{"id":2582,"date":"2006-09-21T17:10:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-21T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2006-09-21T17:10:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-21T21:10:00","slug":"up-and-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2006\/09\/21\/17\/10\/up-and-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Up and Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/nationalpost\/financialpost\/story.html?id=7dbce877-a0c5-4f0c-bd9c-6526eb7a60c0&#038;k=9750\">Brian Hunter, 32, raked in an estimated US$75-million to US$100-million in 2005, good for a share of 29th spot in Trader Monthly&#8217;s annual ranking. Mr. Hunter generated US$800-million in profit for his employer, Amaranth Group Inc., making him one of the world&#8217;s top natural-gas traders.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article_email\/SB115861715980366723-lMyQjAxMDE2NTE4OTYxMTk3Wj.html\">Of all the traders gambling big sums on energy, a 32-year-old Canadian named Brian Hunter made some of the brashest bets and the fastest money. Last week, he fell hard &#8230; Mr. Hunter headed the energy desk for a Connecticut hedge fund called Amaranth Advisors. At the end of August, trading natural gas, he was up approximately $2 billion for the year. Then Mr. Hunter lost roughly $5 billion, in about a week.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Hunter, 32, raked in an estimated US$75-million to US$100-million in 2005, good for a share of 29th spot in Trader Monthly&#8217;s annual ranking. 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