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> Hedge funds aren't run like they were in the early 2000s. It appears that they changed how they were run the instant Trump was elected. Funny how that works!
by strbean 6y ago
> Hedge funds aren't run like they were in the early 2000s.
It appears that they changed how they were run the instant Trump was elected. Funny how that works!
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoTotal SEC enforcement actions are still dancing around their peak, so a hypothesis that the administration has become more friendly to financial misconduct seems disconfirmed.
- tehjoker 6y agoI would be extremely interested to know what that total is comprised of. If it's, for example, tons of warning letters with nothing further, that would be a great way to look busy doing something while doing nothing.
- Nightshaxx 6y agoI saw you post this comment multiple times. Correlation does not equal causation my friend.
- strbean 6y agoCorrelation more often is the result of causation than it is of "handy wavy arguments about human nature".
- Nightshaxx 6y ago"Correlation does not mean causation" has nothing to do with the amount that correlation is the result of causation. It means that the former does not directly imply the latter, you need to add more to your argument than just the correlation argument. There could be other factors at play that were the actual cause of the change. These factors could be the underlying causes for both events, or the events may be completely separate. The only thing you said was "because X and Y happened at the same time, they seem to be connected". You did not make any other arguments about how X could cause Y. Within the past hour, I went to the bathroom, and also at least one person on earth died. As you can see, to say my bathroom trip caused that persons death is illogical without any other facts or evidence to back it up. This is a really funny site btw: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations