I love this set of advisory rules, as laid out in brilliant dry wit by the wonderful Matt Levine: 10 Laws of Insider Trading 1. Don’t do it. 2. Don’t do it by buying short-dated out-of-the-money...
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Nowadays, trade and "prosperity" are dependent on currencies that are created out of thin air via borrowing or printing.
So here's the story explaining why "free" trade and globalization create so much wonderful prosperity for all of us: I find a...
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver August 12, 2018: Astroturfing John Oliver’s YouTube channel Official Website: I am John Oliver
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Lee Cooperman of Omega Advisors has a billion-dollar problem. Over the course of his career, he has accumulated lots of money. Now, he plans on giving it all away during his lifetime. This turns...
A New Wells Fargo Investigation Focuses On The Bank Committing Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Fraud
My Two-for-Tuesday morning train reads: • Why Digital Currency Won’t Save Us (New Economic Thinking) see also Gold Falls to 18-Month Low as Dollar Strengthens (Wall Street Journal) • Three...
Source: Medium All you need is some cash, a good mechanic — and a time machine — and you too can beat the broader indices. Or not. Regular readers know of my affinity for beautiful automobiles....
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George Shearing was born on August 13, 1919. The British born jazz pianist emigrated to the US after Wordl War 2, and recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records. He was blind...
Michael Lewis discusses the genesis of The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds: Michael Lewis On How Behavioural Economics Changed The World Michael Lewis is one of the most...
Technocrats rule the world, East and West alike.
We are in a very peculiar ideological and political place in which Democracy (oh sainted Democracy) is a very good thing, unless the voters reject the technocrat class's leadership. Then the velvet...
JPMorgan Chase Private Banker Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Selling Customer Account Information
Uber Is Blamed for the Mistakes of New York’s Leaders Failing to understand market forces will make matters worse. Bloomberg, August 6, 2018 The New York City Council has floated a bill to...
``For a leader who prides himself on having made Turks more prosperous during his 15 years in power, the failure to back his lira demands with any policy action comes as a surprise, and a betrayal. Since Erdogan first began making the call in...
My morning train reads: • Twitter says Infowars hasn’t ‘violated our rules.’ It looks like that’s not the case (CNN Money) • Broken Clockism: The “Skyscraper Curse” is Bogus (Building the Skyline)...
Active Money Management Isn’t Dead Yet There are five niches that should survive Bloomberg, August 13, 2018 If we are to believe the pundits, active management is dying, indexing is taking...
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are the four most influential companies on the planet. Just about everyone thinks they know how they got there. Just about everyone is wrong. The Four: The...
Fannie Mae CEO Timothy Mayopoulos Busted Having Tawdry Affair With TransUnion Chief Legal Officer Heather Russell
The STEM era is over. For twenty years we’ve experienced the denigration of the liberal arts. For twenty years we’ve been ruled by tech. For twenty years it’s been about entrepreneurship. Now it’s...
My easy like Sunday morning reads: • Fidelity Bets on Zero-Fee Index Funds (Bloomberg Businessweek) • What People Will Pay For (Reformed Broker) • From Banker to Anchor: How MSNBC’s Stephanie...
The fabled investor on tariffs, taxes, and other Ts driving the market Mario Gabelli: What’s Ahead for Stocks Source: Barron’s 8/2/2018
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