Niederhoffer & REFCO

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(PS. The guy is trying to impersonate Vic. The tell is that there is too much obvious info in the personal section.)
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Hmmm...could be...

That crazy D. Badboy at it again?!!!

EiteTrader - sometimes useful, never boring! :D
 
<a href="http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=57948">October's hedge fund losses</a>...no, this or things like this couldn't have anything to do with Refco's debts...
 
Quote from aPismoClam:

back to refco, ok?

what's the latest -- who's the in the lead in the bidding?
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i believe dubai group will end up winning the bid. IB just cant compete with dubai's capital base.

surfer
 
According to MAR, Niederhoffer's Matador Fund was #2 for the 3 years ended Sept. 30, 2005 adjusted by Sharpe Ratio. Over those 3 years, Matador returned 282%. Nobody else on the top #10 of that ranking comes close -- the nearest was Fort LP with 72.66%.

Meriwether's fund isn't among the top 10 on that list.

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I can't help but contrast the fortunes of John Meriwether and Vic. While JWM Partners "only" returns about 15% per annum they have raised over one billion dollars. Niederhoffer has garnered substantially higher returns than JWM yet he's trading with about 1/6th the capital of the former LTCM partners.

It would thus appear investers feel that despite LTCM's 1998 blow up, Meriwether & Co can achieve solid returns with less risk than Vic.

Surfer. Is a strategy like Vics, selling puts, not a quasi- trend following strategy? Does he not get SMOKED on hard market declines?
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Profturf / Vic: This is hilarious! Apparently you're outed (sort of). Seriously, I enjoyed your book -- Practical Speuclator -- though some of the sports analogies to trading went over my head, and so did some of the werider coorelation between markets and non-market stuff.
 
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