Dec 18, 2024 | MetroTrade Monthly
For this month’s edition of TWWDT we decided to lighten things up and look at some of Wall Street’s more popular adages. As someone who cut their teeth on the trading floor, I’ve heard these phrases countless times, with, “the trend is your friend,”...
Nov 14, 2024 | MetroTrade Monthly
For this month’s installment of TWWDT, I am changing things up a little and offering some thoughts on how the incoming Trump administration will impact our industry. Much like the rest of the country, I was convinced the election results would take weeks to sort out,...
Oct 22, 2024 | MetroTrade Monthly
If you’ve been following along for the past few months, you may have detected a pattern in these newsletters. In a somewhat long, meandering, but always sincere fashion (and putting my liberal arts education to the best use possible) I have answered the What, Where,...
Sep 26, 2024 | MetroTrade Monthly
Earlier this summer, I spent some time on the East Coast with my wife’s family, and I got the inevitable question: ‘So, _____ said you started your own business. How’s it going?’ After trying and failing to adequately explain what I do for the fourth or fifth time, I...
Aug 21, 2024 | MetroTrade Monthly
Given that it’s summer, and if you are reading this, I hope it is on a beach or with a drink that has an umbrella, I felt it was time to discuss the ‘why’ of “Why We Did That”. In the last year I have just about heard it all from the naysayers: “Don’t set up a retail...
Jul 16, 2024 | MetroTrade Monthly
Chicago has been taking it on the chin for a few years, so we felt it was time to go on offense and review why we chose to make the City of Big Shoulders our corporate home. We decided to start our business in Chicago for three strategic reasons: Chicago’s financial...
