Great news Paul Krugman! A lack of trees and fake-doc mortgages add up to a down (31%) YTD performance for John Paulson’s levered Advantage Plus and (21.5%) YTD for the regular Advantage. But gold bugs will also have something to cheer:

There appears to be a sliver or two of good news for Paulson. His gold fund is up about 6% for the year, according to an investor’s calculations. The bulk of Paulson’s own money is in gold, and in gold-denominated share classes offered by his firm, so he’s making out much better than many of his investors. Continue reading »