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Related People only want to buy stocks when they're going up. I don't want people to shy away from the fund ... DONNA CALDER You can only control for what you can control. And without a really good understanding of the risk a... CAL BROWN Both the U.K. and the Caribbean represent hedge fund communities. It's not necessarily U.K. investor... ALEX LI When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to fa... CARLOS GHOSN When you are on your purpose, your preoccupation isn't what you don't have yet. You've already drunk... ASSEGID HABTEWOLD The actions of hedge fund managers in exercising their fiduciary responsibilities to their investors... SCOTT GARRETT When you have a manager change, you always want to keep a close eye on the fund going forward to mak... EMILY HALL If you tell the people who are supposed to fund this that you're not going to fix their problems, yo... JEFF REID You are, in effect, selling the first fund and buying the second fund. And when you sell that fund, ... MICHAEL SMITH So this is going to be drill!? DEYTH BANGER when im mad i usually punch a wall but that doesnt work so when your mad you dont need to punch a wa... DALLY SALAD I think hedge fund managers have positioned themselves conservatively. We're near the bottom now. Al... BARRY COLVIN I think hedge fund managers have positioned themselves conservatively, ... We're near the bottom now... BARRY COLVIN There has been some disappointment over hedge-fund performance in general, but investors are still a... LEWIS ALTFEST If you are feeling low, or trampled, unappreciated, or forgotten...and you are reading this, realize... TOM ALTHOUSE In this volatile market, the best procedure is to buy on dips. There are going to be days when the m... ALAN HOFFMAN Some hedge fund managers have made big bucks trading oil futures - George Soros is one. GARY WEISS It's not who you are, but what you're made of. It's not where you come from, but where you're going ... CAREW PAPRITZ Considering the fact we have been thin or illiquid in some areas in the market it wouldn't surprise ... KEVIN FLANAGAN Many hedge fund strategies saw strong returns during the first quarter. Strong trends across a numbe... CHARLES DAVIDSON Hedge funds are not especially liquid. Many are 'gated' - meaning there are only small windo... BARRY RITHOLTZ Hedge fund managers charge so much more than mutual fund managers; alpha is even harder to come by. ... BARRY RITHOLTZ When the whistle blows, it's hit and tackle. ... Are you going to put a knot on somebody? JEREMIAH TROTTER When I talk to people, their concern is, how are you going to create jobs? How are you going to help... ALEXI GIANNOULIAS The money issue is going to be a big deal ..., making sure we have enough money to fund this program... BOB REDDING Not all of this is going to be over and above our normal fund-raising. We're going to have to sacrif... BRIAN STEVENS They're now looking at a situation where their shareholders are going to see the fund is down for th... ALFRED KUGEL I think people are still looking to get into commodities and it is surprising as many fund managers ... FRANCISCO BLANCH We believe this framework will enable Royal Mail to invest in the business, meet its obligations to ... NIGEL STAPLETON You are more focus when you confront. SUNDAY ADELAJA Mutual fund managers are trapped in this rather deadly vicious circle: the more successful they are,... RON CHERNOW Employers have been calling me saying, 'What are we going to do? These employees are not going to be... JOSE SANCHEZ This fund is something I believe people on all sides of the sewer should support. People are going t... DAN BERMAN Hedge-fund managers are under the gun for performance, and typically their tolerance for small [earn... FRED DICKSON I would say it's a dueling trend that retail mutual fund companies are starting hedge fund like vehi... CHRISTINE BENZ When you're in that scene, you really wonder if this is all you're ever going to be. You kno... WILLIE AAMES It gets me pumped when players say they are going to run all over me. I love to show people up. ALLIE WOODS The perception is that rates are going up, and people are lining up to buy homes because of that. It... CARL WEINBERG Active managers have to demonstrate that they can beat the index. Many more managers will take advan... MARK ROSENBERG The reality is that Mexicans are here to work. They are not killing anyone, they are not stealing an... NELVA ANCONA Investors for whom this level of oversight is important already can select from among registered adv... PAUL ATKINS I was shocked. I never dreamed of this. I can't imagine closing this place. What are the schools goi... BOB COLEMAN When you shoot like that you aren't going to have success. All season long we have relied on our def... DAN DEROSE When the wind blows in your face, when you feel you are losing your head, when the going g... MALAK EL HALABI If you are holding a lemon, a once-hot fund, it's time to sell. Funds on the Lemon List are doing D-... ED FOSTER What that tells me is there are some folks out there who are interested in politics, probably politi... DONALD NORRIS The defense came up big. It is nice to see when you are going through some things on the offense. Th... BRYAN KRAMER Back when I gave that speech in March, some of my hedge fund friends thought it would be a big issue... DAVID HALE We are going to have to find out who is going to step up when the pressure is on. We are going to ha... FRANK CHUMBLEY How bad this feels, it's going to feel equally good when you succeed. The lessons that are really va... CHUCK KEARNEY These are still baby steps. Last year at this time if you asked me when are the full-service guys go... JAMES PUNISHILL Many hedge fund managers have become billionaires; perhaps this - plus their reputations as the smar... BARRY RITHOLTZ Steve has been in the office banging on the door saying, 'When are you going to let me play? BUDGE POUNTNEY Entrepreneurs have only the murkiest picture of the future in which they are making their bets, and ... EDMUND PHELPS I'm not sure that we're going to see the market run straight up as it seemed to be doing in the firs... MARSHALL ACUFF The market is adjusting to a trend that the market hasn't lived with in some time. Inflation is goin... DOUGLAS CLIGGOTT Kate is going to die. It took me a long time to be able to say that. We all are going to die, when y... JODI PICOULT Now, we all understand that directors aren't required to guarantee that their fund has the lowest fe... ARTHUR LEVITT There are people in my life who give me comfort when the going gets tough, as it invariably does. I ... ALEX TAN The action right now is fine, but the concern is that the market seems to be stuck in this trading r... FRED SEARS [Charles Schwab saw similar action at its fund supermarket.] Mutual fund investors remained engaged ... BILL THOMAS Our position has not changed. Bulgaria is not going to participate with financial contributions to t... DIMITAR TSANCHEV But I've been pretty lucky, the press have been very good to me but yes, there are certain instances... ZOE LUCKER Apple's results are going to put a damper on stocks this morning. Investors are worried that it may ... GIRI CHERUKURI It all boils down to when is this company going to show us better profit margins and cash flow margi... DAVID GARRITY Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE There are some really wealthy hedge fund billionaires in San Francisco who have pledged a lot of mon... RON DESANTIS Some people think they are punishing me when they hit their head against a wall. If that's not insan... ROBIN SACREDFIRE When you go for a change of life -- as in a marriage -- there are going to be some jitters. What you... GILDA CARLE It's hard when you look a certain way. I look All-American, sweet, girl-next-door, so naturally thos... MELISSA JOAN HART When we make changes, there are going to be people who are going to pull you down. But we have to pe... JOSE PEP ROA When so-and-so is closing up shop, it's a reflection of what's happening in the investment world. It... BRIAN MCQUADE The free market is at its best when everybody works in a fish bowl and tells you their point of view... MARIO GABELLI When are you going to get it in your head? we're in this together! HERMOINE GRANGER HARRY POTTER There's no question investors are swayed by personalities. It's propelled mutual fund managers into ... BURTON GREENWALD We are slaves to this consumer society, ... When this civilization ends, what are they going to see ... ADAM HOROWITZ You do not have to be a rocket scientist to know that it is hard for a market to keep going up when ... ROBERT KIYOSAKI When you are going up the corporate ladder or the government ladder, you have to take some risk. CONDOLEEZZA RICE Clearly the volatility in the market has just been unbelievable. The Nasdaq in this week alone going... BRIAN PISKOROWSKI I'm telling you, the votes are there in the Unites States Senate, ... This is not a question of whet... RON WYDEN Fund managers don't want to hand investors high dividends in the year 1999 but if they take them ove... WENDY STRUB We showed a lot of character here today. People are stepping up when they are called upon and that i... ANDREW PRICE The first period we were flat. You wonder when the kids are going to pick it up mentally, and they d... BRUCE LAROQUE The way we play it and the way I think all investors should play it is by taking opportunities when ... ERIK GUSTAFSON all the witness reports we do receive suggest that there are massacres going on, that people are bei... EMMA BONINO That (System Benefit Fund) was set up in the deregulated market. Every month you have the opportunit... SCOTT MCCLOUD It can affect the homebuyer down the road. Of course, prices are going to go up through all this; th... BOB STONE Investors are looking for a sign as to when rate hikes are going to stop. ANDRE BAKHOS You are unique. No other person looks exactly like you SOTONYE ANGA You see progress, but when you see (this) today, it makes you wonder what's going on. DANNY MASTEN Fund managers are asserting that a slowdown in telecom spending is here for foreseeable future. As f... CATHERINE BENZ Teams are going to key in on Brian and Gabe. Guys are going to have to come off the bench and bring ... FRAN KUNTZ I'm definitely disappointed, but they have your best interest in mind. It isn't a question of whethe... ANTHONY STEWART Faith in something greater than ourselves enables us to do what we have said we'll do, to press forw... GORDON B. HINCKLEY That's going to help us out next year when I'm a senior. It's going to be me, Shane and Ryan, and th... ANTONIO JEREMIAH The individual dynamics going on within a venture fund are critically important to you. Unfortunatel... HEIDI ROIZEN The story goes as the line follow... alone... loony.... ... That's what's happening.... DEYTH BANGER Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly rea... CAROL BARTZ I'm sure there are going to be some programs that are going to have to try to cut back on transporta... BUTCH WILLIAMS Screw you facebook, this relationship of me and you ain't working out. It's always me who have to te... CADIR LAMPE
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