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THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 12 October 2009

2009/10/11
By Finbar Taggit
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 12 October 2009

FINTAG COMMENT


Erratic.

Like my predictions of late, the next few newsletters will be erratic in delivery. During boom times, managers love to tell you how good they are; come the slump and the excuses run out and those newsletters run dry. My excuse is travelling. For...
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THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 09 October 2009

2009/10/09
By Finbar Taggit
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 09 October 2009

FINTAG COMMENT


Economy.

I tried but I couldn't cope, so bought an upgrade to First Class. This game of down sizing is not as easy as I thought. Like going cold turkey, one needs to be locked away for a few weeks or you take the easier...
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THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 08 October 2009

2009/10/08
By Finbar Taggit
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 08 October 2009

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Expenses.

So I took a lot of money out my business and bought a few depreciating assets like USD, Spanish real estate and a Latvian night club. Having to manage my own money as well as others was easy but managing my own isn't in...
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THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 07 October 2009

2009/10/06
By Finbar Taggit
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 07 October 2009

FINTAG COMMENT


Hello.

FunTimes Capital? FugTin Asset Management? Figtan Advisors? FatTom Fund Capital? NagNag Capital? FitNag Fund Management? GitNaf? GaffIt? How can thinking up a name be so difficult? My compliance officer has set up a couple of companies and I have the Change of Name resolutions...
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THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 06 October 2009

2009/10/06
By Finbar Taggit
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 06 October 2009

FINTAG COMMENT


Partners Meeting.

Today I chaired my first meeting as a non founder. Weird. It didn't have much to do except review the workings of other committees that do the real work. I have set the next meeting to just after Christmas so I can do...
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THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 05 October 2009

2009/10/04
By Finbar Taggit
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 05 October 2009

FINTAG COMMENT


1 in 10.

Funding the long term unemployed is expensive. Now I am technically one of those who is without work, (being a chairman consultant is not really work) with plenty of leisure time, I shall be consuming without contributing for the next few months....
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THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 02 October 2009

2009/10/02
By Finbar Taggit
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 02 October 2009

FINTAG COMMENT


Recruitment.

Many of my friends are headhunters but it is time to out them as devils in skirts. Many commentators have picked up my rantings over the years about who and what caused the crash, you know the usual suspects: CRA, Private Equity, short term...
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THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 01 October 2009

2009/10/01
By Finbar Taggit
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 01 October 2009

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Making Love.

We all love making the stuff but the second best activity is eating a good biscuit. When I visit an investor, bank or whoever wants to listen to me prattling on about whatever is on my mind, a corporation's true self is exposed....
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THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 30 September 2009

2009/09/29
By Finbar Taggit
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 30 September 2009

FINTAG COMMENT


Television.

So on-line advertising is beating TV adverts for the first time. I rarely watch TV although yesterday I was glued to a socialist ranting on about how he was going to spend even more of my money and a comedy-tragedy drama about the lost...
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THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 29 September 2009

2009/09/28
By Finbar Taggit
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 29 September 2009

FINTAG COMMENT


Investment Bankers.

What a strange place it must be. You are smarter than the average, work longer hours, burn out younger. You like to shout a lot, wave your arms around are wear loud clothes. Your pay packet is huge compared to your true abilities...
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