Wall Street Financier: Notes from High Altitude©
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
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 …
July 20th issue of the WSJ had an interesting article, Clubs Grow as Social Hub for Workers on the mushrooming of private social clubs in New York and other cities. “Most charge $5,000 or less in annual dues, plus a smaller sign-up fee though those at the top end can …
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 …
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… …
Rejection is a major and constant part of life. I got more than a few emails from people overwhelmingly concerned with being rejected: at work, in life, etc. Since this is a lifestyle publication that has predominantly featured career advice (at least in the middle years: 2016-18), I’m going to …
““I want the fucking money,” he told students at Stanford’s business school, in 2017. “I will play the goddam game, and I will win.” -Chamath Palihapitiya SPACS Lord Chamath is portrayed in the first June issue of The New Yorker. Of hedge-fund managers: “Let them get wiped out. Who cares? …
This is not a follow up on the Power or Power Book 2 Shows. Instead, we articulate on what true power is: “Because the person of power sees things exactly as they are, he is able to pick salients unerringly. His perceptive mind’s retina reflects the situations as clearly as… …
I watched two episodes S1 and S2 of the TV show Power co-produced by 50 Cent. It’s an Ok show, but still with rubbish and female aggrandizement. I expected better from 50 Cent. Still, it is the best entertainment that you can get nowadays. The Show ran for 6 seasons, …
Over 6 years ago when John Lefevre @GSElevator wrote the The Unofficial Goldman Sachs Guide To Being A Man, we laughed at it. The Guide became popular because it is insolent and gumptious and full of self-reverie. It is time that someone wrote a real guide not only for the …
I shall reserve this article as a paid-post only. The subject may be of some interest to some albeit a small number of gents. To get ourselves familiar we’ll watch a a recent video of Dan Pena: there are hundreds of videos of him doing faceabouts at his QLE (Quantum… …
