This is a good article from the NewYorker highlighting the problems with agriculture that I’m worried about. Agriculture Efficiency article
READ MOREThe End of Wall Street?
A very good article by Michael Lewis, asking that very question: Michael Lewis and the End of Wall Street
READ MOREDriving Habits Revert Back to Normal
This New York Times article has broad implications for oil and gas prices and companies. Drivers are going right back to driving as normal and not permanently altering their habits. New York Times article on gasoline and driving Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service, said: “Demand is trickling back among […]
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Friday, I got a gift and ironically it came from the fact that I volunteer as a mentor to two kids, Anthony and Elvis. I was pretty down and feeling miserable on Friday. And do you know what made their day on Friday? I let them get a 12 inch sub at subway instead of […]
READ MOREInspiring Pictures
Run to this link of inspiring pictures. I won’t tell you what those pictures show. You’ll see what I’m talking about. Pictures
READ MOREMy dog
Franklin is quite a dog.
READ MOREGambling for a living
Do you wonder why the market is so wildly volatile these days? I think it is because we are seeing a growing trend of money managers and specifically hedge funds managers trading like crazy and turning over their portfolio at ridiculous levels. One extreme example is Greg Coffey with GLG partners who turned his portfolio […]
READ MOREWhere was Moses?
Where was Moses when God gave the Ten Commandments? Before I answer that easy question, its important to read what specifically happens before God reveals the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai. Basically, an eighty-year-old Moses goes up and down Mt. Sinai four times to communicate with God and the people of Israel. Why all the […]
READ MOREWhile Rome Burns
Apparently I’m not the only one outraged at the incompetence of not only Wall Street but every government official possible. The problem with the state of our economy is leverage and greed. And Congress and every other government official wants to blame speculators, senators and rumors. It is extremely sad that not one government official […]
READ MOREROI 120
This past week, I attended a conference in Jerusalem called ROI120 (ROI 120). I have now heard conflicting things about what ROI stands from “Return on Investment,” to Hebrew for “shepherd” or “leader.” Lynn Schusterman, a prominent donor in the world of Jewish Philanthropy, pays for 120 young Jews from around the world to fly […]
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