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Hey Manolo, Now These Are Some Really Green Shoes

Posted by Bob Gelber ⋅ June 25, 2012 ⋅ Leave a comment

There’s fine print, and there’s even finer print. The very finest print, is used by our banker friends on Wall Street. The recent Facebook IPO generated a lot of money for the company and their original investors. Then there were fees for the bankers that took Facebook public. A syndicate of investment banks, lead by Morgan … Continue reading →

Einstein’s Meme Sits At The End Of A Long Bar

Posted by Bob Gelber ⋅ June 18, 2012 ⋅ Leave a comment

As we all know, this definition of insanity has been attributed to Albert Einstein: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results. In actual fact, quantum mechanics teaches that different outcomes are always possible, it’s just a matter of probability. So doing something again and again is not necessarily insane, … Continue reading →

Syria, I’m Your Banker And I’m Here To Help

Posted by Bob Gelber ⋅ June 9, 2012 ⋅ Leave a comment

Let’s send Jamie Dimon to Syria. No, not because we want to punish him, but because he’s the only guy I know willing to call a spade a spade. He could give us a status update on Kofi Annan’s peace plan for Syria. Because what I admire about Dimon, and pointed out in a recent … Continue reading →