Wall Street Financier: Notes from High Altitude©
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
There’s an Open Letter to Goldman CFO from Albert Meyer of Bastiat Capital and the reply received where the author criticizes stock options awards to employees and discusses the case of not only Goldman Sachs but Wells Fargo, BofA and others. The author argues against equity-based compensation for employees and …
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou is a recommended reading here at Wall Street Financier. It is quite possibly the best business book of 2018. The foundation of deep thinking and great investigative journalism is skepticism. Carreyrou asked himself the common sense question of how was it possible that a college …
Long-time readers will notice this post comes after you’ve paid for the article. There’s some reasoning behind it. After blogging for free and for all for over 5 and 1/2 years, I’ve come to the conclusion this is is not the best model for the blog. I realized that you… …
The Economist has a video going around for the past few weeks with the title “Sperm counts in the Western world are in rapid decline. But nobody knows why.” The video message is a relay of a Reuters report published in the Scientific American last year. “Sperm counts in men …
I was asked to weight on Elon Musk’s smoking a spliff on the Joe Rogan podcast and videocast from Friday. Smoking a joint is irrelevant when a person does it private. However, the circumstances of such thing bare weight. The fact that Rogan offered the thing (Musk is not the …
Today was the first day at the TechCrunch (formerly an AOL property) and Verizon-sponsored conference. Somebody approached me with the idea of using my brand power for a men’s luxury clothing line that would feature a pitbull head on top of a men’s suit. It’s somewhat similar to the Maceoo line …
Plausible deniability, as employed by high-ranking people, is one of the tools they use to fry your brain. Does your boss use it? Look at this words: “…it almost ought to be illegal.” Somebody has said that. Your brain is in a microwave because “almost” is a word disingenuously used …
Lucky dog day today. I will be putting together a free Bonus material for the early buyers (Aug. 9- Oct. 24) of The Book of the Underdog , available exclusively on this website on October 24th. I want to answer questions that are both practical and useful. What are some …
Shopping for great foods is not the only thing I do. I also shop for great books. Turn around and look to your (nearest) bookshelf. Yes, stop what you’re doing, and if you are at home, take a look at your bookshelf for a minute. Let me ask you this: …
The last post I had on the ketogenic diet sparked the interest of several readers. So when I went shopping recently I looked for things that follow that diet. (To be clear, I am not on the keto diet currently. I have done IF, and also done multiple-day fasts). My …
