Trader Monthly: It’s Almost Too Easy To Mock

You gotta wonder why people submit to being profiled in magazines like this. You inevitably look like a fool--even if you’re not.

Wow, no comments for over 6 months then not one but TWO glowing comments about Mesh in less than 5 minutes.

Far be it for me to be a skeptic and think that maybe someone in the midst of trying to start a fund was involved in that pure coincidence.

Just curious, what will the EXPENSE ratio be on his fund. I hear he’s quite adept at figuring out how to be shall we say, creative when it comes to expenses.

I worked with Mesh way back at Salomon Brothers. He was one of the sharpest young chaps I’ve met. It’s no surprise to see him on the cover and hear he is starting his own hedge fund. In fact, I also just saw him featured in another publication as one of the most influential faces in the high yield bond market. Way to go!

Mesh is actually one of the sharpest Bond traders around I was told by someone at a conference. Im just happy to see a non traditional white male make it on the cover.

Mesh is starting a hedge fund and carries that issue around with him to show to prospective investors. And the best traders under 30!? Who the fck cares?

Is there a trader dater for women traders who want male hos?

lol

au contraire
The trader dater matches golddigging hos with egotistical traders

great for them!

Believe us, we’re planning on having some fun with the Trader-Dater…

If you want painful, try the “Trader-Dater” feature they print (or at least used to print) monthly.  It is/was a profile of a bimbette who allegedly “likes to date traders.” Girls with names like, uh, Kajal.

When i first read the post, I gagged at the adjective “swashbuckling” as applied to someone who sits in front of a screen all day, rather than atop the rigging of a pirate ship. However, I checked the OED function on my bloomie and got the following definition: “noisily swaggering, blustering.” That actually sounds about right.

As a trader, I don’t mind Trader Monthly...yes, there are some silly things, but overall, I find it pretty interesting. I’d probably read their website (traderdaily.com) more often if they got rid of their stupid registration requirement.

Your site, Underthecounter.net has some cool posts so far.

I found you today via TripleWitchingFriday.com (Office warning: This site is a little risque)

Good luck!

Painful.

Mesh (or Umesh) is a shameless self-promoter.  He began at Chase in 1998 (claims earlier) and bounced around to a few jobs when his lack of substance trumped his ostentatious style.  Probably the best investment he ever made was when he sued Advest after they fired him--he and his ambulance-chasing attorneys got $300k from an arbitration panel (http://www.liddlerobinson.com/caselist.cfm?casetype=Compensation/Bonus)--hardly the kind of money a massively successful trader would command.  Would love to see him try to support all the false claims he makes on his resume.