Sweet deal at Goldman Sachs lets partners invest alongside the bank
Breakfast with Benjamin: It's all about access at Goldman. Plus: U.S. soldiers sue banks for helping Iran finance attacks in Iraq, adjusting portfolios for a fourth-quarter ride, oil prices are expected to hang low till the next OPEC meeting, and a hats off to companies taking their hats off to veterans today.
- It’s good to be senior level at Goldman Sachs, where the upper echelons get to invest alongside the bank in closely-held companies without paying a fee. Nice work, if you can get it
- U.S. soldiers are suing six international banks for helping Iran finance terrorists who attacked Americans in Iraq. This is the worst kind of PR for Veterans Day. Barclays, HSBC among the banks being sued in a federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Time to face the factors driving market volatility and adjust portfolios accordingly. How to avoid being caught flat-footed in a fourth-quarter swoon
- Oil prices are near a four-year low and traders are warning that the price volatility will be here at least until the Nov. 27 OPEC meeting. The markets are searching for a clear message from anyone
- Veterans Day freebies are stacking up. Take advantage, you earned it. It wasn’t always this way. Coffee, pancakes, haircuts, chicken wings, beer
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