Comments on: The Hot Tentacle http://dmarron.com/2010/07/11/the-hot-tentacle/ Musings on Economics, Finance, and Life Thu, 17 May 2012 17:30:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: klhoughton http://dmarron.com/2010/07/11/the-hot-tentacle/#comment-3706 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:28:02 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=3471#comment-3706 That’s why we pretend that “hedge funds” are good things, of course.

Strangely, the same people who were “great traders” for banks and IBs when they go on to lead a failed hedge fund–not just thinking of Merriweather here–are not discussed.

]]> By: Alex Metelitsa http://dmarron.com/2010/07/11/the-hot-tentacle/#comment-3705 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:19:34 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=3471#comment-3705 Terry Pratchett said, “Dragons exist if you believe in them” – there may also have been a psychological component at work with the players, who on the Spanish side were elated, and on the Dutch side dejected, to find Paul had chosen Spain to win. Irrational Cephalopodic Exuberance?

]]> By: Tom Dougherty http://dmarron.com/2010/07/11/the-hot-tentacle/#comment-3703 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:52:27 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=3471#comment-3703 Paul was 100% right during the World Cup and 80% right during the European Championship. Paul will be zero percent right for the next World Cup. Octopusses don’t live very long and he will not be around in 4 more years.

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