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The Last Bonus of Greenwich Capital

Posted on November 7, 2018 by admin

(This is a true story!  I posted it on Linkedin in 2016 and it got several thousand readers, far more than my professional work which is somewhat depressing to say the least.) I sold a chair today. The chair sat … Continue reading →

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Life After Bonds

Posted on October 29, 2018 by admin

https://www.iratestrategist.com/lifeafterbonds/ The Last Bonus of Greenwich Capital “Hey, I Just Felt It. A Twinge of Fear.” This Time Really is Different The Blank Screen

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Scarecrow & Dorothy

Posted on April 23, 2023 by admin

Some people said good night or words to that effect. Some nodded their heads as if acknowledging my humanity. A couple of young things smiled, almost shyly, and hurried out. I figured they felt guilty or something that I was … Continue reading →

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Trade Of a Lifetime

Posted on July 21, 2022 by admin

The memo went around the trading floor.  Finally, after threatening, after complaining, after squeezing an added few weeks to his already long vacation allowance, after working remotely two days a week, and after years of discussing his rich bucket list … Continue reading →

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Encounter in a Park

Posted on March 9, 2019 by admin

  I. The senior partner raised his glass for one final toast to the departing 3L, a third-year law student who’d come in for the Christmas Party. He’d just been offered a position to start at the end of the … Continue reading →

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Ander’s Norse Atlantic Saga

Posted on November 9, 2018 by admin

(This I wrote in January of 2008, sitting in the basement of a hotel in Iceland having just been released from the hospital in Reykjavik after my heart attack.  It’s a bit crude but was heartfelt and 10 year later, … Continue reading →

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The Tale of the Empty House

Posted on November 9, 2018 by admin

(I was tempted to call this “A Fairfield County Story,” but that was a bit too close to home.  Not my home mind you.  But in the neighborhood.) Jan and Pat Stafford stopped in front of 28 North Gate as … Continue reading →

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