Category Archives: Interest and Oddities

A Life on the Lake

Posted on October 25, 2019 by admin

(So I’ve not been writing much at all, but has this one stashed away and decided to post it just to keep engaged. It means something to me, though I’m not overly proud of it to be honest.) Sam pumped … Continue reading →

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Another Fish Story

Posted on April 21, 2019 by admin

The Trout Went One Way The trout went one way. Foster went another. He leapt out of the water, arching over its surface, and then diving into the depths of the cold pool. For a trout, such a move is … Continue reading →

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Err, It’s Been A While.

Posted on April 15, 2019 by admin

Posted on April 15, 2019 by admin In this new phase of my life I’ve returned to take up something that has long — and I do mean long — interested me.  That is, archaeology, specifically that of New England Indians.  It’s hard … Continue reading →

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All Those Jews!

Posted on March 11, 2019 by admin

I came across an article about how many Jews there are in the world today. Take a guess. It’s about 14.7 million, according to Haaretz. You can expand that to as much as many as 17 million if you include … Continue reading →

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Encounter in a Park

Posted on March 9, 2019 by admin

  I. The senior partner raised his glass for one final toast to the departing 3L, a third-year law student who’d come in for the Christmas Party. He’d just been offered a position to start at the end of the … Continue reading →

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Savings at the Pump? Yesteryear’s News

Posted on February 6, 2019 by admin

(This appeared on WealthManagement.com, a division of my old firm Informa.) Savings at the Pump? Yesteryear’s News There was a time when lower energy prices were considered a boon to the economy. Not anymore. David Ader | Feb 04, 2019 There was … Continue reading →

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The U.S. Shouldn’t Get Too Creative With Debt Sales

Posted on February 5, 2019 by admin

Once again the kind editors at Bloomberg reached out asking my thoughts on Treasury thinking-out-of-the-box when it comes to new sorts of issues to deal with the deficit. Below is what I wrote and they published. Note the conclusion; in … Continue reading →

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Active Funds Are Winning (in Bonds, That Is)

Posted on February 4, 2019 by admin

This was a pleasant surprise this morning; to see myself nicely quoted in the WSJ on a theme that’s been dear to my heart.  Here’s the link; https://goo.gl/LYmJ9Q Active Funds Are Winning (in Bonds, That Is) Active managers have more … Continue reading →

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The Last Cast

Posted on February 1, 2019 by admin

When Charlie Calisher was shoved into early retirement he made a promise to himself; he’d fish until he got bored. Boredom was not the goal. Boredom was a worry, an admonishment, a sentence that he was beside the point.  He’d … Continue reading →

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The Lonely Shadow Box

Posted on February 1, 2019 by admin

On the wall of Chick’s den hangs a shadow box.  You know the sort; a framed box containing three-dimensional things, real objects as opposed to art.  That someone would go to the trouble of putting a shadow box collection together … Continue reading →

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