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Who had the bright idea of best ideas funds? 'Dada is the only savings bank that pays interest in et...

Who had the bright idea of best ideas funds? 'Dada is the only savings bank that pays interest in eternity. Invest in Dada.' This is not a slogan from a new offshore investment fund which you are about to see written up in Investment Week. It's actually from a 1919 manifesto for the Dada art movement credited to Huelsenbeck, Hausmann and Baader. They weren't even early hedge fund managers, just a collection of fairly untalented artists and minor intellectuals who created a lot of noise far beyond their talent. They penned the manifesto to give themselves an air of mystery and importance ...