Wall Street Financier: Notes from High Altitude©
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
Before we get into that, I got the news that Hello Divorce, an online divorce startup, raised $2M “so that couples can say ‘good-bye’ easier.” (via TechCrunch). Readers of this publication know we are against marriage and if you made the mistake of getting married to a woman in the… …
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… …
Where did you find yourself in the pandemic ? Are you making more money or less than you did before Covid ? “Median pay changed by 5% or less either at about a third of S&P 500s. It rose by more then 5% at 184 companies, and fell by more… …
““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 …
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… …
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. …
A “sample” of 13 Analysts working at Goldman Sachs and making $150 -160,000 a year (way more than they’re worth) came out with a protest letter last month, arguing that they work too much…too hard. Generation Z…is the the weakest generation. But it’s not just that. This culture is the… …
Who maneuvers behind the curtains ? …
