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Avoid the Unforced Investment Errors Even Billionaires Make

The Big Picture

In How Not to Invest , I showcase extreme examples of unforced errors to illustrate these behavioral mistakes. Chris Bloomstran, chief investment officer of Semper Augustus Investments Group, has tracked this. So I bought Silicon Valley Bank options (SVB) right after it got cut in halfbut right before it went to zero.

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Bank of America Names Leaders to Better Align Investment Bank, Wealth Units

Wealth Management

Jim Rourke and Michael Liu were named co-heads of private client partnership development, which links Bank of America’s global corporate and investment bank, Merrill wealth management and the Private Bank.

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“Nobody Knows Anything,” Wall Street Strategist Edition

The Big Picture

It is especially true for strategists and forecasters at large brokers and banks. So as strategists at Bank of America Corp., Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., In “ How Not To Invest ” (coming March 18!) ” It’s a blunt observation about our inability to forsee the future.

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Boutique Investment Bank HamptonRock Launches Wealth Business

Wealth Management

David Dodson, a former Oppenheimer advisor, has joined to lead the wealth management business.

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Transcript: Melissa Smith, co-Head of Commercial Banking at JPMorgan

The Big Picture

The transcript from this weeks, MiB: Melissa Smith, co-Head of Commercial Banking at JPMorgan , is below. Melissa Smith is co-head of commercial banking for JP Morgan. Previously she was co-head of the bank’s Innovation Economy Group. And just to define that middle market sort of means in, in the commercial banking, right?

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Rockefeller Snags $500M Team From Merrill’s Private Bank

Wealth Management

Advisor Robert Moon, who managed $500 million at Merrill Lynch’s Private Banking and Investment Group, joins Rockefeller's Global Family Office.

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Transcript: Charley Ellis on Rethinking Investing

The Big Picture

The transcript from this weeks, MiB: Charley Ellis on Rethinking Investing , is below. Charlie Ellis is just a legend in the world of investing. He was chairman of the Yale’s Endowment Investment Committee and his, not only did he write 21 books, his new book, rethinking Investing, is just a delightful snack.

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