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Re:A “short squeeze” sounds innocuous enough... by 1gor on Thursday January 08, 2009 @12:38PM (#425235)
> exclusively for rich people

No, it is not. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (Calpers) alone had more than $10 billion invested in hedge funds in 2007.

So your average Joe should not wish evil to hedge fund managers, his retirement money is at stake.

Re:A “short squeeze” sounds innocuous enough... by nradov on Thursday January 08, 2009 @12:50PM (#425266)
Alternatively, perhaps CalPERS shouldn't be risking average Joe's retirement money by putting money into unregulated speculative investment pools. There's no reason to expect that hedge funds will deliver superior risk-adjusted returns compared to any other asset class. And there are some really horrible structural problems with most hedge funds which make them poor choices for pensions.
Re:A “short squeeze” sounds innocuous enough... by eli on Thursday January 08, 2009 @01:58PM (#425416)
I did not mean to imply otherwise.

But yes, I should have been clear: rich people and rich organizations.