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HF Reflections@hfreflection·
An old collection of threads. I’m running out of new things to say and this platform is very ephemeral, so figured I’d post / pin this as a somewhat dated but probably pretty good guide to my historical threads around time of fund launch.
Liger Cub@realLigerCub

FINTWIT THREADS 🧵| @hfreflection (ERRATA CORRIGE) Kudos to those accts generously sharing their wisdom. Let's spread that knowledge with all the threads from a L/S PM who just started out solo. • Part 2: KNOW THYSELF: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 3: ESCAPE VELOCITY: x.com/hfreflection/s… • Part 4: BUILDING GOOD CULTURE: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 5: LUCK: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 6: EDGE: x.com/hfreflection/s… • Part 8: RETURN COMPONENTS: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PERSONAL FINANCE TIP: x.com/hfreflection/s… • IDEA GENERATION - PART 7: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 9: RETURN ON TIME: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 10: INVESTING FRAMEWORKS: x.com/hfreflection/s… • WHY 13Fs ARE WRONG: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 11: CALL DILIGENCE: x.com/hfreflection/s… • CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDERS: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 12: POSITION SIZING: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 12: FALSE PRECISION: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 13: DEALING WITH LOSSES: x.com/hfreflection/s… • INTERVIEW QUESTIONS: x.com/hfreflection/s… • WHY GOOD FUNDS FAIL: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 13: MENTORSHIP: x.com/hfreflection/s… • HF COMPENSATION: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 14: SELLING: x.com/hfreflection/s… • ALLOCATORS: PART 1: x.com/hfreflection/s… • ALLOCATOR: PART 2 - ASSESSING SKILL: x.com/hfreflection/s… • ALLOCATORS: INTANGIBLES - PART 3: x.com/hfreflection/s… • ALLOCATOR PART 4: AVOIDING BLOW-UPS: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 15 - HF NETWORKING: x.com/hfreflection/s… • WHY I TWEET: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 16: MAINTENANCE WORK: x.com/hfreflection/s… • WHY FUNDS FAIL PART 2 - ENVY: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 17: TIME HORIZON: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1617528… • PART 18: SHORTING: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1620070… • PART 19: THE PM JOB: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 20: FACTOR AWARE INVESTING: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 20: FACTOR AWARE INVESTING 2/2: x.com/hfreflection/s… • PART 21: THE NO-CATALYST CATALYST: x.com/hfreflection/s… • START UP DIARIES: x.com/hfreflection/s… • POSITION SIZING / ALPHA THEORY: x.com/hfreflection/s… • L/S HF LAUNCH COSTS: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1647681… and x.com/hfreflection/s… (slightly broken) • HF COMP - PART 2: x.com/hfreflection/s… • VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: LIGHTKEEPER: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1664625… • HEDGE FUND GP ECONOMICS: x.com/hfreflection/s… • THE POWER OF NARRATIVE IN INVESTING: x.com/hfreflection/s… • HF EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP: x.com/hfreflection/s…

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Wolfpack Research@WolfpackReports·
We are short $YSS because our research shows the Pentagon is replacing $YSS’s primary customer (96% of 2025 revenue) with a program where SpaceX's Starshield is the currently named—sole-sourced—provider. $YSS was banking on funding from the Tranche 3 Transport Layer for its future growth—and now it appears to be completely gone. We expect $YSS to miss its FY 2026 revenue guide by ~30% and face a dilution spiral in 2027 as its backlog withers. Former employees described a chaotic picture where the company cut corners and delivered “poor quality” satellites that were figuratively held together by “zip ties” and mission software that wasn’t capable of fully operating at launch. We believe $YSS’s systemic problems were partly to blame for the Pentagon’s move to completely scrap the Tranche 3 funding and will also make it extremely difficult for it to win any sizable government or commercial contracts sufficient to replace its lost revenue stream.
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HF Reflections@hfreflection·
Pretty amazing what Eminence achieved over 27 years - that kind of longevity, at their scale, for a single manager is impressive. There also are some really talented folks over there who will land just fine when the dust settles. Best of luck to all finding good homes.
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HF Reflections@hfreflection·
I don't know the magnitude of the underperformance and I generally believe that years of no or negative alpha suggests a fund should shut down. But within many large firms there are good firms and good people and I think that's worth remembering as well. I believe that was the case with Eminence.
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HF Reflections@hfreflection·
I think they attracted and retained some very good analysts / PMs who just consistently did good work and had a good process. I think they thought a lot about how they could do better and institute better processes. At my prior firm I learned a lot from them around how they managed a team, paid people, etc. I have no desire to try to build a business of that size and no real idea how to do that (almost every single manager I know of whose hit a few billion eventually breaks), but I think their challenges may tell you more about the difficulties of managing a fund of that size / number of people than it does something specifically about the firm. Kudos to those who continue to generate returns at that scale - I think it's really hard.
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Just feel the need to defend the truth here a little. The hedge fund did not shut down (until now) - it is true they started a long only vehicle. My impression is the returns were not good recently but not horrible - there is a big difference between a melvin capital debacle (lose a ton of money, walk away with a ton of fees), and underperforming but not destroying massive amounts of capital before you shut down. I don't think people appreciate the complexity of managing a fund business at that scale and after so long - I think they did better than many just from a qualitative standpoint knowing folks who worked there.
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Dave “3 and 30” Tepper@institLPGP·
@BuffaloBillCo @hfreflection @beachbumcapital the returns were not good for many years. hf shut down and he went long only. that hasn’t been great either. Ricky is a mentor to the industry, a good human. He is accessible and relatable. Many hedge funds and premium long only survive longer for this reason.
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HF Reflections@hfreflection·
@PPointpass31044 Reasonable people can disagree, but I don't you stay in business 27 years based on luck. At minimum you built a good business that attracted and retained capital. For a single manager, that's probably in the top 1% of longevity.
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Paul Pointpass
Paul Pointpass@PPointpass31044·
@hfreflection They managed money during the "easy money" decade. Anyone who isn't a total retard could have compounded double digits. Eminence got killed in today's Jane Street driven market regime. They wouldn't be able to survive 3 weeks at a pod shop.
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HF Reflections@hfreflection·
@BuffaloBillCo @beachbumcapital I don't know / don't have them. Just qualitatively I believe there were some really good folks there who consistently generated alpha, but I don't have hard data.
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It’s easy to forget these larger firms are made up of groups of people with varying levels of talent and different personalities. There were / are some amazing folks there who are both good people and good investors - it’s rare these days for a firm of that size to have one let alone several.
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HF Reflections@hfreflection·
Trying to institute some more process around idea gen again as team grows and matures. Resurfacing, will probably update with some new thoughts when I have time. Still agree with most of this.
HF Reflections@hfreflection

PART 7: IDEA GENERATION One of our strengths is generating a high volume of “off the beaten path” ideas resulting in a portfolio that looks unique relative to other funds. This is how we do it. Focus here on longs. A 🧵

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HF Reflections@hfreflection·
More and more I’ve thought of investing as a team sport. When I was younger, even as an analyst, I felt it was all up to me. Having a group of likeminded, passionate people who are aligned in philosophy, process, and incentives is a magical thing.
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Waddle Dee Capital@waddledeecap·
@hfreflection Would you say analysts' opinion on position size should be valued? Assuming they are 1-3 years in and know how to diligence and view how a certain stock can and cannot work.
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HF Reflections@hfreflection·
Investing is a job where you can do a lot of busy work, but get little of value done. What are the biggest time wasters you’ve observed ppl do? Curious analyst vs PMs, keeping in mind some things that are wastes of time to some may not be to others. Some thoughts below:
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HF Reflections@hfreflection·
@waddledeecap I've been places that have given one every day and real time. I personally think it's distracting and not a productive use of time. I think once a month is enough to be helpful and inline with how we do it with our LPs. I think it balances transparency with distraction risk.
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HF Reflections@hfreflection·
@LyinTed1337 Will post more later, still thinking that one through. In general I think I add the most value when I am doing idea gen, helping analysts priotiize projects / giving feedback, and doing my own work, and talking to select group of other funds.
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HF Reflections@hfreflection·
@LyinTed1337 Doing actual work :). I developed some bad habits early in my career that I’m still working through but you can get better if you try / it’s your firm. I now open OMS 2 times a day, just see positions and position sizes, no p&l references unless I want to see them.
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Lyin’ Ted
Lyin’ Ted@LyinTed1337·
@hfreflection So we know we need to stop doing this behavior that’s an anxiety coping mechanism (even though it makes it worse). But what do you substitute it with in that moment when tempted to check prices? Taking a walk outside? Meditation? Gym?
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HF Reflections@hfreflection·
@LyinTed1337 I’ve been trying. Some simple ones - don’t yell at analysts when they get a quarter wrong, give them P&l updates once a month, don’t ask them why a stock is up or down on randomness, reward behaviors associated with positive outcomes.
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Lyin’ Ted
Lyin’ Ted@LyinTed1337·
@hfreflection Another thread idea - how to design an environment that makes it easy to resist / eliminate these low value activities? When I worked for Eddie Lampert, the office environment was designed to discourage a lot of this “busy work.” No Bloomberg’s for the analysts for example.
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HF Reflections@hfreflection·
@LyinTed1337 Apparently it’s pretty documented behavior for people who play games of skill where things they can’t control influence outcomes frequently…
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Lyin’ Ted
Lyin’ Ted@LyinTed1337·
@hfreflection You’re spot on. I know what I’m doing that isn’t adding value (like checking prices multiple times a day, etc.), but as you said, at some level, it’s a weird way to reduce anxiety, even though ironically, it’s likely just increasing it. Tough to pull the ripcord..
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