The real identities of 'Tyler Durden' and Zero Hedge have been revealed

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: Business Insider

The men behind the legendary finance blog Zero Hedge have been unmasked after one former blogger with the site revealed the identity of his employers.

Speaking with Bloomberg, Colin Lokey — described as a "political science graduate with an MBA and a Southern twang" — said he was part of a three-man team running Zero Hedge, the blog best known for its sensationalist headlines and bearish outlook on the world.

Lokey, 32, says the other men behind the site are 37-year-old Daniel Ivandjiiski, a former hedge funder, and Tim Backshall, a 45-year-old credit derivatives strategist.

Lokey worked for Zero Hedge for more than a year, according to Bloomberg, but decided to go public after leaving the blog in what Bloomberg describes an "acrimonious departure" in which "two-thirds of the trio traded allegations of hypocrisy and mental instability."

Read more: http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-men-behind-zero-hedge-have-been-unmasked-2016-4

[marble falls]

1. From the article:

"Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy s--- we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place."

That's not cynical. It is insightful.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. The cynicism is them using it, despite their lifestyle

From the Bloomberg article: "Ivandjiiski has a multimillion-dollar mansion in Mahwah, N.J., and Backshall lives in a plush San Francisco suburb—not exactly reflections of Pitt's anticapitalist icon."

[frylock]

15. Tyler Durden said that in Fight Club.

The things you own end up owning you.

[Hotler]

2. Well, well, well, things that make you hhhhmmmmmmm. n/t

[houston16revival]

3. Whippersnappers without adequate long term experience

have been pushing all that one-sided drivel?

The keyboard is a dangerous weapon.

Prudence, common sense, balance, mild optimism tempered with skepticism -
these are the ingredients of long term market survival.

Home run swings rarely lead anywhere.

[7962]

4. I think you nailed it nt

[JDPriestly]

16. I read lots of real news there that was not published elsewhere.

I have no idea how good their market analysis was, but they printed news no one else dared to print. I am thankful to them for that. I liked the website but did not use it for my nonexistent stock market trading.

[Major Nikon]

5. Perspective for those who are unfamiliar with them...

"Zero Hedge is not quite the NaturalNews of economics, but not for want of trying."
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Zero_Hedge

[Blue_Tires]

7. Thanks... Been unsuccessfully pointing this out for 3-4 years now...

[Major Nikon]

8. Yeah, I've seen DUers quote them as if they have the least clue

I say "DUers" in the loosest sense. I suspect most of them were on furlough from freeperland.

[Blue_Tires]

9. You would have thought the fact that ZH doesn't use bylines

would have been a huge red flag by itself...

Why should I believe a piece from any writer who doesn't even have the stones to put his/her name at the top? And of course, when ZH inevitably got caught writing a bullshit story, there was no trail of accountability whatsoever...

[Joe Chi Minh]

6. Good. They wouldn't let me post !

[Overseas]

10. K&R. Glad the truth is out.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Ivandjiiski was "kicked out of the securities industry" in 2008 for insider trading

When the securities industry kicks you out for ethics violations, you're pretty damn low.

[ToxMarz]

14. Or you just stole from the wrong people

[whatthehey]

12. Well imagine that. All those DU doomers hanging on every word of "banksters"

How pure anti-establishment Occupy Everything of them.

[JDPriestly]

17. Between the doom, you could actually get the news not fit to print anywhere else once in a while.

I appreciate what they did. But I am not a stock market trader by any stretch of the imagination so I did not read it for that.

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. And they also published rubbish from 6 years earlier, because they were too ignorant

to know what Putin's job was, what country had the EU presidency, or whether Israel was currently invading Gaza or not: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026088367

They were just a blog, passing on rumours.

[proverbialwisdom]

18. Business Insider blog founder banned from trading, or something, he admitted on Charlie Rose.

Video: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/b/12395e40-dd9e-4276-a163-b1f2712c53a1

Not my interest so I'm not reviewing this video, but I think it's the one.
Yup: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/after-dishonorable-discharge-blodget-muses-about-a-comeback-on-wall-st/

[daleo]

20. I am shocked

Who could have guessed that rich capitalists might be behind a shady media source?