Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 21, 2023

All investment advisers are fiduciaries that owe a duty of care and loyalty to their clients, and, in an ideal world, advisory firms and their staff would abide by these requirements without the need for a prescriptive code of ethics. Read More.

Ethics 244

Ethics Fiduciary Duty Compliance Clients 244

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

I have worked at Booz Allen and Hamilton, I’m a strategic planning guy. I get hired by Citibank in planning. This business is just starting. I write a business plan for it. Like, 00:06:56 [Speaker Changed] Like, you know, it’s a business. All that said, you wrote the, the business plan.

Banking 147

Banking Investing Investments Assets 147

The Big Picture

JULY 4, 2023

I know you don’t disclose your clients, but the Wall Street Journal certainly mentioned those. ” I just had this with a client who runs a very large, not multi-manager, but multi-strategy fund. And the phone rings an hour in and it’s my client. RITHOLTZ: Really? It was year one or so of IDW.

Management 147

Management Recruitment Numbers Banking 147

The Big Picture

MAY 30, 2023

And so these were two stories, maybe three, before I’m 9-years-old of bad economics, bad culture, and a bad business plan. By the way, there’s a difference between an entrepreneur and a businessman or a business woman. Different risk tolerance and different business plan. They have a dumb business plan.

Banking 147

Banking Economics Business Planning Economy 147

The Big Picture

MAY 16, 2023

And I’m like, dad, I found I need 25 grand to get going and my dad said send me a business plan. I went to business school RITHOLTZ: He just wanted you to go through the exercise. LINDZON: No, so obviously, I did the business plan, I’m kidding. RITHOLTZ: 2004, 2005. RITHOLTZ: Yes. LINDZON: Yes.

Media 290

Media Investing Investments Valuation 290