Finance
Mortgage Bailout – Who is getting bailed out?
I have met with some pretty smart people in the last few days. Today I met with a partner at a private equity firm and a week ago I was with a fairly senior World Bank employee. The bail out was top of mind. For my private equity discussion, I was asked what I thought [...]
I’ve been buying American stocks
So says Warren Buffett who, according to CNBC, has for almost six years been close to 100% out of equities (except for his Berkshire Hathaway investments. In his Op Ed piece in the NY Times today, which is a must read, Buffett says:
Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are [...]
Price-hikes do not always deliver
MarketingProfs Get to the Point: Invest 60 seconds in your SMALL BUSINESS newsletter refers to Seth Godin’s post “Breakage” to discuss “The Price-Hike Gamble”. The post discusses the how small successive increases lead to a breaking point at which you the customer bolts. As Seth points out:
My car insurance bill has been steadily [...]
Imploding banks – who is left with the rubble?
Former Lehman Brothers Building on 50th and 7th Ave
I understand how some of those caught up in the implosion must feel having been through the meltdown of Bankers Trust. I remember how hard it was because the bank was such a big part of my life and I internalized it as my “business”, yet the [...]
Back-end rules. Change & experimentation in the movie biz.
Last week the NY Times ran an article Bridging the Gap – the Sequel about the failed efforts of Hollywood & Silicon Valley to bridge the cultural divide. It highlighted the movie business and its historical (hysterical?) requirements for cash and not equity, which reminds me of a few movie ventures I have been involved [...]
Can Influencer Outreach & SEO Result in Stock Manipulation and Insider Trading
Are influentials guilted into accepting a seeded message or conversation starter for a brand by a friend? I know that a number of those I have spoken to recently feel that they are being spammed with requests that are not targeted or relevant to that influential blogger or their audience. And when they do choose to [...]
Rush on Funds in Florida
In Florida and other places, people are watching investments in subprime mortgages perform their own “honey I shrunk the kids” act”. On today’s news that the State of Florida basically shutdown withdrawals from an investment pool for local governments, And while these funds are considered “the safest” around because they are in may cases overnight [...]
