Tim Sykes Article in Financial Times

Quote from Bob Rowshan:

Your biggest mistake of your life was escalating your feud with the rag magazine to the point where they disclosed your grovelling, begging emails, exposing yourself as a laughingstock and loser. "Please let me go to the party, 2 girls bought dresses and can't return 'em. Waaah!!"

I hear that Wall St. won't touch you now. Investors won't touch you now. Your gigs are also drying up quickly now. Totally reminds me of Howard Dean. Personal implosions come fast, and rarely can be reversed. But you always have your "best selling" book. Hahaha.:D
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Your post shows how little you understand about what I'm trying to accomplish here. Thanks to the Page Six article, I've made new contacts at FT, Reuters, Dow Jones, and the AP. Traitor monthly doesn't hold a candle to any one of these giants. Also, MSN loved it and featured my old videos over the weekend. It's been a great marketing move on my part already--as I've said, I don't care what people think of me as long as my message is heard. And these new contacts will help that message be heard.
 
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If anybody wants to see a real HF manager wiz kid, who kicks ass and doesn't have excuses, all you got to do is look up Harris Kupperman from Praetorian. http://www.thestreet.com/markets/marketfeatures/771116.html

He used to post on ET, but it seems he doesn't like much pub. Guess he's busy working?



http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Harris+B.+Kupperman+praetorian+capital+management&btnG=Search
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What you call excuses, I call important lessons that nobody else ever seems willing to admit. We all make mistakes, I just detail them for your benefit.
 
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Your post shows how little you understand about what I'm trying to accomplish here. Thanks to the Page Six article, I've made new contacts at FT, Reuters, Dow Jones, and the AP.
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I do understand that you're in complete denial how badly you screwed yourself. I couldn't give a rat's ass about the rag mag, i'm not choosing sides moron. But you made a horrid decision and it will cost you dearly. No one wants a grovelling beggar, especially investors and employers on Wall St. So let's see how far all these new connections get you. Funny, gone is the talk of being on Oprah's TV show. Gone is your wet dream of having a best seller. Yet you only talk about new contacts. You obviously learned nothing from your life mistakes and that's why you have failed and will continue to fail.

Be in denial all you want, you made a huge mistake and one day you'll be honest enough to admit it.
 
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I do understand that you're in complete denial how badly you screwed yourself. I couldn't give a rat's ass about the rag mag, i'm not choosing sides moron. But you made a horrid decision and it will cost you dearly. No one wants a grovelling beggar, especially investors and employers on Wall St. So let's see how far all these new connections get you. Funny, gone is the talk of being on Oprah's TV show. Gone is your wet dream of having a best seller. Yet you only talk about new contacts. You obviously learned nothing from your life mistakes and that's why you have failed and will continue to fail.

Be in denial all you want, you made a huge mistake and one day you'll be honest enough to admit it.
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Patience Bobby, good things take time.
 
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Patience Bobby, good things take time.
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Well it didn't take much time to destroy your name and reputation, all of which is now in the gutter thanks to those embarrassing emails you wrote.
 
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Well it didn't take much time to destroy your name and reputation, all of which is now in the gutter thanks to those embarrassing emails you wrote.
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Hahahaha actually I annihilated my name and reputation when i finished the first few pages of my book. You see, for better or worse, I've chosen to be 100% honest and that doesn't work on Wall St. But it should serve me well as an author. If you'd read my book, you'd know this, but you seem to enjoy judging me without knowing any of the details and thats fine. You're a shining example of what's wrong in this industry.
 
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Thank you for clarifying my point--I loaned them money because I believed it to be a low risk situation. I was already invested BEFORE I loaned them money.



I disclose my personal and fund's position at the end of the book. It's nto a scam, it's a real company. Go to sixflags.com and see who's handling all their online ticketing. Not to mention they signed a partnership with NCR, a $9 billion company. Again, great technology, lousy stock.



It's so nice to look back in hindsight, right? While I was all hyped about CYGT, they signed deals with Hershey, AAA, Six Flags, Universal Studios (later lost), Cedar Fair (later lost), AOL (later lost), Harrahs (later lost) and Expedia (later lost).

My mistake was thinking that at least one of these big name deals would make it---that's the difference between a Penny Stock that rises 500% or drops 90%. Looking back, it was a mistake, but in the beginning, I had very good reasons for being invested.
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Dude, I am not looking back. I just pulled that shit from their website today. I am saying that I would not ever--not then, not now--check into a roach motel like that. You are running OPM and you wanna invest 300 large in that deal. Fine. But stop whining about it and make the money back. It's not that much, is it?? WTF is the problem? If you are really a trader and not just some lucky media whore , then you screwed the pooch on that trade. Fess up and move on. Life is too short.

If you are having issues with your OPM, then see the above. From what I can see, your story is "It's not my fault, they did it to me." That's what no doubt has upset your peeps. People will accept a mistake, AS LONG AS YOU ACKNOWLEDGE IT. You are whining, and that makes you a little impotent boy in their mind.

I have been trading FT since 1999, and I assume you have as well. This past July and August were just like the old days. Even a mediocre trader coulda (and dida) scored 50K on several of those days. Again, wtf is the problem. I am not getting it.

Maybe you had visions of being a VC?? Best leave that to the Cali boys who can assess true risk and don't believe any fucked company that walks in the door.

And one last point. You mention six flags. Have you looked at their debt load? Hell, their shit is so close to junk I wouldn't loan them a single C note. IOW, roaches hang with roaches.

In short, you fucked up; you made a restricted deal (for whatever reasons) and now the worst has happened and you have consequences. Oh well.
 
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In short, you fucked up; you made a restricted deal (for whatever reasons) and now the worst has happened and you have consequences. Oh well.
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Exactly and I'm not making excuses, whining about it nor am I blaming anybody else. I accept 100% responsibility. The good news is that its a hell of a story and a great lesson for all.
 
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The good news is that its a hell of a story and a great lesson for all.
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Frankly it's boring and not worth $20.

What will you do when you spend the 10 Grand you make from this book? You may need to get a job.

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