The Wild Wild World of Wealth |
"My job is the occupation formerly known as 'stockbroker.' But it has been years since anyone called me that. Stockbroker sounds oily. Glengarry Glen Ross. The word makes clients twitch..."
Norb Vonnegut | February 3, 2010
I feel great. I never sleep like this. All warm and toasty and swaddled in goose down. Wow. What’s better than sleeping late? I may never get out of bed.
What time is it?
Nine thirty. I bet it snowed last night. Probably need to shovel the driveway. No way. I’m going back to sleep. I love [...]
Norb Vonnegut | January 27, 2010
It’s Worst Case Wednesday. And here’s the advice column I promised last week. Consider the following scenario: You’re at your desk, drinking $5 Starbucks and listening to the morning call. Three burly guys—Mack Truck faces—appear from nowhere on the trading floor. They’re miked up, wearing earbuds that stream deep inside their wrinkled jackets.
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Norb Vonnegut | January 25, 2010
At SEC, a Scholar Who Saw it Coming
I’ve been tough on the SEC. Talked about their incompetence. Blogged (or is it blahhed?) about their failure to catch Bernie Madoff, even after Harry Markopolis served him up. Now, I’m thinking the commission has turned the corner. That the SEC, under the leadership of Mary Schapiro, is [...]
