As many of you know, Bridgewater Associates is mega-successful, multi-billion dollar hedge fund guided by Principles, a company handbook written by founder and Mentor Ray Dalio, which instructs employees to go on radical truth seeking missions in order to better themselves and in turn the firm. Bridgewater takes the principles very seriously and each member of the staff is given spiral bound copies to read, highlight, and imbue their souls with. While the idea of Truth above all else is the overarching idea, there are literally hundreds of principles (such as 31a. “Ask yourself whether you have earned the right to have an opinion,” 130. “…Firing people is not a big deal…” and 184. “Use checklists”), which span 123 pages and are broken down into outline form after being explained at length. Though familiarity with them has always been an essential part of the job, there has never been a formal test determining that all employees met the required level of efficiency. Until now. Read more »
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A Wildebeest Leaves New York Traveling North At 10 MPH. A Hyena Leaves Westport Traveling South At 15MPH. At What Time Does The Wildebeest Get Eaten?
By Bess Levin
In the above photo, the man in the Speedo is: Read more »
Hint: You don’t get the designation “noted” hooker fucker for a one time job. Read more »
“Where am I going to be in a year? Let’s put it this way, I’m going to be living the dream.” Hint: known for his deep in the money calls, this person has been described as one of the greatest minds on Wall Street, who in addition to his market moving prognostications, is known for his love of private flying and fear of indoor plumbing. [CNBC]
“Is Greenwich ready for bestiality?” Read more »
Tim...and on some occasions, "Kim"
You’re a married trader carrying on an affair with a receptionist who’s only seeing you because you’ve promised to leave your wife. She wants a committed relationship so she breaks it off with you and starts seeing a new man, one who’s not married. You’re the jealous type and not happy at all about this. You want to do something, but what? For the purposes of this scenario, it should be noted that on good days you’re a little nuts and on bad you are a full on psycho. Do you a) send her a few messages, lie to her and swear that this time, you’re really going to break it off with your wife? b) confront the guy and settle things mano y mano c) break into her apartment and trash the place, knowing full well she’ll assume it’s you and maybe be scared into taking you back or d) break into her apartment, trash the place but in such a way that those examining the scene would think that you were 1) a woman and 2) the piece on the side of the guy your girl just started seeing? If you’re Timothy Evans, you’d answer D, D, a thousand times D!
Evans, 47, is alleged to have broken into Juliette Shutes’ home and sprayed the words ‘whore,’ ‘slut’ and ‘cow’ on the walls. On one wall were the words: “I warned you – you bitch. You stole my boyfriend.”
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