Warren Buffet recently made a one million dollar bet that a hedge fund "won't beat the returns of S&P 500 after their extremely hefty fees are accounted for." The bet was made using the Long Bet mechanism set up and operated by the Long Now Foundation.
Of course, we're talked about the more scammy aspects of hedge funds before. Via Boing Boing.
Monday, June 09, 2008
Posted by Gerry Canavan at 1:40 PM
Labels: gambling, hedge funds, Long Bets, money, scams, stock market, the economy, the long now, Warren Buffet
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