Matthew Lynn on the Men Who Called the Markets Right

The Spectator runs an article by Matthew Lynn on a handful of "canny investors" who have profited from the market turmoil:

In the US, John Paulson cleaned up by betting big against the subprime mortgage market. Over here, amid the general gloom along Mayfair’s Hedge Fund Alley, there were a couple of money managers who could still afford somewhere better than Pret a Manger for lunch. BlueGold rode commodity markets to perfection, making money on the way up and on the way down again. Mulvaney Capital fired up its computerised trading system to double its investors’ money during 2008.

Lynn then writes about each in greater detail. Please note that I link to this article because I find it interesting, as I do most of the time with The Spectator (which is the best-written publication in the English language, IMHO).

I've heard of John Paulson but not the others. But that's about it. Only time will tell if these folks are great investors or they just got this cycle right.