“I’m going to write a four-letter word meaning intercourse,” my speech-class colleague Jim announced, striding to the chalk board. It was 1986. Stunned, the rest of us stared open-mouthed. The chalk clicked. Jim stepped back and with a flourish gestured…
View pageIt’s not what you think. Heard that phrase before? Last Wednesday, Oct 15, apparently everybody trading equities believed the world was dissolving in an apocalyptic stew of Ebola, European recession, unused petroleum, Chinese debt and Mideast terror. The DJIA at one…
View pageI remember the day my elementary school friend pierced his ear. By accident. We were nine-year-olds fishing eastern Oregon’s Burnt River on my dad’s cattle ranch. Young John gave his line a mighty cast. We awaited the expected kerplunk in…
View pageAutumn the past two weeks splashed brilliantly over the Colorado Front Range. It puts everything into perspective. I recall as a kid my mother saying in retort to my reason for some dunderheaded act, “You did it because ‘everybody else…
View pageIf you’re in a tree sawing off a branch, note which side of it you’re standing on. The guy studying the branch was Brad Katsuyama, CEO at dark pool IEX, which has designs on exchange-hood. He was speaking along with…
View pageWhat happens if your price is down and no one appears to be selling? You may first think, “Impossible!” but read on to understand the powerful difference that can be made in your IR strategy by using various tools when…
View page“People are getting screwed because they can’t imagine a microsecond.” Well, how about $1 trillion? Can we imagine that? If you want context for the quote, read Michael Lewis’s book, Flash Boys (No. 1 now in NY Times nonfiction). Equally…
View pageIs you is, or is you ain’t, my constituents? If you know cinema’s Coen Brothers and the epically hilarious 2000 movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou,” you’re smiling. You remember the scene, the southern accent. In geopolitics, a sweeping referendum…
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