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Hello everyone, my is Anthony Sacks, but please feel free to call me Tony. I am retired, and probably the most senior here in terms of age, but equally as young at heart. I am 64 years of age, soon to be moving on to 65. Been married to my beautiful wife Carla for 35 years, father of six, and grandfather of five, the latest to a handsome baby boy, Charles Anthony Sacks.
I live in Dover, Delaware, and enjoy spending most of my time with my grandchildren. I have a passion for fishing, and at my age, eating. PS2 has become an interesting experiment for me. I play with Isaac and James, my two other grandchildren.
I do not smoke and am not an investment expert. But I do enjoy investing and following market news. Particularly fond of Altria Group and Reynolds American. Bullpoo has been a fun discovery for me over the internet, and I hope to meet other individuals as keen on investing as myself. Please feel free to message me any comments.
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Timothy Sykes, author of the book, An American Hedge Fund, was born in Orange, Connecticut in 1981. He studied Philosophy and Business at Tulane University while turning his $12,415 Bar Mitzvah Gift money into a fully audited pre-tax sum of $1.65 million from 1999 to 2002 before founding his hedge fund, Cilantro Fund Management, LLC in 2003. He went on to graduate with a B.A. in Philosophy from Tulane in 2003. He is also the benefactor of a Tulane University Scholarship, The Timothy Sykes Day Trading Award for the Talented that is awarded annually to any deserving Tulane student, faculty, or alumni. In 2006, Timothy’s hedge fund was ranked the #1 Short-Bias Fund by Barclays for 2003-2006 and he was named to Trader Monthly’s 2006 ‘Top 30 under 30', a list recognizing the top 30 investment professionals under the age of 30.
After suffering a roughly 35% loss over two years, on October 1, 2007, Timothy closed his hedge fund and created a publishing company, BullShip Press, LLC to promote Freedom of Finance, the concept of a hedge fund manager’s right to discuss their business freely without risk of penalty or censorship. On November 1, 2007, Timothy unveiled TIM, short for Transparent Investment Management, announcing his intention to repeat his original feat of turning $12,415 into $1.65 million. This time around, Timothy would detail the step-by-step process on TimothySykes.com, becoming the first hedge fund manager to detail their strategies for all to see.
He recently debuted as a keynote speaker alongside industry legends Steve Nison and Larry McMillan and starred in the television documentary, Wall Street Warriors on MOJO. He now writes for AOL Finance and has been featured on Reuters, CNN, CNBC, FOX News, FOX Biusiness Network, Businessweek, Marketwatch, MSN Money, Yahoo! Finance, TheStreet.com, Forbes.com, Hedgefund.net, Hedgeco.net, Institutional Investor, Page Six, WallStrip, Gawker, Dealbreaker, Salon.com, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Observer, Trader Monthly, Dealbook, Alternative Universe and Absolute Return Magazine.
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Current strategy...
1. Reduce losing positions. I've got a slew of stinkers in my portfolio. Many of them are down simply because everything is down. Thing is, I need the cash to pick up a few things that I'm sure are due to move upwards. So, I'm taking some losses to get the needed cash.
2. Buy. Markets are down, but there's no doubt that there is going to be some general upward movement over the summer of 2008. I'm concentrating on ETFs to get the built-in diversification. Plus, I'm also trying to find ways to play different commodities and currencies etc. that will probably gain a few percentages... looks like corn, coal, the dollar and interest rates are the way to go right now...
3. Wait. A lot of the "crap" I'm holding is actually undervalued, and ought to return over the next quarter or two. My excessive shorting of QID will most likely be mitigated in the medium term. Time heals all wounds, they say. Hope they're right!
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