opinions

  • 13 Dec 2010 at 10:15 AM

America Has Some Thoughts About Your Bonuses

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When you walk out of the office and down the street today, are you planning on asking some strangers their opinion on whether or not you should get paid this year? No? Well give it a shot- the answers may surprise you, if you were under the impression the general population thinks you deserve that money. Apparently they don’t but they do have some ideas about how you should be compensated moving forward. Here’s what 70 percent of Americans have come up with– you get nothing. Continue reading »

  • 21 Sep 2010 at 5:39 PM

Some Investors Having Difficulty Forming An Opinion On Carlyle’s Foray Into Hedge Funds

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I’m kidding, of course. As you may have heard, Carlyle is considering buying a stake in a hedge fund manager and is in talks with multiple firms, in addition to looking to raise “two new debt funds and a $1 billion pool to buy small companies.” The units would be overseen by Mitch Petrick, who joined the firm in March from Morgan Stanley. Presumably, there are at least a few people who are amped about Petrick’s potential stewardship, while others are, how to put this, less than thrilled. Continue reading »

  • 27 Jul 2010 at 3:40 PM

Dodd-Frank Provisions We Can All Safely Ignore

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The following post is by Dealbreaker reader and commenter Infinite Guest.

Laws go unenforced for any of several superficially distinct reasons, but ultimately because of political failure. Mostly a reiteration of desuetudinal laws, Dodd-Frank seems deliberately written so that it can’t be enforced. Dodd-Frank is a gigantic recipe for political failure. Continue reading »