<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/bd1c00be-3d6b-4a81-8b5b-cd3cf1008992/8CC410A0-66F4-4A7E-A11C-6D10E0406A06/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/thriving-firms-new-bet-hyperinflation.aspx" href="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/thriving-firms-new-bet-hyperinflation.aspx" style="font-size: 11px;">articles.moneycentral.msn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/thriving-firms-new-bet-hyperinflation.aspx"><H1>Thriving firm's new bet: Hyperinflation</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/thriving-firms-new-bet-hyperinflation.aspx"><P>Coming off a big winning streak powered by bearish moves, a hedge fund company is wagering that worldwide stimulus efforts will have disastrous effects on currencies.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/thriving-firms-new-bet-hyperinflation.aspx"><P>The firm, Universa Investments, is known for its ties to gloomy investor Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the author of the 2007 best-seller "<A href="http://www.bing.com/shopping/search?q=The+Black+Swan+Nassim+Nicholas+Taleb&go=&form=MSNMON">The Black Swan</A>," which describes the impact of extreme events on the world and financial markets.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/thriving-firms-new-bet-hyperinflation.aspx">Funds run by Universa, which is owned and managed by Taleb's longtime collaborator Mark Spitznagel, last year gained more than 100% thanks to bearish bets. Universa now runs about $6 billion, up from the $300 million it began with in January 2007. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/thriving-firms-new-bet-hyperinflation.aspx">many fear inflation right now amid government efforts to goose the economy. Universa's bet, however, is that inflation will reach levels few expect.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/thriving-firms-new-bet-hyperinflation.aspx">The new strategy, designed by Spitznagel, aims to post big gains if inflation and interest rates take off as they did in the 1970s.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/thriving-firms-new-bet-hyperinflation.aspx">will also bet against Treasury bonds</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8CC410A0-66F4-4A7E-A11C-6D10E0406A06/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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