Most of his cubs struggled in 2008, but Julian Robertson Jr. again showed the tiger in his DNA. The founder of storied Tiger Management Corp. was up about 150 percent on the year in the account he trades for himself. People familiar with his returns say Robertson began 2008 with about $200 million in assets in that account but astutely played interest rate spreads and currency exchanges to beat all those managers he spawned during Tiger’s heyday.
