Most people would be happy to reminisce about a short-term investment that returned nearly 3x. But Yang still seems to regret that he wasn't able to be in it for the long haul...

大多数人在回忆起一笔净赚了近3倍的短期投资时都会很开心，但是杨看起来似乎颇为没能再次入主MySpace而感到惋惜。

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A former investment-bank economist in the City of London, he returned to Ireland at the height of the boom to write and broadcast.

他从前是伦敦投资银行的经济学家, 在经济最繁荣的时候返回了爱尔兰, 从事于写作和传媒业.

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Caxton Global Investment returned 0.7% net of fees in 2011, better than the average hedge fund but far from the rate of return Caxton investors have been accustomed to. 2012 has been no kinder to the firm, down -3.4% net of fees through July 2012.

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Your investment will be returned to you many times over.

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Their investment with Madoff had returned 20% a year in the 1980s, which was more sensational than Thorp had ever seen before and therefore questionable.

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