On Monday, the NASD publicized the dangers of Margin in a report titled “Investing with Borrowed Funds: No “Margin” for...
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Graef Crystal is an compensation expert. His column today — “Grasso $48 Mln Giveback Could Have Been $20 Mln” —...
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Grasso is now finished. He’s a “Dead Man Walking.” One week ago today, I noted that this was becoming a public...
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I love Jim Murphy. He’s this crusty Dow Jones writer who does a 5:15am cameo on CNBC every morning (he looks like Hemingway would...
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Last week was the market’s first losing week in six. As the economic numbers improve, the real action is in corporate profitability:...
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Gary B. Smith pointed to the contrary indicators piece in his TheStreet.com column (“Market’s Resilience Will Soon Be...
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After three years in the new house, we decide to refinish the kitchen (by new, I mean new to us — it’s nearly 100 years old). We...
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Steve Liesman wrote an interesting article for the Wall Street Journal: “Washington Needs to Decide If It Favors Capital or...
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Previously in this space, I discussed how, in the parlance of traders, the NYSE top ticked Grasso’s pay package. I suspect that the...
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My friend John Paczkowski, over at the excellent blog “Good Morning Silicon Valley” has issued a call for entries: The Great...
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