I saw the writing on wall, when the first non-broker trained CEO was appointed at MERRILL LYNCH. My boss, who answered directly to that CEO, said to me after first meeting him, “…some people make bold moves to climb to the top. Others hide behind them so they don’t get shot in hopes of reaping spoils, if they fail…time to take the severance package before this ship blows itself up… ”. I requested mine to be finalized on May 8th the day Joan of Arc liberated Paris in 1429.
Not long after, two executives and I were advising other firms on how to be better Broker-Dealers. Four months almost to the day, on what would have been my usual quarterly visit Merrill Lynch headquarters in New York City. The Twin Towers were attacked https://www.911memorial.org/ Not long after, my old firm MERRILL LYNCH collapsed under their subprime and credit default swap mistakes, bringing down the financial markets and the rest of the country’s economy. https://smainstitute.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=860&action=edit
By then I had my fill of traveling around the country making myopic security industry owners richer and began doing my behavioral research exclusively—not to mention indulging in an old bad habit of Day Trading. Soon, as a give back, so to speak, I began advising the Governor and State Treasurer, pro bono, on how to best navigate through the Great Recession that we were in the middle of, by keeping businesses open and attracting new enterprises to Arizona. As it turned out I discovered that “we the people” were merely slaves to a self-serving system.
My years on “The Street” taught me to easily understand tone of the tape and how to dull beta to enhance alpha. Working with empty suits who had escaped to government because they would have failed in the private sector, quickly resulted in my frustration. http://kevinpalmerscottsdale.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1067&action=edit. Changing course, I began using my research to write, albeit seditiously at times, about how to resist falling prey to corrupt political machinery that shackles common mankind for its own benefit. My third book will be out late 2023.
Kevin J. Palmer -writer, rebel, producer, poet
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-Palmer Private Equity, is rooted in Kevin’s Behavioral Economic Research that once set standards for Wall Street brokerage firms. It is now run by Kevin & Gretchen both formally trained at NYSE traded corporations. It’s Philanthropic entity invests for the public good in the families nonprofit “Peace through Prosperity” projects to challenge Injustices through Self-empowerment.
-Kevin, also a Financial Freedom Fighter, illustrates as a Writer-Rebel-Producer-Poet, how emotional intelligence leads to decision processes that enable economic dignity & improves quality of life.
Dates EmployedOct 2017 – Present
Employment Duration3 yrs 4 mos