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Nov.19.2012 The End Game Premise The beginning's the end, and the end's the beginning.	Nov.19.2012 The Flat Currency Postulate The most aggressive wealth preservation tactic always seeks to convert flat currency to more stable instruments.
Oct.15.2012 Titian on a trolley Would you buy a Monet or a Degas while looking through bedsheets and curtain rods? Is art not as much about living? Costco has once again started selling original works. Listed under ‘Fine Art’ in the Home and Décor section, its supplier Greg Moors has justified it with the “art for everybody”...	Jul.15.2012 My trusty Pfaff In the spring of 1953, we registered our oldest child--a girl--for school. She would need uniforms. Buying a sewing machine seemed like a good investment. We had no idea how remarkable an investment it would prove to be, nor how far its usefulness would stretch into the future. I had to overcome my...
May.12.2010 Excerpt from The Swindler by Michelle Kaye Malsbury Chapter One Ft. Lauderdale, FloridaCharles (Skip) Horowitz was just finishing one of his marathon Friday afternoon meetings in front of his team of account opening experts. Seventy brokers - including six people from trading, A.J. from compliance, and Matt from lead generation, sat half sleeping as...	Sep.24.2008 Want To Sell Short? Call A Bookie GREENPOINT, Brooklyn, September 19th...Imagine a crap table without a DON'T PASS line. A betting line without a point spread. Imagine a world where you're only allowed to bet for--not against. A world where the house always wins. "Unthinkable," says Efraim Durg, CEO of Durgometrics,...
Sep.21.2008 Wanna Sell Short? Call A Bookie. GREENPOINT, Brooklyn, September 19th...Imagine a crap table without a DON'T PASS line. A betting line without a point spread. Imagine a world where you're only allowed to bet for--not against. A world where the house always wins. "Unthinkable," says Efraim Durg, CEO of Durgometrics,...	Sep.16.2008 A Matter of Life and Debt I've come to the conclusion that it's a mistake to mortgage the present for the sake of the future. There's a paradox in this, of course. I don't mean squandering money, or any kind of resource, because the future is uncertain, but making an investment in who we are as individuals and as a society...
Aug.03.2008 Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200 Monopoly, one of the most popular boardgames in the world, has always been one of my favorite games. Oh the thrill of conquering the world: creating a large empire, collecting rents from those who do "not know how to play the game". It is always a dog-eat dog, competitive, hold nothing...	Jul.31.2008 We're not dead yet! Banking games are no fun, not unless you're the banker that is. If I sound disenchanted, you are right. I did not have a good banking experience today. It's a shame, especially when a win-win situation is possible. You see, I went to a bank today that shall be nameless to renew a risk-free (yes,...