Two months ago my second book, Clash of the Financial Pundits, hit the shelves. Since then, my co-author Jeff Macke and I have signed a few hundred copies and have received a ton of feedback from readers and reviewers all over the country. The idea behind the book was to show that even the so-called financial…

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Jeff Macke and I wrote a book about financial punditry and, after 200-something pages of historical context and behind the scenes commentary, we concluded with the fact that most financial content is probably not relevant enough to be actionable for your personal situation. A majority of it is well-meaning, lots of it is interesting and informational and…

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Competitive eater Joey Chestnut proposes to his girlfriend before winning the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating contest at Coney Island (again), this time consuming a disgraceful 61 hot dogs with buns in under ten minutes. ABC News via AP These were the most read posts on TRB this week, in case you…

You know Hancock and Washington and Franklin and Jefferson. You might even know Greene and Knox, Henry and Hale. But it is very unlikely that you know the name Haym Solomon. This is unfortunate, because he’s the guy who arranged financing to keep the Continental Army alive during its darkest days, finding the money to…

Growing up, I always had two dreams: 1. Meet, marry and settle down with the girl from Clarissa Explains It All (click here). 2. Become the Most Powerful 37 Year Old in Finance. Well, one out of two ain’t bad…   See the whole list, it’s pretty epic – they even have a 16 year…

As I write, the Dow is breaking an all-time record of 17,000 on the back of a positive jobs number that potentially means a sooner end to extraordinary stimulus from the Federal Reserve. We were told by many experts over for many years that good economic news – which probably couldn’t be produced anyway – would be…

When I was a kid, my friend Adam’s mom used to put us down in the basement and told us to do whatever we wanted, as long as it didn’t affect her living room or dining room furniture on the first floor. “You guys can kill each other for all I care, just don’t damage…

I’m not a typical “Hamptons Guy”, per se, but I’ve definitely spent my fair share of time out there, being both a native Long Islander and a career Wall Streeter for as long as I have – it’s been fairly unavoidable. This weekend I’ll be visiting my dad at his house in Quogue and then…