Friday, October 29, 2010

$12k into nearly $2 million

In the span of two years, Tim Sykes turned $12,415 in Bar Mitzvah gift money into nearly $2 million. And, during his senior year of college, he started his own hedge fund. Pretty interesting story. I need to read more about his trading tactics.
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20 comments:

  1. AnnoNeuvoOctober 29, 2010 at 4:20 PM

    Wow o.O

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  2. Jimmy VolmerOctober 29, 2010 at 4:23 PM

    wow, that is pretty amazing

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  3. Nerd LifeOctober 29, 2010 at 4:39 PM

    cool, thanks for the update!

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  4. mapaiscoolOctober 29, 2010 at 6:31 PM

    edit. he made the money trading stocks*.

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  5. DanOctober 29, 2010 at 11:18 PM

    Dang, he sounds Jewish! Wish i had that much money :o

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  6. DarkoOctober 30, 2010 at 5:04 AM

    nice post

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  7. NePsujOctober 30, 2010 at 5:59 AM

    awesome Oo x100

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  8. Come At Me BroOctober 30, 2010 at 10:20 AM

    This is great!

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  9. Mr.BrightsideOctober 30, 2010 at 3:04 PM

    great, man!

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  10. Jimmy VolmerOctober 30, 2010 at 7:50 PM

    cool, any new news on this guy

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  11. Nerd LifeOctober 30, 2010 at 8:15 PM

    nice!

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  12. iMoneiOctober 31, 2010 at 9:18 AM

    yeah dude is a genious

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  13. LemmiwinksNovember 1, 2010 at 3:09 PM

    Great post, bro!

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  14. befashionistic.blogspot.com/November 1, 2010 at 10:13 PM

    damnit i wish i knew how to trade

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  15. Jimmy VolmerNovember 2, 2010 at 7:42 AM

    I'm just coming back to say hi :D

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  16. Nerd LifeNovember 2, 2010 at 8:47 AM

    I'm reporting that I've tried this over the past few days with no success

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  17. Light Weight Baby!November 2, 2010 at 11:18 AM

    I heard that the guy blew it all on hookers and coke

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  18. Life SaverNovember 2, 2010 at 11:31 AM

    I would have blown it all too

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  19. Discerning GentlemanNovember 2, 2010 at 11:40 AM

    lol at About Insurance and Fuuuuuuuuuuu

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  20. mapaiscoolNovember 2, 2010 at 1:55 PM

    hookers and coke huh? hahaha na, he's still trading. he lost 25k last week though. but, hes still up 54% or so on the year.

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