Luddly Neddite
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But, don't be angry at how much he makes.
But, at least THINK about the incredible disparity in our tax system.
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But, don't be angry at how much he makes.
But, at least THINK about the incredible disparity in our tax system.
But, don't be angry at how much he makes.
But, at least THINK about the incredible disparity in our tax system.
The hedge fund manager also has risk associated with that income, as it is reliant on a rising market.
Teachers and doctors dont have to give back part of thier salary if the market tanks.
But, don't be angry at how much he makes.
But, at least THINK about the incredible disparity in our tax system.
The hedge fund manager also has risk associated with that income, as it is reliant on a rising market.
Teachers and doctors dont have to give back part of thier salary if the market tanks.
The hedge fund manger is not taking the risk with his money, he is doing it with other peoples monies.
My Mother in law, and 84 year old retired public school worker lost her retirement fund when the market crashed in 2008 after it was invested in a company that went bankrupt..
Some Hedge Funds only take a percent if they make double digit returns, But Most Make something like 2-20: 2% of Your assets (period) and 20% over, say, 20% return.Hedge Funds are only for the sophisticated investor. Meaning, they generally target their services to wealthy investors. They're aggressive risk seeking investment funds that typically use leverage to magnify returns. These funds generally charge their clients higher fees which does cover the operational cost of their services, but the sole source of money are performance fees. If the fund outperforms it's benchmark, the fund manager can claim a percentage of profits as a fee.
In other words, Hedge Fund Managers only make money if their clients make a lot of money.
John Paulson, who rose to fame in 2007 with a prescient bet against subprime mortgages, earned a record $4.9 billion in 2010 as a result of a big wager that his fund, Paulson & Company, made on gold. The metal soared last year, lifting the values of some hedge funds by more than 30 percent.
Last year was very lucrative for some of the biggest and best-performing hedge funds’ chiefs. Wealth was so concentrated that a mere 25 people pocketed a total of $22.07 billion, according to this year’s annual ranking by AR Magazine, which tracks the hedge fund industry. At $50,000 a year, it would take the salaries of 441,400 Americans to match that sum.
Hedge fund managers can still have huge paydays even in years when their funds do not perform well. That is because of the millions they earn in fees from charging state pension funds, college endowments and wealthy individuals to manage money. These fees are typically collected regardless of whether the firm has a profit or a loss.
“So many of these guys are killing it on the management fees,” said Bradley H. Alford, chief investment officer of Alpha Capital Management, which invests in hedge funds. “You can’t feel good giving 30% of your returns to some guy who was up single digits. That has to give you indigestion.”
In fact, the hedge fund industry as a whole did not do better than the stock market last year. The HedgeFund Intelligence Global Composite Index, which tracks nearly 4,000 hedge funds around the world, had a median gain of 8% in 2010, trailing the 11.7% in the MSCI World Index of stocks and the 12.7% rise in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index.
And this year’s list of top hedge fund earners includes a number of managers who pocketed hundreds of millions of dollars in fees but produced only single-digit returns for their investors. AR Magazine arrives at the pay figures by estimating a money manager’s portion of fees along with the increase in value of personal stakes in the funds.
For instance, David Shaw of D. E. Shaw, a firm that uses complex algorithms to determine its investments, made the list with income of $275 million, even though his biggest fund returned a paltry 2.45% and over all the firm Lost 40% of its assets, the magazine said.
AR Magazine said Mr. Shaw, who gave up day-to-day oversight of the funds in 2002, made the list because the firm charged a 3% management fee and took 30% of the investment gains. Mr. Shaw also has much of his own personal wealth tied up in the firm.
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But, don't be angry at how much he makes.
But, at least THINK about the incredible disparity in our tax system.
The hedge fund manager also has risk associated with that income, as it is reliant on a rising market.
Teachers and doctors dont have to give back part of thier salary if the market tanks.
But, don't be angry at how much he makes.
But, at least THINK about the incredible disparity in our tax system.