Wall Street Financier: Notes from High Altitude©
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
Someone once told me that legendary Sisyphus was not punished, but in fact, rewarded by the Gods by having to push up the giant boulder uphill for eternity. That someone even kept a Sisyphus man and boulder miniature replica on his desk. You can read about the various interpretations of …
“[You] can’t top this” is a line I used to attain an advantage in countless negotiations. I’d set out my agenda, escalating point-by-point. You can’t top this. I let it set so they have the last word. Sometimes I throw my counter-parties a bone [no sweetener] to see if they …
If you’re not familiar with a WSJ article on Bridgewater Associates (BA) culture, click the link. Today, Henry Blodget of Business Insider published a Q&A interview with Ray Dalio which represents Dalio’s rebuttal to the earlier Journal report. I’ll comment on BA’s self described “idea meritocratic way” and Dalio’s apparent critique …
If you’re looking for Keto Chocolate Gelato /No ICECREAM Machine needed ! you’ll need to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the comments…and be your own pastry chef. CES2017 is going on in Las Vegas. Are you there ? Honda’s new experimental motorcycle can balance all by …
In 2016 I turned a little known blog about private aviation into a serious power blog. This blog. From a few pages with pictures of planes to a power tool. I started analyzing current events, “pain points” in banker’s lingo. I held nothing back. Now I get the looks from …
What can we learn from the boardrooms ? I’m not talking about the ordinary meetings of a board of eight, but the crucial meetings that shape the direction of a business. What goes on behind the close doors ? Boards of Directors meetings are off limits to outsiders. In fact, as …
My brand is getting stronger day by day. It’s no wonder I spark reader curiosity and one most daring reached out with a mini Q&A interview today. Suffice to say my interviewer’s credentials are impeccable: he is a rising star at the second largest bond fund in the world (a …
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It is that time of the year. If you’ve been looking for some splashy “I had the best 2016: sold my start up” millionaire gift edition, you need only take a look at one page at our friends at @Notey:The Launch. The New Mercedes Maybach S650 We are told that …
Suppose you are working in an asset management business and there is a bad apple: someone who breaks the rules and diverts your funds for their personal gain. You have compliance folks who are monitoring moves in and out of the market yet this person manages to avoid electronic detection. …
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