Thoughts from the end of a financial era

As we near the close of a market cycle, smart people anticipate more global conflict and less fallout from Brexit than you might expect

Protesters in Albany, New York demand universal rent control

Last week I spoke to a highly successful hedge fund manager whom I have known for a number of years. Although he is still under 40, I have no doubt that we will speak of him in the same terms as hedge fund titans such as George Soros in years to come.

I consider him a mentor of sorts and every time I speak to him I come away feeling I have learned ...