It’s that time of year again in New England:

One of my absolute favorite times of year. One of the best photo opportunities during the year for really great photos.
That said, I’m still a newbie at photography. Yeah, I own a decent amount of gear, but I’m still getting the hang of it.
Here’s what I’m currently [...]

When I looked at my marketing campaign brief for October, one of the items is the $10,000 scholarship. This press release immediately came to mind:

Student Loan Network $10,000 Scholarship Will Be Awarded on Halloween
Quincy, MA –
The Student Loan Network blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah industry leading blah blah blah blah blah blah [...]

I figured I’d have some fun and provide a different perspective on the economy. Here’s a link to today’s special from the Financial Aid Podcast - my wishful presidential address.
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I’ve been playing World of Warcraft (WoW) for fun the past couple of weeks or so. It was a fun game in the beginning, but now it’s a useful game, at least in the sense of honing two vitally important skills, arbitrage and information asymmetry. (two skills, I might add, come in handy in today’s [...]

No shortage of bad news in the headlines lately, eh? Reading all of it and still being able to face your day is getting increasingly hard sometimes, isn’t it?
Here’s the good news. Despite all of everything in the headlines, basic goodness still prevails.
Go outside and look at the building you’re in. The concrete in the [...]

An Alternative Bailout Proposal
Fundamentally, the entire credit crisis has been caused by two basic problems.
1. Too much borrowing.
2. Not enough saving.
That sounds really trite and overly simplified, doesn’t it? The fact of the matter is that it’s true. The housing crisis wasn’t caused by a surplus of houses, but by an overeagerness to lend without [...]

This is game over for the free market. Game over for the United States fiscal future.
If you’re an American citizen, you need to read this.
Heck, if you’re not an American citizen, you need to read this.
If you’re an American citizen, you and your children are bound by this bailout and its terms. You and your [...]

Social Media Dashboard - Bloomberg for Social Media
This morning started off thinking about Bloomberg’s wonderful but hideously expensive terminal, and how it gives you insight and also a dashboard to instantly know what’s going on in the markets. I thought, wouldn’t it be interesting to have a Bloomberg for social media? Sure enough, a platform [...]

Vision, strategy, and tactics
People badly confuse vision, strategy, and tactics. Here’s a primer on how to achieve clarity so that the next time you’re asked for a strategy or need to develop a vision, you can do so with confidence.
Let’s talk in terms of a road trip.
Vision
Why are we going on a road trip at [...]

It’s simple.
Remember the SEC issuing a ban on naked short selling on July 18?
Here’s the list, in case you forgot:
Allianz SE
Bank of America Corp
Barclays PLC
BNP Paribas Securities Corp
Citigroup Inc
Credit Suisse Group
Daiwa Securities Group Inc
Deutsche Bank Group AG
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
HSBC Holdings Plc ADS
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc
Merrill Lynch & Co Inc
Mizuho [...]