Before the Con Man Comes Knocking
If wealth advisers are so committed to "preservation of capital," why don't we spend more time protecting our clients from financial predators and teaching them security techniques? Hackers, identity thieves and con men threaten portfolios every bit as much as bear...
Ernest Hemingway
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
Anonymous
The only way you can trust someone is if you have a photo of them fucking a goat.
Eric Sevareid
Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt…
Peter Drucker
“We” gets the credit…. This is what creates trust…
Excerpt from The Pell Heist
During business school, Gordie was always scribbling in a spiral-bound journal with the word, “Players,” inked in the upper right corner. He carried it around both years and jotted notes like a man possessed. Inside, he profiled classmates. Not all of us. Just the...
Last of the Mohegans
Yesterday, I spoke on an author/journalist panel at Mohegan Sun with Pete Hamill, David Handler, and Peter Prichard. Many thanks to The Big Book Getaway and the Mark Twain House & Museum for organizing a book event that included blackjack and craps....
The Art of Badmouthing the Competition
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....
Norb Vonnegut
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.