Earlier this year I released my debut book, Backstage Wall Street, from publishers McGraw-Hill. I’ve read almost every investing book written, both the classics as well as the dozens that have come out over the past few years that I’ve been blogging.  And I gotta tell you, none of these other books – great as…

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One of my favorite writers interviewed one of my favorite subjects over lunch the other day for the New Yorker: Buffett’s disdain for the trappings of wealth can be exaggerated—“When I get rid of the plane, you’ll know I’m broke,” he told me—but it’s obviously a big part of his appeal to ordinary Americans. How…

Bloomberg held its annual hedge fund event at the New York Historical Society, a stately manse on Central Park West and 77th Street, quite a locale for a conference. Upon walking in at 8am, guests were thrilled to have Bloombirds with digital cameras snapping close-up photos of them for their “networking board” project.  So weird…

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Stephen J. Guilfoyle “Sarge”, is the U.S. Economist at Meridian Equity Partners since 2007. Stephen joined Meridian after a long career at Credit Suisse. Stephen has worked on the trading floor of the NYSE continuously since July 1987 and actively serves as a Sergeant in the National Guard. *** Good Morning, Chinese stocks led the…