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THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 22 July 2009

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Finbar Taggit is currently on vacation in the Americas although is struggling to work out if that includes Canada. He will be back in August. His thoughts are with fish, brown bears and why he forgot to bring his cashmere socks with him.

In the meantime he is fretting...

THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 06 July 2009

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Finbar Taggit is away.

Following a recent change in brain activity, Hedge Fund guru Taggit is currently undertaking deep hypnosis and meditation techniques in a far flung place. For the next 4 weeks, til sometime in August, this blog will be in a state of flux...

THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 03 July 2009

Going on holiday

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Enough said.

My brain is frazzled and it's time for a break. So please excuse me while I vacate this blog for the next 4 weeks. There are a number of books to read and places to see although Martha's Vineyard may get a...

THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 02 July 2009

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Goodbye Goldmorgan Stanley.

With news that that the golden couple have lost their crowns to European upstarts Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, the world of Prime Brokerage is in turmoil.

Thanks to Lehman, all things American were not deemed safe in 2008 and we all...

THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 01 July 2009

Breakfast

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Fund of Hedge Funds (FOHF).

What are they good for? Well actually they are good for a lot of Hedgies and are huge investors. Without them the hedge fund industry would be half the size.

Rumors were they would disappear post Madoff but not at all;...

THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 30 June 2009

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A man of the Union.

Capitalists can only prosper if the State encourages them, doesn't imprison them or as in many communist countries just turns a blind eye.

The UK government is contributing to over 60% of the GDP. This is more than Cuba, one...