August was a great month to take a vacation, unless you're a political campaign watcher. Or an ERISA lawyer.
Meanwhile on Twitter, Josh Brown shared his favorite anti-stage-fright trick, Matt Levine ribbed the Securities and Exchange Commission, and our own editor in chief Jamie Green overheard an interesting conversation on his daily commute.
On General Economic Topics:
Jobless claims & Philly #Fed releases confirm impending doom is still on summer vacation.
— Richard Bernstein (@RBAdvisors) August 18, 2016
industry parlance https://t.co/CSpiBeYfE9 pic.twitter.com/zgWu5yJO0Q
— Matt Levine (@matt_levine) August 16, 2016
The fake mayo company has raised $220M?? Disrupting condiments is capital intensive apparently. pic.twitter.com/Eo4Y00QQcv
— modest proposal (@modestproposal1) August 19, 2016
"When clients pay attention to noise, we call it dumb. When advisors do it, we call it research."
- Carl Richards @behaviorgap— Ritholtz Wealth (@RitholtzWealth) August 18, 2016
wait honestly how is there not a fintech called Ebenezer
— Matt Levine (@matt_levine) August 19, 2016
Q: How many miles would you have to drive until the risk of dying is the same as a non-stop flight?
A: 12#RiskManagement
— Doctor Daniel Crosby (@danielcrosby) August 10, 2016
#NJTransit trainman: 'Conductor on the IC: door dripping water; passenger says wet his pants; wants it reported. Conductor: Roger. Wet pants
— Jamie Green (@ThinkJamieGreen) August 30, 2016
About to speak in front of 750 people @investools. My trick is to picture them all standing in line at the DMV.
— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) August 30, 2016
From the Campaign Trail:
What you don't seem to understand is that PIVOT is a mnemonic for Pontificate Irrationally, Veer Off-Topic
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) August 22, 2016
If someone is climbing #TrumpTower using suction cups, what chance has #Trump got of keeping people from climbing his impenetrable wall.
— Francis Maxwell (@francis_maxwell) August 10, 2016
My favorite collective nouns:
A parliament of owls
A business of ferrets
An economic advisory council of mediocre white men.— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) August 5, 2016
Paul Manafort Resigns As Head Of Trump Campaign
Crimea river for this guy.— Paul Lander (@paul_lander) August 19, 2016
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