Minds over Money: The godfather of global investors – May. 14, 2008
Where is your money now?
A. Mostly in my endowment fund, a good portion of which I had farmed out to other money managers. When I saw what I considered the most serious financial crisis of my lifetime, I came out of retirement and set up an account to hedge their positions.
Q. How?
A. I went short [bet against] the dollar, U.S. and European stocks and Treasury bonds. I went long [invested in] emerging markets. That worked last year, but this year bonds kept going up and emerging markets down. So I’m about even.
Q. Should Money readers do the same?
A. You’d have to be pretty nimble. I think most investors would be best off in safe, inflation-indexed Treasuries, even though they’re quite expensive now.
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Minds over Money: The godfather of global investors – May. 14, 2008
The days of rapid financial wealth creation are over. We’re now in a period of wealth destruction. It is going to be very hard to preserve your wealth in these circumstances.
