Friday, October 17, 2008

READ: Goodbye and F---- You

Don't you sometimes wish you could just quit and write a letter to the whole world detailing everything that bugs the hell out of you?  Well, this guy did just that:
The low hanging fruit, i.e. idiots whose parents paid for prep school, Yale, and then the Harvard MBA, was there for the taking. These people who were (often) truly not worthy of the education they received (or supposedly received) rose to the top of companies such as AIG, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers and all levels of our government. All of this behavior supporting the Aristocracy, only ended up making it easier for me to find people stupid enough to take the other side of my trades. God bless America.
I will no longer manage money for other people or institutions. I have enough of my own wealth to manage. Some people, who think they have arrived at a reasonable estimate of my net worth, might be surprised that I would call it quits with such a small war chest. That is fine; I am content with my rewards. Moreover, I will let others try to amass nine, ten or eleven figure net worths. Meanwhile, their lives suck. Appointments back to back, booked solid for the next three months, they look forward to their two week vacation in January during which they will likely be glued to their Blackberries or other such devices. What is the point?
I do often wander what keeps people who have amassed a certain fortune in this business.  I guess they can't imagine doing anything else?  

1 comment:

Bethany said...

it's like a disease. could be greed or power driven. You need to have an earthshattering epiphany to break out of it.

I'd imagine that's what a mid life crisis is for.

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