The 7 habits of highly suspicious hedge funds

李察．布克史塔伯-「金融吃人魔」作者, 在他的blog 中 post 了--The 7 habits of highly suspicious hedge funds.

Here are seven “habits” that an investor should look out for:

1. No independent risk reporting.
2. A change for the worse in the critical risk numbers.
3. Increased use of derivatives.
4. High level of secrecy.
5. Growth in headcount and lifestyle.
6. Decline in assets under management.
7. Lackluster performance in recent years.

More detail on his site

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同時, 於去年12月所曝光的Madoff 龐式騙局, 亦已於6/27宣判, 此近幾十年來規模最大、歷時最長的金融欺詐主角將被判150年監禁。(related news on wsj :邪惡”馬多夫被判150年監禁)