Category: CEO’s Desk
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Do you remember your first?
by Jim Toes I do. I was 23 years old and the company was Greenfield Financial which I purchased for $0.04c per share and sold for 3 zeros and a […] Read More
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Yes, we censored the survey results.
by Jim Toes At or around the time when Mark Zuckerberg was in elementary school, someone within Merrill Lynch’s HR Department had an “out-of-the-box” idea to make anonymous surveys part […] Read More
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How much can you save?
by Jim Toes No matter what industry you work in, the need to save a portion of your income is important. If you work in the financial services sector where […] Read More
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Happy Birthday, Elvis Presley
by Jim Toes I have family in Memphis so “the King” has always held a special place in my life. So much so, that Blue Christmas plays all year round […] Read More
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“That’s not a knife, it’s a duck.”
by Jim Toes In the movie “Lone Survivor” there is a painfully stressful scene where Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell tries desperately to communicate to a young Afghani boy that he […] Read More
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Gettysburg Address
Gettysburg Address Tweet by Jim Toes Earlier this week was the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. A speech whose opening words, “Four score and seven years ago,” is the […] Read More
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100 and Counting
by Jim Toes Last night, Traders Magazine held its fourth annual “Wall Street Women – A Celebration of Excellence” awards event. Congratulations to the 17 women recognized for their achievements […] Read More
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The Evolving Debate on Tick Sizes
by Jim Toes I wish I could say that it seems like only yesterday when we wrote a letter to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs offering […] Read More
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STA’s Toes Exhorts Stock Market to Learn from Auto Industry’s Woes
“As we work to reform our financial markets, we could learn a lesson from the auto industry.” from Traders Magazine Online News, July 17, 2014 by Jim Toes A long-established […] Read More
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From Congressmen to Cowboys and Back.
From Congressmen to Cowboys and Back Tweet by Jim Toes When we started the “Taking Stock” column one of our goals was to provide you with short human interest articles […] Read More