Wall Street Financier: Notes from High Altitude©
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
““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? …
Brad Felt and Dave Jilk of VC fame co-authored a new book, The Entrepreneur’s Weekly Nietzsche: A Book for Disruptors, with 52 chapters headlined with a Nietzsche quote. “Nietzsche is an incredibly important and deeply misunderstood philosopher. He’s the bridge between many things that came before him — beyond just …
On 4/20 today (or 4/21, depending on who’s asking) we’ve given you 420 posts plus this one. This is from a profile of Ari Emanuel featured in the New York Post April 19th (4/26-5/3 issue): Ari Emanuel takes on the World. “He went to see Ovitz to announce that he …
So here we are with even the SEC warning against the pitfalls of SPAC-endorsed investments. “It is never a good idea to invest in a SPAC just because someone famous sponsors or invests in it or says it is a good investment. ” –SEC released note: Celebrity Involvement with SPACs – Investor Alert. …
Who maneuvers behind the curtains ? …
I have not made a Christmas Shopping Holiday List post this year (If you’re interested in reading last years posts, go here for 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016 X2). There always are interesting things to buy, for sure. Examples: a 2-person far infrared sauna, or Cuccio Natural Milk & Honey …
I don’t use Twitter that much, imagine the surprise when I logged in last week to find out they suspended my account. No explanation given, no warning strike. No violation of Twitter TOS (the account was restored today). I told them I request an immediate investigation with a full report …
I didn’t know about the Devils series until I read a review in the WSJ. Another review was published in Indiewire. Is this worth watching ? I watch very little TV as it is, so for me to invest 45 minutes a week into any show it better be good. …
I’m reading three books currently. One of them is a heavy, allegorical book by 20th Century Armenian/Greek mystic, C.I. Gurdjieff, Beezelbub’s Tales to His Grandson. Reading this prose takes considerable patience. Here are some highlights from it… “Everything existing in the world ‘falls to the bottom.’ The ‘bottom for any …
I am currently re-watching GoT Season 8 . It was a great show, as millions around the world know it. There’s nothing else good to watch, HBO is going going from great (Game of Thrones) to shitty. Next month, they’re releasing a show about “investment bankers lives” based on a …
