Proficiencies of Kevin J Palmer are rooted in decades of driving performance for Wall Street giants Merrill Lynch and Paine Webber. Then, as Managing Director at Strategic Management Advisors where partnering with other executives, he built better broker-dealers by improving business models during an industry paradigm shift. Going deeper Read more…
Polarization is on the rise. A structural decline is happening in America that’s shifting people into the margins based on education, beliefs, or ethnicity. Denial about the circuitousness of change is leaving casualties at the road side as individualized behaviors are dictated by black and white values and not pragmatism. Read more…
Growing China’s Middle Class Economic pundits are coming to grips with a new global realty check. The realization that industrialized double digit export growth in China is unsustainable. However, that has not deterred Chinese policymakers from eyeing new sustainable growth strategies to propel China into the preeminent world economic Read more…
As a former hedge fund investor and participant in Phoenix Suns charities I am aware of strides Jahm Najafi has made with Author Solutions. However, something is critically wrong that I hope you see as opportunity to gain advantage and improve image. The irony is that this is a Read more…
In 1943, came an image to sum up a special time. You will probably recall that in 1943 we were in the middle of something called World War II. You may also recall that fighting a World War required a lot of men and despite political correctness men were considered Read more…
Becoming 21 is a benchmark in life not to be taken lightly. It means you already have a history, as you move on to even greater accomplishments. Felling much like an aunt and uncle, our gift this year reflects the history of Don Julio González who began tequila-making in 1942. Read more…
2014 “Finding intelligent solutions for complicated situations has always been a reward! I was blessed to retire young enough to explore other passions too, like wildlife rescue, and archaeology. I was honored with the Governor’s Archaeology Award and soon after wrote a book that encompassed what was discovered from my Read more…
Born with a stately name of kings, Edward William George, by school age was Eddie, just as Roberts became Bob’s, Michael’s, Mike and so on. Taking their stand in adulthood, countless men resorted back to given names. Bob’s again become Robert’s Mikes, M i c h a e l s Read more…
On this day, April 29, 1900, John Luther Jones, then an engineer for the Illinois Central Railroad, arrived in Memphis, Tennessee, having driven a train there from Canton, Mississippi. In Memphis, he found out the engineer scheduled to make the return run that night was sick, so Jones volunteered to Read more…
One of the most famous queens in history ended a string of “Merger and Acquisition” deals by using the asp. Her name was Cleopatra. She was of Greek heritage and as a teenager married her brother (old dynastic custom). However, bickering over whom ‘mom liked best’ led to civil war Read more…