Sunday, December 03, 2006

"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act." - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Monday, October 23, 2006

"Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him a nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert... The magic of PROPERTY turns sand to gold." - Arthur Young

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

MotherRock hedge-fund collapsed - TheStreet.com
AMARANTH hedgefund lost billions - TimesOnline

"To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can have." - Theodore H. White

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give away..." - Winston Churchill.

Friday, July 14, 2006

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett

Monday, June 19, 2006

Cousins at risk of stomach cancer. - APNews

"When someone asked Abraham Lincoln, after he was elected president, what he was going to do about his enemies, he replied, 'I am going to destroy them. I am going to make them my friends.' " - Abraham Lincoln

Thursday, June 08, 2006

"The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely." - Lorraine Hansberry

Monday, May 22, 2006

"It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. - Henry Ward Beecher

Sunday, May 21, 2006

"God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends." - Ethel Watts Mumford (1878-1940) American Novelist, Humor Writer

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

How US investors can best profit from the trashing of their currency - Clive Maud, Kitco

"A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind." - Robert Bolton

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Goldman gurus strike it rich with hedge fund - post-gazette.com

"True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united." - Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767-1835) German Statesman, Philologist.
"A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury." - John Stuart Mill

Friday, April 21, 2006

Cazenove to launch global macro hedge fund - Reuters

"There is only one success -- to be able to spend your life in your own way." - Christopher Morley

Sunday, April 16, 2006

"The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years." - Deepak Chopra (1947~) East-Indian born American MD, Author, Lecturer

Sunday, April 09, 2006

Higher interest rate drives gold higher - David Vaughn, Kitco
Money is going out of style - Richard Daughty, Kitco

"Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down until the feeling passes." - Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899-1977) American Educator, Writer

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Thai PM hands power over to Deputy - APNews

"One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion." - Voltaire (1694-1778) [Francois-Marie Arouet] French.
"The return on your investment depends on whether you want to eat well or sleep well" - J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913)

Friday, March 24, 2006

Interview Philippe Bonnefoy, Chairman Cedar Fund - HedgeWeek

"Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence." - Colin Luther Powell (1937~) American Army General

Thursday, March 23, 2006

"I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance." - Samuel Johnson

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

"It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole book." - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) German Philosopher, Poet.
"Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from." - Elisabeth KuBler-Ross

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." - Sir Winston Churchill
"The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately." - Bertrand Russell

Friday, March 17, 2006

"Fear not for the future, weep not for the past." - Percy Bysshe Shelley
"The difference between the impossible and possible lies in a person's determination." - Thomas Charles Lasorda (1927~) American Baseball Player

Saturday, March 11, 2006

HSBC hedge fund triple assets in 12 months - Reuters
Paul Myners, Chairman Marks & Spencers joins and invests in hedge fund - Bloomberg

John Profumo, British Minister, ruined by sex scandal, dies - NYTimes

"Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it." - Les Brown (1945~) American Speaker, Author, Trainer, Motivator Lecturer

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

"Good judgment comes from experience, and experience - well, that comes from poor judgment." - A.A. Milne

Saturday, February 25, 2006

"To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am." - Bernard Baruch

Thursday, February 23, 2006

"He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all." - Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616) Spanish Novelist, Dramatist, Poet

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope." - Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) American Clergyman, Reformer

Sunday, February 12, 2006

U.S. racks up record trade deficit in 2005 - SFGate.com

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." - Paul Boese

Friday, February 03, 2006

"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."William Arthur Ward

Thursday, February 02, 2006

75% of hedge funds domiciled in the Cayman Islands - mondaq.com

Gold continues to strengthen - David Vaughn - Kitco

"He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have." - Socrates (469-399BC) Greek Philosopher of Athens

Sunday, January 22, 2006

"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with." - Mark Twain

Saturday, January 21, 2006

Man who shot Pope headed back to prison - APNews

"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." - Eric Hoffer

Friday, January 20, 2006

Monday, January 16, 2006

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Friday, January 13, 2006

It is official, China to consider gold - David Vaughn - Kitco
Real gold highs? - Adam Hamilton - Kitco

"The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it." - Voltaire (1694-1778) [Francois-Marie Arouet]

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Dow Jones Industrial close above 11,000 - APNews

"The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse." - Jules Renard (1864-1910) French Dramatist, Author.

Thursday, January 05, 2006