>> I also meant to ask, humbly, because I'm not an expert fund manager, that if you could
double in first tier, and make 80% in 2nd-3rd tier, how do you lose 8%? <<
You do really bright things like short AGPH just as it's poised to romp?
I can't answer your question. I've asked it before..... how could anyone possibly have performed this poorly by accident?
This is the guy who goes before various forums and blames the sector for his performance, the guy who manages biotech's only pure play in a mutual fund. Then we have to endure his having been selected by CNBC - and others - as an expert commentator.
As anyone who follows my posts at SI will understand, I'm ticked - and have been - for some time. As anyone who follows my posts at SI will perhaps finally understand, I'm ticked with very good reason. I hope that contributors and lurkers can appreciate.... the sector has a bad rep because pure jerks, most with vested interests, have been handing out the advice, not because there haven't been dedicated scientists effectively putting in the hours. The pipes are full. The 10-baggers are waiting.
The good companies have been screwed. The underwriters didn't exclude the garbage in the process of due diligence. They don't want a "no go, the science stinks" review; they want IPOs and follow-ons. They want the *appearance* that deals have been sufficiently reviewed, but they don't want critical analysis. The attorneys, the VCs, the investment bankers, the analysts, and the scam artists..... many want to make money the easy way rather than to carry science through to the clinic. There are many good companies out there that are managed by shrewd businessmen and yet which still have an eye on the patient. They want to make money off of *products* as well as options.
And then there are the crooks who sneak in through reverse mergers.
I hope that there's enough evidence scattered around SI such that this is clear..... if one were not ethical and had access to OPM, one could easily set up a situation where friends and relatives were doing four figures, annualized percent return. Anybody want their friends and relatives to make 1000% or better per year? All you'd need to do is let me manage your [large quantity of] money. Your relatives would do great. You wouldn't.
The juxtaposition of thoughts in this post is coincidental. I have spoken with von Emster, and he seems to be a nice guy. I do not believe that there has been ANY intent behind his remarkably poor performance. |
