• “absolutely out of control”
    , April 28th, 2013 at 6:00 pm, Comments: 0

    “I meet a lot of these people on Wall Street on a regular basis right now...I am going to put it very bluntly: I regard [...]

  • Backstage Wall Street Turns One! Thank You!
    , March 20th, 2013 at 11:08 am, Comments: 0

    Wow. I can't even believe that a year has passed since my book, Backstage Wall Street, first hit Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other fine [...]

    Time to Shear the Sheep
    , February 19th, 2013 at 8:30 am, Comments: 0

    Two different friends of mine on the wealth management side of Morgan Stanley forwarded this DealBook link to me overnight. One of them said "Oh [...]

    The Alamo
    , February 13th, 2013 at 2:30 pm, Comments: 0

    I've talked about the last remaining broker-dealers with aggressive telemarketing salesforces ad nauseum, both here and in the book Backstage Wall Street. I've been predicting [...]

    Apple Reverse Convertibles: How Brokerage Firms Pervert Everything
    , January 27th, 2013 at 10:29 am, Comments: 0

    "Mahaney joined the gang of Italian Dave, the famed sneak thief and fagin, whose group of street urchins and pickpockets were among the notorious thieves [...]

    Murder Holes, Revisited
    , January 13th, 2013 at 12:00 pm, Comments: 0

    I have to tell you, it's very cool how my book, Backstage Wall Street, has started to gain traction among my fellow financial advisors this [...]

    Meanwhile, in the Land of the Lost…
    , January 7th, 2013 at 9:35 am, Comments: 0

    Oy vey.

    Give the Gift of Backstage Wall Street This Season
    , December 6th, 2012 at 12:31 pm, Comments: 0

    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 [...]

    The Herd Gets Holistic
    , November 29th, 2012 at 10:00 am, Comments: 0

    Because as their advisors get more holistic and client-centric, they'll be muddling your message a bit, blurring the lines of your "competitive advantage."

    Wall Street Eats Its Young / Make Them Pay
    , October 29th, 2012 at 12:00 pm, Comments: 0

    The following posts originally appeared on 8/10 and 10/22 respectively. They are two parts of a whole idea, a complete thought regarding the current and [...]