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Updates on various hedge funds. Jeff Banfield, Waratah, XIB, Avner Mandelman and more!
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111 postsThat time I phoned Black Swan author Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Despite recent developments, I will focus on my niche of telling you about
things that happened 15 years ago. Around
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Albert Friedberg, billionaire Original Gangster of Macro
Albert Friedberg, old-school macro trader.
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Polar Asset Management, Original Gangster of Canadian hedge funds
Polar has been around for a long time and is a rare institutional-grade hedge fund in Canada.
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That time I met Brian Chapman of Clearwater Capital
Brian Chapman is an under-the-radar investment wizard.
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The first 3 funds I ever picked blew up 💥
> Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
—Bruce Lee
I have just returned from a high-status
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John Phillips and Shopify - the biggest angel score in Canadian history
Meet Canada's newest billionaire.
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Wealthsimple's new initiatives in banking and crypto
OPM Wire was first to report on these major new initiatives by Wealthsimple.
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The secret to raising money
> Man is the most vicious of all animals, and life is a series of battles ending
in victory or
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Jeff Banfield, Original Gangster of Arbitrage
Jeff Banfield is primarily known as an arbitrageur. After working for many years as a prop trader at banks, he
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