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Ready to take on some investment risk? Instead ‘do the opposite!’

For decades I taught younger portfolio managers and trading professionals that the best investment strategy is always to “Do the Opposite.” Virtually every summer this would mean buying while others are selling and bids are few and far between; most … Continue reading

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Hiring…..? Go for the older guys! Part deux.

In an earlier but extremely popular posting entitled –Hiring Portfolio Managers? Go for the older guys! – I hinted that age discrimination, at least when it comes to the investment industry is a bad idea, even if it is endemic.  I have no supporting … Continue reading

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Obama Robin Hood? Good luck with that!

Tax the rich to what? Give to the poor? Like any thinking person should agree – great idea but can’t be done. Ever since the Chinese invented feudalism, 2000 years before Europe by the way, our economic and social order … Continue reading

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Shrinkage: Jobs in Financial Services

Employment in financial services – four years ago rich and bloated, are shrinking as quickly as George Costanza (of Seinfeld) coming out of the pool. Los Angeles Times, Sept. 10, 2011 “Bank of America Corp. is preparing to slash 40,000 … Continue reading

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Networking – when were your Glory Days?

Social and professional networking has very few hard and fast ‘rules’ but there are a few odd behavioural patterns that have emerged.  Did you ever notice that in an elevator people will move around to maximize the distance between one … Continue reading

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