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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  1. edit. he made the money trading stocks*.

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

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

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

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  5. 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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