Wall Street Financier: Notes from High Altitude©
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
The news of the week is, of course, the failure and takeover of Silicon Valley Bank by regulators. Years ago, when I talked about the widespread mess in the venture capital world, almost nobody paid attention. Now with a run on this bank, folks are mindful of some of the …
One of the reasons I am blocked on most corporate intranets, attacked every day, and shadowbanned is the fact that I expose the fraudsters in Silicon Valley and the Valley of the Zombies that is Wall Street. It took years and years (we started here 10 years ago) for a …
According to CNBC, “Meta is laying off 13% of its staff, or more than 11,000 employees, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the company today, after which staffers were alerted via email whether their role was being impacted by the layoff. He said Meta is making reductions in every organization but that recruiting will be …
Perhaps you have seen the prevalence of video in the past year or so. Blogging (for men) appears to be relegated to history. Yet a few courageous fellows -myself included- are still writing (I am at my number 474 article since we started on this journey, back in 2013). I …
I am a reader of Tom Tonguz’s blog (Tom is a venture capitalist at Redpoint Ventures). Although I’ve mentioned the Kelly Criterion before, it’s worth reading Tom’s post from earlier this year (Feb. 2021) where important investment attributes are discussed. “First, to calculate the expected value of an investment don’t …
I have quoted Alan Watts before. When you have some spare time, I invite you to listen to this talk “If you are going to be an expert archer, You must shoot before you think. Otherwise I’ll be too late.” Alan Watts Meanwhile, in investment banking… Steve McLaughlin of Financial …
Chase Hughes Ellipsis Manual analysis and engineering of human behavior became a reference book for those who hold the power and are interested in controlling their subjects. Because, make no mistake, you and I are “subjects” in the hands of the higher hierarchy… In this book you learn language patterns …
You’ve probably heard variations of this line, whether it’s “bad things happen to good people.” or “good things happen to happy people” or “You know that saying, bad things don’t happen to good people? That’s a lie. – Tori Amos. Let’s look at some more thoughts on the subject: “I don’t …
To stay In returning to the post-pandemic work schedule it seems that most top white collar professionals, the main audience of this blog are set for the hybrid, at-the-office and out-of-the-home, work schedule model. Of course, dentists and doctors aren’t able to do that. (although telemedicine is growing). But lawyers …
Elon Musk Defends SolarCity Deal, Says of Being Tesla Boss: ‘I Rather Hate It’ – WSJ, July 12, 2021 It’s Elon being Elon. He hates it so much he built in into a $655 Bn (as of today) in the top ten S&P500 company. Musk is the lone board member… …
