Serious investment thinking that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
Now, I find myself having endless chats on internships, which I am told as line items on CVs, pay generous dividends. Meetings start by me asking the aspirant intern their thoughts on indentured apprenticeships. To this, I invariably receive a look of bemusement and confusion. Confusion because...
Blackstone (BX) was founded with $500,000 in 1985 by two Lehman partners after a civil war at the I-bank forced its sale to American Express. BX had a meteoric rise from a small...
Three generations of Gulf Arabs have been enraptured with German luxury auto brands like Mercedes, BMW, Porsche and Audi. But please, please, do not fall in love with German...
Increasing signs of distress while debt funds increase their debt fire power for opportunities. A year after the first increases in interest rates by Central Banks around the...
I would estimate that over half of all politicians fall into the naïve club that make claims based on assuming nothing will change in response to a new tax, a new regulation or...
Every private banker and real estate broker I meet assures me that a soft landing is certain and Dubai property's meteoric ascent will continue, as if we did not live through two...
The adaptation to hybrid work continues to shape the modern workplace. Business leaders often hope their teams will spend more time in the office. But they may need to fully...
“What’s wrong with that?” Buzzword of the year so far! The best is getting better, and the worst is getting worse. It applies to the assets and, to a lesser extent, the quoted...
Whopping pork pies. If my Cypriot dad wanted to identify someone as “loose with the truth,” he would call him a Pattihari - Pattiha being the word for watermelon in the...
The following piece was created by the AI model “BabbleCPD,” prompted to create an article written by a grumpy old professor, out-of-touch with technology and society. Its chosen...