant Ray Dalio — and the manipulative professional hellscape over … Continue reading →

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Short Selling

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Luke Ford

A friend says: To sell short, you are borrowing something from the owner, then selling it with promise to repay. Most short sellers have gotten wiped out last three years. Short selling has basically been banned by the fed, while … Continue reading →

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British man held over £500bn Wall Street ‘flash crash’

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Luke Ford

Man, it seems like every time I look, some British man is getting arrested for shenanigans on Wall Street. The Telegraph: Lone trader Navinder Singh Sarao “significantly responsible” for causing the May 2010 market crash which saw the Dow Jones … Continue reading →

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The Big Short: Film and Book

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Luke Ford

Different groups have different gifts and different interests and whenever one group rises in power, other groups necessarily decline in power. I am all for examining the different roles different groups play. Steve Sailer, Tom Sowell and Paul Sperry have … Continue reading →

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ABC miniseries ‘Madoff’ does not stint on the Jewish angle

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Luke Ford

New York Times: “If the main job of a Madoff drama is to get inside the head of a man who could pull off such a brazen scheme for so long, “Madoff” doesn’t find much there besides clichés about striving … Continue reading →

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