In the Securities Industry, there are good times, bad times and dead market times. In good times, like now, it is hard to imagine “other” blips that could affect your career and your life. Past times can and should teach …
See that chart? I lived through that as a rookie broker with a firm called duPont Glore Forgan, a U.S. securities powerhouse owned by H. Ross Perot. Just to the left of that incredible dip in 1973/74 it was thereof …
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“RED SKY IN THE MORNING, SHEPHERD’S WARNING “ After a good long run on the upside there is nothing like the emergence of serious volatility in the securities market to get everyone’s attention. Following that bouncing ball leads one to …
With so many damn syndromes/disorders out there these days including “The Dummy Donald Self-Inflicted White House” variety, I reckoned that the royal ‘WE’ deserved one of our own. As a broker in days-gone-by and as a long serving ‘suit’ I …
“I’m leaving this damn chicken coop and taking my eggs with me” — an anonymous broker This is going to sound a little dated, but I can distinctly remember when one of our brokers fled to another firm in a …