Ultra-hip mutual fund company Thrasher Funds takes aim at the long-coveted young investor market with their just-launched and peculiarly capitalized GendeX Mutual Fund.

According to the firm's website:

Besides a website featuring photos of attractive twenty-somethings and even an original soundtrack, the new no-load fund attempts to woo young investors by offering an initial minimum investment requirement of just $100 with enrollment in an automatic investment plan ($2,500 minimum for non-AIP investments). The fund is on the expensive side with a 1.5% (capped) total expense ratio. There is also a a $2 per month maintenance fee for accounts under $2,500, and a 2% redemption fee shares sold within a year of purchase – a bit high and long for a fund that owns mostly actively traded U.S. stocks...

In Alan Greenspan’s most famous market commentary, he merely hinted at the possibility of irrational investor exuberance. The ensuing far more irrationally exuberant behavior in the stock market was surprisingly ignored by Greenspan, at least publically. His second most famous market commentary centered on the 2005 bond market. Greenspan testified before Congress that the flat yield curve with low long-term interest rates around the globe was a "conundrum".