I guess you could say that Tim is a value investor. You know, always trying to get something for less than something? Waiting for "Mr. Market" to go haywire for just long enough, or encounter a lapse of attention for the split second required to snap up that valuable asset at a price that makes it nearly impossible not to profit.
You know the type. The one who is always pestering you about auctionless transactions, multi-level marketing programs, work from home programs, male enhancement, or link exchanges.
I'm voting for Scarlet Letter.
No, no, don't feel bad. He loves the attention. Really. Trust us.
Short Timothy Sykes, Long Reason [Long or Short Capital]
Posted by Lowly Assistant , Apr 07, 2008 1:39PM
His replies to LoSC are nauseating. King Narcissist, with a fistful of pennies.
Posted by american bandersnatch , Apr 07, 2008 1:41PM
Ridiculing him does not work. He spent the last few years building up an immunity to ridicule. Only ignoring him works.
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 1:53PM
I am lazy and dim-witted and don't really care if I gain or lose money in the stock market. It is after all, a game, and not at all a serious enterprise. So, where can I sign up, Tim?
I'd put him right next to Cramer. In fact, upon his retirement in 10-30 yrs, perhaps Cramer could give the position to Tim, where he could flirt with Erin (or her replacement as they'd find a new young thing).
Ah, lemmings. Why do you give this Tim the time of day?
Posted by AJ , Apr 07, 2008 1:55PM
Come on Bess, you guys really need the TIMlinks badge! It'd make the site.
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 2:00PM
Many people on Wall Street are jealous of his returns since he started his quest in November. We see here already a lot of envy and anger. You have to admit - his *is* producing results. Yes, he's not trading a lot of "dollahs", but nonetheless Mr. Market is getting reamed by Timmay. I know most of you all will argue his method is not scalable, but most real hard-working Americans would really enjoy a 40% return and making *just* a mill or two. How many funds can deliver returns like that? Deal with it. If he fails, however, I will be among the first to ridicule the prick.
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 2:03PM
TIM is like a runaway train driving through a dynamite factory
Posted by BruceWayne , Apr 07, 2008 2:06PM
Somebody hit that fucking clown.
Posted by HAM05 , Apr 07, 2008 2:09PM
@2:00 stop using guest as your pseudonym timmer
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 2:10PM
Enough with Sykes already. Why are you constantly writing about this tool?? Guy is a HACK
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 2:10PM
He's just like Cramer, but without the pedigree or success.
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 2:22PM
@2:10 And let's see your firm's returns since November...
Post a link so we can evaluate whether your firm is doing better or worse than the Timmay fund since November. Otherwise, STFU and learn from Timmay.
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 2:24PM
@2:03 I thought that was BSC. Gee...that *is* BSC. Except Timmay doesn't get taxpayers to bail him out with a nice loan for screwing up. Maybe it's because Timmay doesn't provide anal to Fed members?
Posted by a dead horse , Apr 07, 2008 2:34PM
@2:22
I worked this week. I made more than TIM did. I win? After all, his job is trading, mine is working at a bank. I made a lot more money than he did.
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 2:42PM
OK, Timmmmmay. Try this one - catch a clue and get into SKF on November 1. Into SKF at 81.50
Now, on news that every bank is going down the tubes after BSC went down, sell SKF on that day at 145-150.
Net profit: 77.9%
Woohoo, do I get 1 million dollars? This is what I predicted (well I pulled 401k on Oct 10 and went into short funds). Does that make me a genius?
Posted by gatekeeper , Apr 07, 2008 2:51PM
Well done Bess, I email this to you at 9:30 Chicago time and it's already up? Impressive. A shout-out would have been appreciated though, bitch.
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 2:55PM
@gatekeeper-- nice one! 'cept bess didn't write this post, you fucking idiot.
Posted by gatekeeper , Apr 07, 2008 3:01PM
@guest -- I don't spend my days on DB jerking off to pics of Gasparino and analyzing alter egos.
I deducted it was bess from AJ's comments, you fucking loser. So sorry I don't know who the fuck Equity Private is. I'm a bit busy here managing money that doesn't have the monopoly man's face on it.
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 3:04PM
@gatekeeper-- the name is the second line of the post. no need to jerk off to pics of Gasparino or analyze alter egos to read it. do your clients know your powers of deduction suck?
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 3:13PM
@2:34 Noticed how you didn't provide ANY returns. I feel sorry for you if you really do work at a bank. Timmay gets up when he wants, you have to be at work - what 9:00? Or earlier. Timmay wears what he wants. I bet your office has a dress code. Timmay can travel and trade wherever he wants. You are slave to the office. Timmay deals with whomever he wants. If past experiences with banks are any indication, you deal with assholes all day. Assholes who tell *you* what to do. And you obey them of course. You give up your life for a slip of paper or some meaningless title. Timmay is self-employed. You're somebody's personal bitch. Your boss' perhaps? You have performance reviews. Timmay doesn't have to deal with that crap. Timmay is self-made. You are not.
Posted by gatekeeper , Apr 07, 2008 3:14PM
@guest-- Yea I can see that, but thanks for pointing out the obvious. Let me spell it out for you...
I thought Bess WAS Equity Private as a result of AJ's comments, I don't sit around reading DB all day so forgive me for this unimaginable misconception.
This mistake apparently ruined your day. Don't worry, your mom is on her way with your pacifier and power rangers blanky. Let it all out.
20 yrs in business and we've only been down (marginally, at that) twice. $14b in clients kind of let us do our own thing at this point. But we appreciate your concern.
Deduct my balls in to your mouth, guest.
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 3:16PM
@3:01 Deducted? I think you mean deduced. Who on earth are you managing money for?
Posted by gatekeeper , Apr 07, 2008 3:18PM
Point taken 3:16, deduced is correct, and so unlikely of me to make such grammatical craps like that.
Posted by gatekeeper , Apr 07, 2008 3:19PM
@3:16, we're a hedge fund in chicago
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 3:19PM
@3:13, Timmy makes no money. He was looking for investors for the Titanic, pardon me, Cilantro Fund and people told him to piss off. If you like him so much, give him 10G's and see what happens. The guy is a jerkoff
Posted by BSD , Apr 07, 2008 3:19PM
Hey guest, lay off, mutual funds need loving too.
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 3:19PM
Gatekeeper: "I don't spend my days on DB jerking off to pics of Gasparino and analyzing alter egos." But I do refresh the page over and over and respond to every comment responding to the dick comment I made. I can dish it out but not take it. I also use the word "deducted" when I meant to say "deduced." Bitch.
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 3:19PM
@gatekeeper -- you're such a fag. Asking to get your balls in some guy's mouth for free, did your crack whore/ boyfriend tell you monopoly money wont work anymore? Or did the boneless ham you've enjoyed so much go rancid?
Posted by a dead horse , Apr 07, 2008 3:23PM
3:13, great points. You left out some follow-ups.
Timmay makes 150 bucks in a day and calls it a fantastic success. I made more than that at my first job post-undergrad. Timmay makes $1.5mm in what, 10 years, and thinks he's a hotshot trader. I make more than that every year and know I'm not a hotshot. Timmay's growth potential and earnings potential are capped. Mine is growing and will continue to grow. Tim will be extremely happy to sell his DVDs and earn another $1.5mm in 10 years. I will be extremely happy because in 10 years I will be making 10 times that.
Sweat equity. Timmay works in his boxers and travels wherever and makes his pitiful absolute return and is happy with that. If that's what he wants to do, great. But he's going nowhere and he's getting there fast. Timmay is a self-made nothing. Congratulations. I don't give a shit that a guy can make $50 a day playing the penny stocks. I care that he acts like he's doing the world a huge social service when all he does is make what real traders do look like guesswork. His trading strategy is staring at charts and watching the lines move. That just gives everyone in trading and finance a bad name. I don't stare at pictures - I do the real work and I make the real money.
I work hard and longer hours. I make a lot more money than he does. I will retire comfortably well before he could reach my level of success. Yeah, it sucks to be me...
Posted by BruceWayne , Apr 07, 2008 3:26PM
@guest 3:13pm
Timmay travels and trades where he wants? With the little money Timmay has his travel options are limited. Does Greyhound have wi-fi?
You are not doing him any favors by saying he gets up when he wants. If by chance he is looking for investors they may not want to hear that their potential money manager is a slacker. Dan Loeb if I remember correctly is up at the ass crack of dawn doing his reading. Ever hear about his $45 million dollar penthouse upstairs from Denzel?
Tool time for Timmay.
Posted by gatekeeper , Apr 07, 2008 3:26PM
same guest, it was a back and forth, 3:19.
I've got work to do, I've had enough of this for one sitting. and all I fucking did was mention an email I made earlier and I get the haterade like the 10 plagues. Wow. Loyal following over here... you people are so gay.
Posted by TimothySykes , Apr 07, 2008 3:27PM
Did I miss the battle?
Sorry too busy profiting, blogging and answering Qs to join in this post's fun before now, aka my biz model
You guys can judge all you want, as I posted on Pretentious Prick Capital's site, I'm not the smartest guy out there, but I'm not the dumbest either. 90% of traders lose money, my little unscalable strategy, if played properly, doesn't.
You take whatever side you want, for all my mistakes--detailed on my site extensively--TIM is now up 45% since November. Suck on that. This strategy's goin mainstream and maybe, just maybe I can save a ton of suckers from ever investing or believing in smallcrap/microcrap kool-aid...and profiting from trading based on that realization
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 3:29PM
@gatekeeper-- i think the problem was you calling bess a bitch for not giving you "credit" for sending her a link that's up on LoSC's site, which DB obviously reads every day, and for a post that BESS DIDN'T EVEN WRITE. But way to make it a "gay" thing.
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 3:29PM
Timmay's greatness has reached the point that he is obliged to refer to himself in the third person.
Screw Lebron, Witness Timmay!
Posted by gatekeeper , Apr 07, 2008 3:32PM
the bitch thing was a joke, I apologize to the fan club if that wasn't clear. Ok, really going now.
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 3:33PM
"a dead horse", not that I'm a Tim fan (I am guest@2:42PM BTW), there is one thing you don't know...if you will live long enough to retire comfortably or will in fact die younger or poorer.
The same black swan (from your perspective) that makes it virtually impossible for you to know what you will be making in 10 yrs and if you will be alive and not fighting some disease, is the same swan that could make Tim (or me) a billionaire in that time frame.
Reminds me of the gal who had great looks who wants the guy making 500k a year. He doesn't know any more than she that his most valuable assets ($$ vs. her looks) will last in 5-10 years.
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 3:34PM
@gatekeeper--Give me a chance to make you happy honey. I have what you want, lets be friends. You can wear my Mom's clothes too. Stop fighting your gayness and just let it engulf you with love.
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 3:35PM
gate-k: Just for the record, I like yr style. Agree that some but not all of these people can be so gay. With a small-g. GAnalYst
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 3:35PM
@3:23 If you think a lot of traders don't look at technical indicators, I've got a big revelation for you. Every bank on the Street uses charts. Ever heard of technical analysis? Is DeVry still giving out Associate Business degrees? Geez, tell us all what bank you work at so we can all move our money out of it. I'm serious.
Posted by TimothySykes , Apr 07, 2008 3:38PM
3:23pm if u really were the hard worked u claim to be, u'd have researched and seen that since I'm under $25k I can't day trade. That rule was not in place last time I was poor, dealing with it the best I can, but after that, I assure you the profits will go up...also I take 200-1,000 share positions right now, with my account size that will also go up...trust me, this is no fluke, my one big loss was due to me ignoring my trading rules, that'll never happen again
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 3:39PM
@3.35 My bollinger band is swelling for you
Posted by BruceWayne , Apr 07, 2008 3:53PM
Timmay
Have you thought about putting more money into your account? Just a thought. I don't know what your credit is like but I am sure there are Jews somewhere that will loan you what you are lacking. For a fee of course.
Posted by TimothySykes , Apr 07, 2008 3:54PM
PS you pathetic excuse for a blogger, you forgot to tag this article...so much for being thorough
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 3:56PM
Timmy, what happened to that broad you were having dinner with on WSW? You drop the hammer or did she realize you were a piker and take off?
Posted by TimothySykes , Apr 07, 2008 4:04PM
I'm not going for greater assets or managing money--trust me--it's amazing how many offers you get when you speak up and go against the SEC's reign-of-terror-publicity rules...I'm gonna show how little investors can get wealthy, nothing more
Shilla and I are still good friends, but now I'm on a mission, I have no time to go out and wine and dine, writing, trading, answering questions from people who literally know nothing...gonna flip this F$#@ed up industry upside down
Posted by BruceWayne , Apr 07, 2008 4:07PM
Is it no time or no money? Let me guess you are gathering material for a book on how to live in Manhattan on just 50 bucks a day.
Posted by Debter , Apr 07, 2008 4:15PM
I think we can all agree Timmay is a douche. He is attention starved, as mentioned previously, whether it's good or bad. I just hope he goes broke before any serious amount of investors are sucked in to his strategy (which from what I can tell seems to be momentum based). I'm certainly not a technician, but we do use charts on a daily basis (our shop is fundamental/ relative value trading/ investing).
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 4:26PM
"investing"? does that really count as a trading strategy? just asking.......
Posted by TimothySykes , Apr 07, 2008 4:32PM
Actually doing quite from speaking appearances and selling books and DVDs...the trading is just to prove anybody can do this, even on a part-time basis
PS The blog formerly known as LoSC should now be referred to by its proper name, Pretentious Prick Capital, or PP Captial:
http://timothysykes.com/2008/04/07/longorshort-capital-earns-pretentious-prick-capital-aka-matt-damon-in-school-ties/
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 4:35PM
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Posted by TimothySykes , Apr 07, 2008 4:38PM
LOL 4:15, you're damn right I'm momentum, but I never use leverage and I cut my losses quickly, going broke is never really in the picture, but tell me, if you had a $5k account thats pretty much play money, which strategy would you employ:
A. One that has up/downside of $500-$1k/year
B. One with $1-3k downside but $5k-$20k upside/year
C. One with -$5k to -$20k downside but $20k to $50k/year upside
Anybody who chose B. check out my site
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 4:57PM
Did Timmay just call EP a pathetic excuse for a blogger??
EP are you gonna take that from Timtim?
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 5:01PM
Based on these comments, I'm short reason right now. I really hope that doesn't mean I have to go long Tim Sykes.
Posted by TimothySykes , Apr 07, 2008 5:11PM
A blogger shares info freely and wants as many people as possible to see that info to encourage debate.
When a wannabe-blogger like LoSC turns his coke-filled nose up because he thinks he's above needing to increase his exposure--when his pathetic excuse for traffic tells a different story--aka his daily traffic is equal to a few hours worth of mine--you're damn right I'm gonna take that wannabe blogger down
the good news is that by ripping me his traffic has exploded, so I'm glad I could help expose this tool for what he is
Posted by ep , Apr 07, 2008 5:16PM
"Did Timmay just call EP a pathetic excuse for a blogger??
EP are you gonna take that from Timtim?"
*Yawn*
Who?
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 5:32PM
Pee!
Posted by BruceWayne , Apr 07, 2008 5:41PM
the good news is that by ripping me his traffic has exploded, so I'm glad I could help expose this tool for what he is
Who thinks he is a tool?
Which is a bigger wart on the ass of society? A wannabe blogger or a former-wannabe hedge fund manager?
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 6:48PM
you're both fags for talking about butts so much...
Posted by TimothySykes , Apr 07, 2008 8:03PM
all i know is that i've been told by LoSC to promote their new name:
http://timothysykes.com/2008/04/07/longorshort-capital-earns-pretentious-prick-capital-aka-matt-damon-in-school-ties/
Posted by guest , Apr 07, 2008 8:13PM
more unfortunate and indiscriminate use of the term "fags" ...
Posted by guest , Apr 08, 2008 12:12AM
What's wrong with Tim?
http://beanieville.blogspot.com
Posted by guest , Apr 08, 2008 1:16AM
Why all the fightin', folks? Why you rock Tim's boat for no reason, Mr. Juggler?
Let's get back to makin money! lol
http://beanieville.blogspot.com/2008/04/sutr-for-you-small-cap-lovers.html
Posted by guest , Apr 08, 2008 7:25AM
if Timmay didnt pork that bitch he was with, does that make him a fag?
Posted by guest , Apr 08, 2008 8:18AM
@EP yawn who? You just made a whole post about the guy. Cmon, get angry. Where's that famous ep rapier wit?
Posted by BruceWayne , Apr 08, 2008 11:36AM
@guest 7:25am
Not porking that bitch doesn't make him a fag. Admiring cock makes him a fag.
Posted by TimothySykes , Apr 08, 2008 3:57PM
whats wrong with u people...seriously
Posted by Chuck Krug , Apr 10, 2008 9:04AM
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts