The most compelling economic and geopolitical story in 2017 will almost certainly revolve around China. The world's most populous country bankrolled an economic boom with high levels of debt and leverage, with which the government is now forced to reckon.
I'm a team player. I've, you know, played team sports my whole life, at least as a kid. And I believe that you have to subordinate yourself to the greater good of the team.
Only in 1999 and 1984 have we seen a persistently strong dollar and strong risk appetite harmoniously co-exist.
I've asked people not to leak things for a period of time and give me a honeymoon period.
The American Dream means any person can achieve prosperity through hard work and ingenuity because there are no inherent barriers in our society.
For people who grew up in the last four decades of the 20th century, it is hard to grasp the concept of negative interest rates. How is it even possible? If interest rates are the price of money, is the marketplace broadcasting that money is on sale? Are we just giving it away?
Neoconservative Republican President George W. Bush took office determined to aggressively export American democratic values through conflict. The Iraq war, a misdirected response to 9/11, tacked trillions of dollars on to the deficit while further destabilising the Middle East.
Reince Priebus - if you want to leak something - he'll be asked to resign very shortly.
If the leaks continue, we are strong as our weakest link. And I'll say it a little differently in a pun. We're strong as our weakest leak.
This is the problem with the leaking. This is actually a terrible thing. Let's say I'm firing Michael Short today. The fact that you guys know about it before he does really upsets me as a human being and as a Roman Catholic.
There are good leaks and bad leaks.
I'm a Republican. I'm probably not the cookie-cutter Republican that fits the litmus test of Republican Party politics. But I don't want to be that.
While we can't begrudge companies for maximizing cost efficiency, we need to empower and properly train our workforce for the skilled jobs demanded in the 21st century.
I'm used to meanness. It doesn't matter to me.
I founded SkyBridge - an alternative investment management company focused on seeding and partnering with emerging managers and mentoring Wall Street's next generation of Wall Street's entrepreneurs - in 2005.
Misguided economic and tax policies have hampered growth, allowing the rich to become richer while turning the middle class into the working poor.
There are always myriad choices in life - some work out, some don't, and you just have to focus on the present.
I never read one book at a time.
Here is what I know. When you're running a successful company or an organization, you can take this human equation to the bank: underconfidence plus insecurity always equals paranoia and backstabbing.
It has been a very successful life experience for President Trump to be President Trump. So let's let him do that... Let's see where the chips fall.
