Mr. Manners here. There’s a right way to post on Facebook and a wrong way. I’m here to spell them out. Not! Nobody has a monopoly on the PC way to use Facebook. Everybody has an opinion. And everybody has the right to say whatever the hell he or she wants to say....
The big banks' wealth management units had a terrific year in 2013. Money in fee accounts ballooned as the S&P 500 rose nearly 30%. Profits ballooned, too. It was all over the news this month as earnings reports came out, and that transparency is a good thing....
Update: I’m getting trickles of information everywhere: email, dm, tweets, etc. Please “like” my Facebook page to join in/follow. I’ll try to direct all conversation there. Forget the long lines at the malls. I hope the expression “Black...
1. Lemming portfolio theory. The consensus is always wrong. Facebook is a media love orgy right now. 2. Private valuations are opinion, not science. A few years ago the Winklevoss twins used Microsoft’s $15 billion valuation to settle their lawsuit. Meanwhile,...
Leave it to the Internet. Goldman Sachs just awarded a $50 billion valuation to Facebook. And in a shrewd branding maneuver, the storied financial behemoth is offering its high-net-worth clients the option to co-invest in the world’s leading social media site....
The New York Times describes my novels as “money porn,” “a red-hot franchise,” and “glittery thrillers about fiscal malfeasance.” Through fiction I explore the dark side of money and the motivations of those who have it, want more, and will steamroll anybody who gets in their way.