Born into a Big 5 investment banking family, I quit organized financial racketeering to go straight. MacDougal Irving is my Blogger Protection Identity, and I am a retired Certified Public Accountant and, like all of us, a badly misinformed investor. These are my observations on capital market cons as they were explained to me across the dinner table as a kid.
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........... Recipient of the 2010 MacDougal Irving Prize for Truth in Market Manipulation ...........
November 1, 2012
In Celebration of Your Heroism
Clearly, Frankenstorm Sandy looms as an attempt by 1% hard-liners to disrupt voting in core blue states. That it didn't fall on Election Day or had nothing to do with butterfly ballots shouldn't distract us, and remember, the Supreme Court may yet step in to screw somebody again. But we're not going to cover all that right now. A number of the Post's loyal subscribers were hit, and our hearts are going out to them today.
Here's a little encouragement for our modern day heros from those in the thick of an earlier battle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pfCFU3Mqww