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Entry: High School Math
posted by AJ
Oct 22, 2008 9:47AM
Well, we had a portfolio company that was trading around $3 when it posted an $80 a share loss... it no longer exists...
Entry: High School Math
posted by AJ
Oct 22, 2008 10:18AM
33 - Reminds me of stories of police departments turning away applicants for scoring too highly on tests. They didn't want to spend the time training someone who would likely get bored with the job and want to do something else.
Entry: Layoffs Watch '08: BarcLehs Cans The One Group It Could Use Right About Now
posted by AJ
Oct 23, 2008 1:38PM
Hmm, I met a cute girl a few months ago who worked in Lehman's legal department... wonder if she could use some comforting...
Entry: Don't Short Me Bro Winner
posted by AJ
Oct 27, 2008 4:32PM
Dammit, I was too pessimistic... again...
Entry: Opening Bell: 10.28.08
posted by AJ
Oct 28, 2008 9:48AM
Bess, you need to sleep in. Tell the new guy to come back, grow a pair and ignore all the assholes. (Although, I still don't know how Joe managed to make it for so long with the constant whining about typos...)
Entry: Waiting On The Good News From Goldman Sachs. Just Waiting.
posted by AJ
Oct 28, 2008 11:21AM
@9 But she's so damn cute
Entry: Waiting On The Good News From Goldman Sachs. Just Waiting.
posted by AJ
Oct 28, 2008 11:37AM
@13 Haha, I'm sorta serious. I can't get through her posts but I do love that picture. I would marry that girl, whoever she is.
Entry: General Motors: First, You Get A Really Big Bag. Then, You Grab The Lighter Fluid.
posted by AJ
Nov 07, 2008 12:25PM
@42 Reorg
Entry: Write-Offs: 11.10.08
posted by AJ
Nov 10, 2008 6:09PM
Really? No mention of this: http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/11/10/18027/tim-sykes-how-to-set-up-a-hedge-fund/?
Entry: Morgan Stanley's Priorities
posted by AJ
Nov 19, 2008 4:08PM
This is hilarious/awful... poor lady
Entry: Hedge Funds Are Private, Largely Unregulated Pools Of Capital....
posted by AJ
Nov 20, 2008 12:34PM
Ugh now Taleb is really going to be gloating...








Entry: Shortages You Never Expected
posted by AJ
Oct 20, 2008 11:26AM
What the hell was that in reference to?