Ep. 161 S&A Investor - Are Hedge Funds Lying about Performance?

Wall Street Unplugged - What's Really Moving These Markets

Frank Curzio

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🗓️ 12 December 2012

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Simon Lack spent most of his 20-year plus career in the hedge fund industry. Then he wrote a best-selling book explaining how investors would have generated higher returns in Treasuries compared to most hedge funds - after you factor in fees. Today, Simon is managing partner at SL Advisors. On this week's podcast, he talks about the risks of investing in hedge funds. He also talks fiscal cliff and shares some of his favorite ideas to buy right now.

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0:00.0	S&A Investor Radio looks beyond the regular headlines heard on mainstream financial media
0:07.0	to bring you unscripted interviews and breaking commentary direct from Wall Street,
0:11.0	right to you on Main Street.
0:15.0	How's it going out there?
0:18.0	It's Wednesday, December 12th, and I'm Frank Curzio,
0:20.0	host to the S&A Investor Podcast,
0:22.0	who I break down the headlines and tell you what's really
0:26.0	moving these markets.
0:29.9	So I'm watching the Fisselcliffe Special on C. M.
0:33.6	On Tuesday, I watch with my buddy Jim Kramer
0:36.8	is in Washington interviewing senators.
0:40.5	I have to tell you, it's real disappointing. I work for Kramer for a little bit over four years
0:46.0	nobody's good at what he's not good at. You know and I know Kramer pretty much he's
0:52.1	very good at being the center of attention he's
0:54.0	awesome on mad money when he's by himself you know pressing the buttons talk about
0:58.4	stocks fantastic great he's awesome in the morning the morning shows when he's
1:02.4	talking about stocks when that news just released,
1:05.0	he's talked to so many CEOs, so much research on all these stocks, it's great just getting his opinion.
1:10.0	He knows, you know, he's photographic memory, I mean, he remembers stuff that happened three years ago.
1:14.6	It's amazing.
1:16.7	But he's terrible on things like the apprentice,
1:19.7	where someone else is like center stage
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