Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Hedge Fund Billionaire Glosses Over His Losses




"Don't focus on weekly or monthly returns," Paulson told attendees at the fifth annual Skybridge Alternatives Conference, adding clients should not micro-manage their fund managers but find someone they like and stick with them for the long term, the people who heard the comments said.

Paulson was being interviewed by Anthony Scaramucci, who founded SkyBridge Capital and is a large investor with Paulson's Recovery Fund.   Scaramucci asked little about Paulson's current gold troubles, prompting one money manager to fume: "It was such a softball interview."

Paulson preferred to focus on his best performing vehicle -- the Paulson Recovery fund -- which has gained 22 percent this year and through which Paulson owns the MGM Resorts International, which owns the Bellagio Hotel where the conference is taking place…..

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