Wall Street Names
By Barry Ritholtz - April 16th, 2009, 7:30PM
I have been collecting these names for years, and since I am underwater today, what better time to do this:
• Jeff DeGraph
He is a chartist ! What are the odds of that?
• Art Cashin
Works for UBS, frequently seen on the floor of the NYSE on CNBC, where he “cashes in”.
• James Moneypenny
is a currency trader in London
• Charles Ponzi
What are the odds that a ponzi scheme operator nearly a century ago was named Ponzi?
• Andrew Upward (Fidelity) and Ben Grizzle are my new favorites — guess which one is bullish and which one bearish!
• Jack Grubman is who first got me thinking about this — He was a “man” who “grubbed” money
Any others I missed? Let me know in comments
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April 16th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
LOL Ponzi
April 16th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
post made me think of this story….
What happens when you name your sons Winner and Loser?
http://digg.com/d19NaU
April 16th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
There’s a guy Phil Dow who always pumps the market on CNBC…there’s a couple more I will think of in a few minutes
April 16th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Barry, come on man..u missed the obvious…Bernie Madoff..he made off with everyone’s money!!
April 16th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Carter Worth
April 16th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Change the spelling around and you could be Beary Ritholtz
April 16th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Neel “cash and carry” Kashkari. Hank Paulson’s bag man. Perfect.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Underwater??? hopefully not in the same sense as home owners can be. Or is this another version of out of pocket BTW here in New Zealand if you are “out of pocket” you lost or spent some money when you weren’t expecting too.
Will we now call Ponzie schemes Madoff schemes? In New Zealand they are called pyramid schemes.
There ya go. Now you know a bit more about lil’ ol’ NZ.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
The woman who chairs the FDIC is called Sheila BAIR. How can people miss this at a time like this? :)
April 16th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Price Headley
Ken (Bottom) Fisher
Bill Gross (Profit)
April 16th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Bernard Lo(w), Rebecca Diamond, and Gary Shilling
April 16th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
i can’t believe no one picked the low hanging fruit:
Dick Arms
&
Hugh Johnson!
slol : that’s Self lol… as in, i make myself lol… both entirely real financial analysts, by the way
April 16th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Missing Madoff is pretty inexcusable!
Not a Wall Streeter but may as well be….
How about Thom Dammrich the head of the national yacht association???
April 16th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
simon
What time is it in NZ- like two days from now? Hey man- the Flying Conchords got deported- poor bastards- they were set up
April 16th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
>Charles Ponzi
>What are the odds that a ponzi scheme operator nearly a century ago was named Ponzi?
Perfect — the Ponzi scheme was named for Charles Ponzi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ponzi
April 16th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
beth,
BR was being sarcastic, and you….pedantic.
Why don’t women get sarcasm?
April 16th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
@LeftBack:
I alway thought of Kashkari as “Cash Car” which makes more sense to me considering the sheer amount of Do-re-mi he had to move.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
I can’t believe you missed:
Jack Welch.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
pray tell- you mean that Barry knew “Ponzi” was named after Charles Ponzi- well lordy lordy who could a’ knowed
April 16th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
its appropriate that the members of the richest, most successful investment brokerage team is called:
GOLD MAN SACKS
April 16th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Barry what you need to learn to do ( or have done for you ) is Social Network Analysis [SNA] which is the is the mapping and measuring of relationships and flows between people, groups, organizations, computers, web sites, and other information/knowledge processing entities
Here’s an example…
Contagion amongst Banks
http://www.thenetworkthinker.com/2009/02/contagion-amongst-banks.html
Conclusion: Now that the banking system is infected with toxic assets, none of the banks want to trade with each other. They don’t know what they are getting from their trading partners. No one trusts each other. The financial meltdown has led to a freeze-up of trust and activity. It is like all of the old links went away and you have disconnected nodes staring at each other… too scared to move.
Cheers !
April 16th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
@ call me ahab
I didn’t know Flight Of The Concords had been deported. That sucks what did they do? They are just a New Zealand band. I guess they must be getting big to be mentioned here. I’m not such a big fan although I did end up in a night club suposedly owned by a band member just a few weeks ago. Don’t get the wrong idea…thats got to be the first night club I’ve been to in literally years. So it’s pure coincidence.
Oh and its just after lunch tomorrow here in New Zealand. I hope you all enjoy Friday it’s only a little bit used we try to be careful.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Peter Lynch
And I got a Citibank email from Robin Quest
http://www.scamdex.com/MHON/P/mail3.php
April 16th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Steve Lies-man : CNBC
April 16th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Rob Steel former Chairman and President, Wachovia
April 16th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Department of Labor Sec. Solis, is my recent favorite..
http://www.dol.gov/_sec/welcome.htm
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km4,
social network analysis is a telling tool..don’t miss the opportunity to see the results that petaflop-category ‘putes can churn out in that sphere..
http://clusty.com/search?input-form=clusty-simple&v%3Asources=webplus&query=social+network+analysis+petaflops
LSS: anonymity is an anachronism
April 16th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Jim Cramer… he’s just an idiot
April 16th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
How bout Vikram Pandit @ Citi ?? Not an obvious one, except that his last name is pronounced ‘pundit’ (which literally translates to ‘wise man’ or ‘learned one’ in sanskrit / hindi). Bit ironic given the situation he’s facing and the mystery regarding the buyout deal with his old hedge fund.
Hey BR, regarding the moneypenny fellow, any ties to British MI6 ?
April 16th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
larry summers (head of the National Economic Council)…that would explain the absence of any pessimism in the economic forecasts for the expected recovery…..3% GDP growth….c’mon…really ??
April 17th, 2009 at 1:43 am
or Prof Lawless is a professor of
[ ] Chemistry
[ ] Art
[x] Law
http://stylizedfacts.com/coruscation/2009/04/dennis_the_dentist_rules.html
April 17th, 2009 at 2:22 am
Mike Hunt
April 17th, 2009 at 2:50 am
How bout Doug Short, financial advisor and I believe creator of the four bad bear market graph. I guess I’m cheating since the chart was on TBP not long ago.
http://www.dshort.com/charts/bears/four-bears-large.gif
April 17th, 2009 at 2:52 am
Three colleagues at UBS’s milan branch: Pasta, Grana & Basilico (spaghetti, parmesan and basil)
April 17th, 2009 at 4:18 am
summers=geithner=catastrophe=conflict of interest
please read this excellent sheet:
http://www.chrismartenson.com/blog/america-being-looted/16444
April 17th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Simon-
hey- thanks for the rundown- Yes- “Flight of the Conchords”- funny damn show on HBO (they were deported on their last episode- (don’t think art was imitating life). I bumped into many folks from NZ when I was in Beijing a few years back- probably some of the most laid back people I ever met. I get the impression that New Zealanders are big travelers?
April 17th, 2009 at 9:32 am
John Snow (Treasury/Cerberus/Chrysler bailout). A three-headed monster, indeed.
Chuck Prince.
April 17th, 2009 at 11:17 am
J.P More-Gain
April 17th, 2009 at 11:48 am
kashkari- naturally.
April 17th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
pimpco
April 17th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Greenspan
April 17th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Celadon = Cel-ad-on ~ “Sell the House, Add On Costs”
April 18th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Brian Rattner – Obama’s car czar. He is being investigated for a pay to play pension scheme. An influence peddler who is a true rat.
I just watched The Departed again, and when I was reading the Rattner article I couldn’t help but visualize Jack Nicholson’s rat impersonation. Either that role, Frank Costello, was written for Nicholson or he made it his.
How could you miss that one?
April 18th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Larry Glasscock….ceo of Wellpoint….maybe should be ‘will point’…the name and company are both great double entendre