Tiger! Tiger! burning bright

[Brad De Long]

>Re yesterday's panicky selloff of the dollar against the yen:  I see
>that Julian Robertson's (reputedly troubled) Tiger Management fund got
>caught in a squeeze here.  Anyone want to hazard a guess as to whether
>Tiger will be the next hedge fund to, ah, lose its "symmetry"?
>
>Carl Remick

They lost what, 10 to 20% of their capital yesterday?

I thought that they were still up for the year going into yesterday--and
that their portfolio was liquid. So I think that Tiger is still in good
shape...

Brad DeLong

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