Comments on: Interview With Timothy Sykes And His New Book, The American Hedge Fund http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/09/28/interview-with-timothy-sykes-and-his-new-book-the-american-hedge-fund/ Investing Online Made Easy Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:49:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bruce Rosen http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/09/28/interview-with-timothy-sykes-and-his-new-book-the-american-hedge-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-33860 Bruce Rosen Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:28:36 +0000 http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/09/28/interview-with-timothy-sykes-and-his-new-book-the-american-hedge-fund/#comment-33860 Timothy Sykes latest escapade adds more shame (if that is even conceivable) to his recent sprint to become the biggest buffoon in the financial media. Somehow he was given a podium with a column on The Street. He proceeded to recommend a short against a company and then went gaga all over the financial message boards like Raging Bull and Yahoo to actually bash his short pick. I have never seen a financial columnist post a short in a mainstream publication and then immediately start bashing it on a public message board. It is really unprofessional if not completely unethical for Sykes to behave this way. Meanwhile the brash cad proudly promotes the firestorm of hatred he builds around himself in order to promote his dopey book. The solution is simple: Don't buy his awful book because that is how he is putting food on the table since he can't trade effectively for a living. By the way, that stock that blew up his "hedge fund" ($1M+ ROTFLMAO) was a company called Cygnus, a Pink Sheet, yes an unregulated, totally illiquid pink sheet, called Cygnus. He bought it because his college roommate's daddy ran the company. That was evidently the extent of Timmy's due diligence. This guy is a serial loser. Tim Sykes should be banned from all media outlets and any party serving a higher grade of beverage than Schlitz beer. His DVD on trading penny stocks is total garbage! Timothy Sykes latest escapade adds more shame (if that is even conceivable) to his recent sprint to become the biggest buffoon in the financial media. Somehow he was given a podium with a column on The Street. He proceeded to recommend a short against a company and then went gaga all over the financial message boards like Raging Bull and Yahoo to actually bash his short pick.

I have never seen a financial columnist post a short in a mainstream publication and then immediately start bashing it on a public message board. It is really unprofessional if not completely unethical for Sykes to behave this way. Meanwhile the brash cad proudly promotes the firestorm of hatred he builds around himself in order to promote his dopey book. The solution is simple: Don’t buy his awful book because that is how he is putting food on the table since he can’t trade effectively for a living.

By the way, that stock that blew up his “hedge fund” ($1M+ ROTFLMAO) was a company called Cygnus, a Pink Sheet, yes an unregulated, totally illiquid pink sheet, called Cygnus. He bought it because his college roommate’s daddy ran the company. That was evidently the extent of Timmy’s due diligence. This guy is a serial loser. Tim Sykes should be banned from all media outlets and any party serving a higher grade of beverage than Schlitz beer. His DVD on trading penny stocks is total garbage!

]]> By: Ben Stein http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/09/28/interview-with-timothy-sykes-and-his-new-book-the-american-hedge-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-32745 Ben Stein Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:25:52 +0000 http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/09/28/interview-with-timothy-sykes-and-his-new-book-the-american-hedge-fund/#comment-32745 I purchased Sykes book and read it over the weekend. It is a poorly written life story of a failed trader who has fallen on hard times. This book is basically like a blog of an average person who got lucky trading stocks (which it really should be - blog and nothing more). Beware of all the phony glowing reviews for Sykes Book. Its the good ole boy network in high gear where authors/investment advisers use the buddy system to give fake good reviews to each other. Book NOT worth $20! Better bet is to buy book - Millionaire Traders by Kathy Lien. At least you will learn something. OR Curtis Faith's book. (I like Tim, and hope he eventually finds a career through which he can succeed). I purchased Sykes book and read it over the weekend. It is a poorly written life story of a failed trader who has fallen on hard times. This book is basically like a blog of an average person who got lucky trading stocks (which it really should be – blog and nothing more).

Beware of all the phony glowing reviews for Sykes Book. Its the good ole boy network in high gear where authors/investment advisers use the buddy system to give fake good reviews to each other.

Book NOT worth $20!
Better bet is to buy book – Millionaire Traders by Kathy Lien. At least you will learn something. OR Curtis Faith’s book.
(I like Tim, and hope he eventually finds a career through which he can succeed).

]]> By: TV » Interview With Timothy Sykes And His New Book, The American Hedge Fund http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/09/28/interview-with-timothy-sykes-and-his-new-book-the-american-hedge-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-32682 TV » Interview With Timothy Sykes And His New Book, The American Hedge Fund Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:48:19 +0000 http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/09/28/interview-with-timothy-sykes-and-his-new-book-the-american-hedge-fund/#comment-32682 [...] Jeremie Jordan wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptA: I initially began writing my book to answer all the questions I was getting from fans of my TV show, Wall Street Warriors. But as I kept writing, I realized that due to industry regulations and the Wall Street establishment, … [...] [...] Jeremie Jordan wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptA: I initially began writing my book to answer all the questions I was getting from fans of my TV show, Wall Street Warriors. But as I kept writing, I realized that due to industry regulations and the Wall Street establishment, … [...]

]]> By: Blain http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/09/28/interview-with-timothy-sykes-and-his-new-book-the-american-hedge-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-32618 Blain Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:22:34 +0000 http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/09/28/interview-with-timothy-sykes-and-his-new-book-the-american-hedge-fund/#comment-32618 His interview with Richard Branson was pretty funny. "sex or money?" A- "Oh sex definitely" :cool: His interview with Richard Branson was pretty funny. “sex or money?” A- “Oh sex definitely” :cool:

]]> By: Adam http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/09/28/interview-with-timothy-sykes-and-his-new-book-the-american-hedge-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-32613 Adam Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:17:10 +0000 http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/09/28/interview-with-timothy-sykes-and-his-new-book-the-american-hedge-fund/#comment-32613 Nice interview. I saw Tim on the Wall Street Warriors show. He's pretty entertaining, and his success story is pretty amazing. Nice interview.

I saw Tim on the Wall Street Warriors show. He’s pretty entertaining, and his success story is pretty amazing.

]]> By: Jake Stein http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/09/28/interview-with-timothy-sykes-and-his-new-book-the-american-hedge-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-32609 Jake Stein Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:50:41 +0000 http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/09/28/interview-with-timothy-sykes-and-his-new-book-the-american-hedge-fund/#comment-32609 Sykes said: "..It'll be a lot easier for me to teach 1,000 people to make $10,000 ..." Uh oh....Here is a warning about Sykes/BullShit Express: 1) He closes the failed Cilantro Fund because it had an audited track record which documented his failures, then 2) Now, with the Fund closed he can BullShit his "trades" to newbies and suckers. For example, Sykes will name a bunch of possible trades and then take credit for anything that works. 3) Sykes will not have any audited track record; so all aboard the BullShit Sykes express! Sykes said: “..It’ll be a lot easier for me to teach 1,000 people to make $10,000 …”

Uh oh….Here is a warning about Sykes/BullShit Express:

1) He closes the failed Cilantro Fund because it had an audited track record which documented his failures, then

2) Now, with the Fund closed he can BullShit his “trades” to newbies and suckers.
For example, Sykes will name a bunch of possible trades and then take credit for anything that works.

3) Sykes will not have any audited track record; so all aboard the BullShit Sykes express!

]]> By: Andy Swan http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/09/28/interview-with-timothy-sykes-and-his-new-book-the-american-hedge-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-32604 Andy Swan Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:40:57 +0000 http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/09/28/interview-with-timothy-sykes-and-his-new-book-the-american-hedge-fund/#comment-32604 Loved the book and Tim is a great guy. Nice interview! Loved the book and Tim is a great guy. Nice interview!

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