Gekko

I know, I know, going after the New York Times again is like kicking a cripple, but I can’t help myself. I was reading the August 27 business section when I came across a story headed: “Habits of Highly Effective Managers.” What, I asked myself, would Pinch Sulzberger & Co. know about that? But the _ story was about money managers, and attempted to answer the question, “What does it take to be a superstar manager?”

One of the key characteristics of superstars, it seems, is that “They take the long view and don’t speculate on what could happen. None of them use technical analysis, like short-term market movements, because they consider investor behavior irrelevant.”

I know, I know, going after the New York Times again is like kicking a cripple, but I can’t help myself. I was reading the August 27 business section when I came across a story headed: “Habits of Highly Effective Managers.” What, I asked myself, would Pinch Sulzberger & Co. know about that? But the _ story was about money managers, and attempted to answer the question, “What does it take to be a superstar manager?”

One of the key characteristics of superstars, it seems, is that “They take the long view and don’t speculate on what could happen. None of them use technical analysis, like short-term market movements, because they consider investor behavior irrelevant.”