Hope all goes well. Sunny and seventy one day. Snowy sprinkles the next. Flowers are out. Tattoos too. Yeah, that’s early spring in NY. Of course, time moves quick here. Ain’t even summer, and they’re talking about autumn. Yeah, nearly everyone is antsy. Agitated. They say it’s too late to buy, but too early to sell. So fellas place little bets, on tomorrow’s unpredictable forecast. Trying to keep warm and dry. Bidin

Life. Business. An uncertain future. Man’s potential. Maximizing it. From the day we’re born, till expiration. Yeah, that pretty much covers our conversations. Years ago I explained to my Dad what I do – he’s a rocket scientist, so you see, I’m kind of a disappointment. I tried to make my work sound real complicated, fancy. But he kept asking questions. And arrived at this conclusion, “So you essentially guess betwee

Couldn’t find the right words. To defend his disappointing Presidency. And attack Romney. So he searched the world, for inspiration. Sarajevo celebrated another uneasy anniversary. Remember? 20 years ago, wolves devoured 100,000 lambs in Bosnia Herzegovina. Thousands fled Syria for Turkey (2,300 on Wed alone), as Assad swung his scythe in advance of the UN’s dubious Apr 10th ceasefire. America handed 25yrs to the Mer

Saw the Hunger Games. Read the book too. Weaves four all-time favorites – Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451 and Lord of the Flies — into a killer tale. Be honest, who doesn’t love the underdog? Abhor the machine? The flick really hit a chord. Just look at those box office records. Hey, you see? China made arrests. Shut sites. State Internet Information Office announced a few rebellious souls had been “admon

Hope all goes well. Saw the Hunger Games. Read the book too. Weaves four all-time favorites – Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451 and Lord of the Flies — into a killer tale. Be honest, who doesn’t love the underdog? Abhor the machine? The flick really hit a chord. Just look at those box office records. Hey, you see? China made arrests. Shut sites. State Internet Information Office announced a few rebellious s

“Their option expires after April’s new Moon,” announced one of America’s top middle-eastern military advisors. You see, without a lunar lamp, Israeli F-18’s, are harder to down. “US and Israel have different Red Lines,” he said. America’s committed to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuke. Israel’s committed to preventing Mullah’s from acquiring the capacity to build one. “It’ll take 5-6mths to make 1 bomb, but they

Rat-a-tat-tat. What’s that? Rat-a-tat-tat. You hear that? Nope, me neither. But someone did, went all a twitter. Now the blogoshpere’s afire. With rumors, of a failed coup. In Beijing. Folks say they heard tanks rumble by. Planes in the sky. Oh my. But why? Well, power and money rarely shift hands without a hitch. A hanging chad. Ooops, I mean Chen. Or Chang. So, after Bo Xilai lost a power struggle, did his ally, Zh

Hope all goes well. Can you blame him? Me neither. I mean, any good trader thinks about it. Every. Single. Day. Particularly when you got a really bad portfolio (or a great one). So if Mitt wants to be CIO he’d better shake it up. Grab all 72,536 pages of our tax code. Remind America it was 400 pages 100yrs ago. Wipe that slate clean. Shake up our infinitely complex electoral district map. Our tangled entitlements to

The utterly corrupt leader. Of the hopelessly bankrupt nation. Addressed his angry people. And should’ve demanded an exit. But couldn’t. You see, there isn’t one. For now anyway. The incident shows “great oppression and cruelty” toward the Afghan people, said Karzai, hidden within his fortress. Of course, in due time, the oppressed rise up. And revolt. That’s the exit. It’s Mankind’s unending cycle. Hey, private Gree

Hope all goes well. Dear NY Times, got a confession. To be great at this sport, you gotta love making money – in the short, medium, and long term. I do. And been at this for 23yrs. Played by the rules. There aren’t many. Every day we fight to take as much money as possible from mkts, counterparties, competitors. That’s the game. Our only true teammates are investors, we’re their fiduciaries. At Lehman, in the e