Comments on: The Blow-Up Artist http://www.futureblind.com/2007/10/the-blow-up-artist/ A blog about business, investing, innovation and creative engineering. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:50:01 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Jack R. Beard, Jr. http://www.futureblind.com/2007/10/the-blow-up-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Jack R. Beard, Jr. Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:10:08 +0000 http://www.futureblind.com/2007/10/the-blow-up-artist/#comment-65 I too love the reverse engineering of great traders. At times Niederhoffer would have to be considered a great trader. Heres wishing him and his clients a soft landing and a better outcome in the future. Its very scary to think about how many other highly leveraged situations may be out there. Since these funds have little if any regulation no one can say with any certainty just how bad this could get. At this point in time many players may already be ruined and just haven't gotten the news yet. I too love the reverse engineering of great traders. At times Niederhoffer would have to be considered a great trader. Heres wishing him and his clients a soft landing and a better outcome in the future.
Its very scary to think about how many other highly leveraged situations may be out there. Since these funds have little if any regulation no one can say with any certainty just how bad this could get. At this point in time many players may already be ruined and just haven’t gotten the news yet.

]]> By: Quants, charts and trends, oh my! | FutureBlind http://www.futureblind.com/2007/10/the-blow-up-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Quants, charts and trends, oh my! | FutureBlind Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:06:57 +0000 http://www.futureblind.com/2007/10/the-blow-up-artist/#comment-20 [...] the risk of margin calls or fleeing investors. Victor Neiderhoffer’s recent debacle (see The Blow-Up Artist for more) is the best example of [...] [...] the risk of margin calls or fleeing investors. Victor Neiderhoffer’s recent debacle (see The Blow-Up Artist for more) is the best example of [...]

]]> By: Sivaram Velauthapillai http://www.futureblind.com/2007/10/the-blow-up-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Sivaram Velauthapillai Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:06:34 +0000 http://www.futureblind.com/2007/10/the-blow-up-artist/#comment-10 Love your work. Your "reverse-engineering" of Buffett's picks is pretty unique and insightful. Anyway... Given that quant funds seem to be all the rage these days, I wonder how many of them are going to blow up during a future crisis. One Victor Niederhoffer or LTCM is nothing compared to a hundread funds blowing up at the same time. It's definitely going to be interesting... Love your work. Your “reverse-engineering” of Buffett’s picks is pretty unique and insightful. Anyway…

Given that quant funds seem to be all the rage these days, I wonder how many of them are going to blow up during a future crisis. One Victor Niederhoffer or LTCM is nothing compared to a hundread funds blowing up at the same time. It’s definitely going to be interesting…

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