Your Custodian Can’t Spell “Goldman Sacchs” Blecch, right? This morning, I was reading a great article from The New York Times: A Safety Net That Tangles Investors. Floyd Norris reported the SEC is separating money management from the custodial...
(By a Leading Hedge Fund in Greenwich, CT) Times are tough. So to help out, I’m running the following job description submitted by a headhunter from Manhattan. This is an unpaid advertisement, which I’m featuring as a service to my readers. Job Ref. MN...
Hiring a dwarf to pose as a “small-cap” analyst isn’t funny. Shredding SIM cards is more effective than biting them in half. The SEC is awake. “Octopussy” is not a James Bond movie. McKinsey & Company’s publication,...
U.S. Is Said to Consider Easing Informant’s Term Bradley C. Birkendfeld is scheduled to start a 40-month prison sentence on Friday, January 6. He’s the banker who exposed UBS’ illegal activities and is now claiming a 30 percent whistleblower’s...
New York’s Resolutions This morning, The New York Times reported New Year’s resolutions from a few prominent New Yorkers. Here’s what Eliot Spitzer had to say: I would love to see investment bankers actually do God’s work. Do we have any idea what...
New York’s Resolutions This morning, The New York Times reported New Year’s resolutions from a few prominent New Yorkers. Here’s what Eliot Spitzer had to say: I would love to see investment bankers actually do God’s work. Do we have any idea what...
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.