By Paul Sankey
Published on March 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Greetings, Beautiful day here in London, darkening now at 5pm, although temperatures are still wintry-chill, the sun was blazing, and in London, the daffodils are out, following the snowdrops that emerge as early as late January. From here in London, we have another six months of spring, and then go into Autumn. The questionable London summer is a brief transition. By contrast in New York we go from Arctic weather to summer heat with nary …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on October 9, 2024 at 7:26 AM
The internet here at my parent’s apartment is so bad that I looked at buying a Starlink. £299 from Curry’s (British ~Best Buy). I’m tempted to, but in this basement flat, we only have a 20ft square patch of skylight. So now I am running internet from my iPhone and it seems okay including a full Bloomberg. Hats off to technology. And frankly, hats off to Elon. How did he come up with – and …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on September 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Numerous conversations with clients this week, which was fun. I miss the days of the trading floor, of the random conversations, of the face-to-face interaction, hey, the water cooler. We had a great live Happy Hour on the rooftop of the Knickerbocker Hotel this week. My friend Rob is in New York luxury hotels, and business has never been better. The head of events at the Knickerbocker said “We get 85% occupancy without trying, and …
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