Bad actors like hedge funds?????????????

[valerief]

Her daughter worked for a hedge fund. Isn't she married to a hedge fund manager now?

[hill2016]

1. not all hedge funds are evil

Do you even know what hedge funds do?

[snagglepuss]

3. Not evil? Perhaps you care to share the minimum amt of money required

to invest in a hedge fund. They exist simply to make the rich richer.

[hill2016]

7. well

for certain structures there are a limit to the number of investors who can invest in the fund so a manager won't want a client who is just going to invest $100k. Most minimums I see are $1m or $5m.

Also the client needs to be a qualified investor which has certain other restrictions on assets and investment experience.

[Avalux]

8. Chelsea, is that you?

[hill2016]

10. by the way

this part isn't even true anymore: "they exist simply to make the rich richer".

Guess who are the main investors in hedge fund these days: pension funds and foundations.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

5. The very NATURE of a hedge fund --

makes it evil:

hedge fund
noun
noun: hedge fund; plural noun: hedge funds

a limited partnership of investors that uses high risk methods, such as investing with borrowed money, in hopes of realizing large capital gains.

[hill2016]

9. hm...

tell me, have you ever taken out a mortgage on a house?

That's (1) high risk (concentrated investment) (2) investing with borrowed money (3) hoping to get large capital gains.

[senz]

11. Most people don't buy a house to make a killing.

[hill2016]

12. I'm just asking

what makes hedge funds so evil?

[senz]

14. They're high risk, high rolling, high finance capitalism at its worst.

They played a part in the crash of 2008 that HURT millions of good, hardworking Americans -- REAL people who matter.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

2. Yeah, that one kinda had me --

going, "Oh really?"

[berningman]

4. gonna be an awkward

Thanksgiving dinner at the Clinton house.

[kgnu_fan]

6. take money out of politics ---