September 2012

The Death of the College Bar Scene

Web 2.0 or social media or whatever we’re calling it these days will not stop until there is not a single for-profit business left standing anywhere in America, LOL.  The Wave of Disruption has now set its sights on the good ol’ college bar scene, which has been rapidly displaced as the central meeting and…

Market Recon: 09/27/2012

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, Man, if you’re a…

Castle on a Cloud

Syntagma Square in Athens is once again filled with the sound of beating drums and the flames of firebombs as the entire nation walks off the job for the first general strike since the coalition government was formed this past June.  In Spain, the situation is rapidly deteriorating; protestors beat up a policeman in the…