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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Meet the Greek Orthodox priest who runs a hedge fund on the side

The Rev. Emmanuel Lemelson has managed to marry two professions that seem mutually exclusive. On one hand, he is a Greek Orthodox traveling priest. On the other, he is the manager of a modest though successful $20 million hedge fund, The Wall Street Journal reported. “My whole life I always knew things before they happened. I guess it’s just a gift from God,” Lemelson told the Journal. Lemelson set up Lemelson Capital in 2012, and runs the three-year-old Amvona Fund,   His Twitter feed links to articles about tax evasion, the Greek economic crisis and stock calls. He featured on a radio show focused on trading ideas this summer, where he said he had taken a short position in Netflix. Lemelson has also found time to speak in support of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who later asked Lemelson for an invocation. > .@realDonaldTrump asks for and receives blessing from @Lemelson, a > leading champion of #Christian rights and freedom: > pic.twitter.com/yP69YmWM4s — Michael Johns (@michaeljohns) October > 1, 2015   _Read the full Wall Street Journal article here. _ Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: Cop pulls a clever move to save a man from suicide


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