Monday October 12th is Indigenous Peoples Day. If you miss the parade, you likely missed the one for Leif Erikson on October 9th, which was also the anniversary of John Lennon’s birthday—but be patient, I will connect the dots. Today, an emotionally skewed country celebrates the day in 1492, when Christopher Columbus discovered America. […]
Government was a beacon of clarity during another pandemic in 1349. Politicians being no different than now, had much to say about the crisis. Science, although in its infancy, had its own versions of Dr. Fauci types who also added to the mix because it was in everyone’s best interests to save lives. Motives were […]
Four months and 3 days prior to this date, I took early retirement from Merrill Lynch after decades of leadership to discover and correct market misalignment’s my own way. Orchestrating an alliance of other Wall Street and Business Executives I founded a broker-dealer advisory firm that drove revenue & alpha performance during a time the […]
For fear your grace should fall. —David Bowie In sound economic models, people add value and there is a direct benefit. Corresponding reward usually is proportionate to what is provided. Problems arise when people steal reward through power. In the public sector, it’s an easy place to […]
The surfing life, I discovered against the backdrop of the city, is a venerable one. —Ed Thompson While visiting in Los Angeles one summer, I invited my niece Brooke to lunch. She was bright, beautiful, and had a law degree but was employed as a retail clerk. She was making even less than […]
As darkness falls, I can hear them telling stories. The scent of cigarettes. There’s danger in the air. —Alejandro Escovedo It makes no difference who came before whom. All Americans are immigrants. —even the homo sapiens who crossed the Bering Strait during an ice age 14,000 years ago. Because of this, we are […]
Wings of a Plan July 23, 2020 By Kevin J Palmer Wings of a Plan My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature. —Claude Monet Kevin J Palmer Behavioral Finance Strategist You too can use Secret Success Standards from Peter’s life story like the ones below as stepping stones to […]
“Kevin wrote this story as a reaction to oppression of women in the workplace. I hope you found it as powerful as I did” ~ Alana Continuing the conversion from last time… The first time I met Jane, I was deep in my task of putting together this economic think tank. Finding […]
“Kevin wrote this story as a reaction to oppression of women in the workplace. I hope you found it as powerful as I did” ~ Alana Continuing the conversion from last time… During my committee tenure over those long months, I was surrounded by some of the best market-oriented thinkers and […]
“Kevin wrote this story as a reaction to oppression of women in the workplace. I hope you found it as powerful as I did” ~ Alana Continuing the conversion from last time… Dancing to Sounds of a Heart For fear your grace should fall. —David Bowie In sound economic […]