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Remembering Art Cashin

The Big Picture

He was always very generous with me, allowing many of his unique works to be republished on this blog (despite the usual concerns from compliance). His insights were unique, and I always received them with gratitude. My buddy Mark Lehman had been at UBS in Switzerland for nearly his entire career.

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MiB: Joe Barratta, Blackstone’s Global Head of Private Equity

The Big Picture

 This week, we speak with Joseph Baratta , who since 2012, has served as Global Head of Private Equity at Blackstone – the world’s largest alternative asset manager, with $975 billion in assets under management. He is an entrepreneur, attorney, consultant, and advocate for independent investment advisers, which is a $97 trillion industry.

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Market Commentary: Strong Jobs Report Gets the “Good News Is Bad News” Treatment

Carson Wealth

The last two highlight the challenges of keeping up with changing markets and technology, as GM declared bankruptcy in 2009 and Kodak in 2012. Compliance Case # 7521978.1._011325_C Also in the top 10 in the early 70s, several oil companies, Eastman Kodak, and General Motors.

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Getting Found – Your Google My Business Listing and the New SEC Marketing Rule

Midstream Marketing

" In 2012, the SEC even made it beyond clear that this applied to not only statements made by advisers and their representatives, but to third parties on social media as well. " So if you don’t fully understand it today (or if you suddenly realize you’re not in compliance), you still have a lot of time to get things right.

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Seven ways to talk your financial execs out of jargon and bad writing

Investment Writing

For example, “A number of good things happened last year, but let’s first get the bad news out of the way,” he says on page 3 of his 2012 shareholder letter (PDF). He admits that the firm’s 2012 gains were “subpar.” Next, consider ways to satisfy the compliance department’s concerns.

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Municipal SMAs: Behind the Velvet Rope of Regulation

Brown Advisory

Investors who never contemplated the concept of “municipal bankruptcy” previously would later be forced to add the term into their vernacular, spurred by bankruptcies of Jefferson County, Alabama in 2011; Stockton and San Bernardino, California in 2012; and Detroit in 2013. Investors cannot aff ord complacency. The results were discouraging.

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Municipal SMAs: Behind the Velvet Rope of Regulation

Brown Advisory

Investors who never contemplated the concept of “municipal bankruptcy” previously would later be forced to add the term into their vernacular, spurred by bankruptcies of Jefferson County, Alabama in 2011; Stockton and San Bernardino, California in 2012; and Detroit in 2013. Investors cannot aff ord complacency. The results were discouraging.