Joshua M Brown

decentralization

Very few of history’s most well known collapsed Ponzi schemes began deliberately. This is also true of many famous securities-related frauds. Men are drawn into this by degrees. What typically happens is that a fund or a deal begins in good faith but there are setbacks. These setbacks threaten the money-raising efforts of the people…

“Financial Conditions”

The Fed will be focused on “financial conditions” to the extent that they impact the outlook for employment and prices. What does that mean? What “financial conditions” are they watching for? In the simplest terms, bonds and stocks. The bond market is a hundred trillion dollars. The stock market is thirty five trillion dollars. Problems…

Indiscriminate selling

There are a few green stocks in the market today, and by “a few”, I mean you can count them on two hands and still have a few fingers left over. To gag yourself with. Those green stocks are things like Kohl’s (a special situation takeover story) and then it’s like grocery stores and shoe…

Dre Day

Dr. Dre’s Super Bowl Halftime Show has a trailer…and you should watch it.