Life of an 18-Year-Old Day Trader: He’s Got Fake Millions, Fake ID
For a good chunk of July, an 18-year-old kid from Long Island named Harris Kupperman was beating the 9,100 other contestants_in_something_called "TheStreet.com Investment Challenge." In just four...
View ArticleLay Off the Day Traders, You Wretches and Snobs
What's this: We're still hung up on day traders? As the bull market rolls on, the old-media aristocracy (most recently, The New York Times Magazine , on Nov. 21) continues to obsess over the solitary...
View ArticleHow to Feel Sort Of Broke When Everyone Is Rich
The investment banker turned to me and grimaced: "I can't believe how much money that guy is making." "That guy" was working for an Internet startup, and his paper worth had recently soared into the...
View ArticleI.P.O. Jackpot Dreams Fade for Dot-Com Scribes
Last May, as dot-com mania was blooming, Dave Kansas, the editor of TheStreet.com, became a rich guy when the financial news site went public. At the end of first day of trading, he owned $9 million...
View ArticleTrading ‘Fizzy’ and ‘Mr. Softee’ And Talking on the Air, 24/7
I remember the first time I saw James Cramer on TV. I thought , " Man , whatever is the opposite of yoga, this guy is doing it." Mr. Cramer was(andremains) everything Om Shantih isn't: uncool bordering...
View ArticleDiving into the Dividend Fray, Pondering Perverse Effects
Everybody knew a plan to cut the corporate dividend tax was on its way. Buttotal elimination? Back in early December, TheStreet.com reported that the "scuttlebutt" was a (in retrospect) humble...
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