Why do you have to run a hedge fund? Is there a law that forces you to do that? People are free to choose what for them is more important. Priority lists can be different for each person and can even change during the years. There might also be other reasons for not starting a hedgefund, like an edge that cannot be exploited on a big scale, or a trader who cannot work under big pressure.
So your comment is totally irrelevant.
You might as well ask:
- why don't you have a private plane?
- why dont' you have a 50 million $ house?
- why don't you have a private island?
- why don't you have a much younger (playboy) wife ?
- why don't you live in Monaco?
- etc...
I never have a losing month too. For a daytrader having a losing month would be proof of his failure.
PS: Warren Buffet still lives in a house he bought decades ago. He didn't have an expensive car. Kamprad (ikea), one of the richest men in the world drove an old Volvo. Why did he drive such an old car? So these two people are in reality poor? According to your logic they are indeed poor.