Monthly Archives: December 2019

Lessons from the 1980s

For some people the 1980s were a golden age of Wall Street. The decade saw a wondrous surge in M&A activity driven by the availability of plentiful funding for corporate raiders and private equity firms as interest rates came down … Continue reading

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An update on Brexit for those who don’t care

A British electorate, as bored with their national politics as we are, gave two strong mandates in the December 12 election. Boris Johnson has won the biggest Conservative majority since 1987 serving a crushing defeat to the opposition Labour and … Continue reading

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