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Re: Fw: LBR



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Yes, Larry Williams lost half the contest profit. It was in October of 1987.
Quite a few index traders lost money that month.

In a message dated 98-10-19 20:32:03 EDT, fpi@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> :You might also want to check out the "legendary" traders Larry Williams and
>  :Jake Bernstein. The year after LW won the Robbins World Cup, he and JB
>  :formed a fund that was later closed after losing more than 50% of their
>  :investors' money. Maybe that's why they're on the lecture/seminar
circuits.
>  :
>  :All LW is doing is living off his fame for taking $10K and turning it into
>  :$1million. What he really doesn't tell you is that he actually took it
into
>  :$2million and then took that $2million and turn it into $1million (imagine
>  :that: $1 million drawdown!!).
>