YWR: Your Weekend Reading

YWR: Your Weekend Reading

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YWR: Shane's mid-career train smash.

A hedge fund holiday story.

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Erik
Dec 29, 2024
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“I’m such an idiot! I should never have left Merrill! I hate myself!”

Shane was upset. I wanted to help, but didn’t know what to do either.

It was December and we were both sitting on the trading desk of a hedge fund which was about to shut down.

Shane was lamenting how just 2 years ago he had left his options trading position at Merrill Lynch in London to…

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