Mr. Cohen talked about how he got started as a trader, reading the stock tables in the daily newspaper as a child and hanging around the local brokerage firm near his house in Great Neck, N.Y.
Quote from hughb:
So many of these greats got their start like that, reading the stock tables in the newspaper as a kid. Newspapers don't have stock tables anymore, so we won't be hearing that in interviews of the greats 30 years from now. It will be interesting to see what got them hooked as children.
Quote from KINGOFSHORTS:
Notice the oversize home he bought. Thats a tell. I would not hand him money to manage.
Why would you want some behemoth home with 9 bathrooms 7 rooms for yourself?
Quote from KINGOFSHORTS:
Notice the oversize home he bought. Thats a tell. I would not hand him money to manage.
Why would you want some behemoth home with 9 bathrooms 7 rooms for yourself?
Quote from FrankSlaughtery:
+1. although i don't agree w/ buffet's investing strategy and some of his other stances (i.e. derivatives are evil yet he sells BILLIONS of dollars in otm puts) i do admire his spending habits (i.e. living in the same house - only real luxury he has is a plane which he uses for biz so it's not that much of a stretch).
at the same time, as long as someone makes the money legally, as long as what they're spending it on is legal, they can do what they want.
Quote from KINGOFSHORTS:
Notice the oversize home he bought. Thats a tell. I would not hand him money to manage.
Why would you want some behemoth home with 9 bathrooms 7 rooms for yourself?
Quote from OnClose:
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/sac-capitals-cohen-opens-up/
This is an old article (2/15/11) so I'm not sure if it was ever posted on ET but it's kinda interesting.