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Peter Boockvar is the Chief Investment Officer at The Bleakley Group and publisher of The Boock Report. He is a trusted voice in financial media, regularly contributing to CNBC. Prior to joining Bleakley, Peter was the Chief Market Analyst at The Lindsey Group, a macroeconomic and market research firm founded by former Federal Reserve Governor Larry Lindsey. Earlier in his career, he worked as a Macro Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Omega Advisors and served as an Equity Strategist and Portfolio Manager at Miller Tabak + Company. Peter has been a 3i Member since 2023. In This Episode, Hear About:2025 Market Predictions: Positioning portfolios for shifting economic cyclesGlobal Opportunities: Leveraging Asia's growing middle class and regional momentumThe Role of Crypto: Evaluating digital assets as a hedge and growth opportunity in volatile marketsLearn more about 3i Members at 3imembers.com and follow us on LinkedIn for updates. 

In this captivating episode, Leon Cooperman, a veteran in investment and philanthropy, shares the intriguing story of his professional life. From his early days at Goldman Sachs to founding Omega Advisors and later managing his wealth through a family office, Lee provides a comprehensive overview of his journey. Throughout the episode, Leon shares the pillars of his success, focusing on the blend of hard work, good fortune, and a keen sense of intuition. His stories not only highlight his professional milestones but also shed light on the wisdom he's gathered along the way. Leon opens up about his motivations behind wealth accumulation, which, interestingly, have little to do with personal gain. Instead, he finds fulfillment in using his resources to support causes close to his heart, with a special emphasis on education and healthcare.Listeners are treated to exclusive insights into Leon's cautious views of current economic conditions and his conservative stance on technology and innovation in investing. His stories and advice paint a picture of how strategic thinking and a commitment to higher causes can blend to create a fulfilling and influential life.Tune in to gain a rare glimpse into the mind of one of the finance industry's most influential figures, understanding his perspective on the intertwining of success, responsibility, and the potential impact of future economic challenges.00:00 - Introduction and Background00:58 - Core Principles of Success05:48 - Balancing Intuition and Data07:14 - Influence of Parents and Upbringing09:17 - Defining Moments and Career Changes12:00 - Philanthropy and Giving Back14:37 - Enjoying Making Money and Giving It Away19:23 - Lessons for Success26:06 - Giving Back and Philanthropy29:07 - Concerns about the Economy30:06 - Financial Crisis and Government Spending32:05 - Investing Strategy and Technology34:34 - Dealing with Setbacks in Investing35:28 - Opinions on Bitcoin36:28 - Personal Hobbies and InterestsLeon on Socials:https://www.linkedin.com/in/leon-cooperman-8ab35024/Jon on Socials: IG: @streetschultz FB: Jon SchultzLinkedIn: jonschultz1 www.jonschultz.com

In this episode of Big Shot, we sit down with Wall Street titan Leon Cooperman. The son of working-class Polish immigrants and a first-generation college graduate, Leon founded Omega Advisors after a successful 25-year career at Goldman Sachs, where he rose to become Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Despite being one of the richest men on the planet, Leon lives modestly, even still changing his own lightbulbs. In this fascinating conversation, he shares insights on achieving success in business, marriage, and family, along with his philosophy on giving back, inspired by the belief that "a man's net worth is measured not by what he earns but by what he gives away." Leon even gets political and shares his thoughts on former President Trump. We can't wait for you to listen. If you'd like to apply to be an executive producer, please complete the form here ⁠https://shorturl.at/xLQUW⁠ In This Episode We Cover:  (05:34) Leon's background growing up in the Bronx (07:36) Why Leon quit dental school and switched to economics (09:28) How Leon got 16 job offers after graduating and why he went with Goldman Sachs (11:00) Why Goldman Sachs was so successful  (12:35) How Leon's father reacted to him dropping out of dental school (13:25) Leon's promotion to partner at Goldman Sachs (15:30) Why Lee says he never learned how to live rich  (17:58) Leon's philanthropy and why it's so important to him (19:51) Leon's thoughts on protestors at Columbia  (25:58) Why there are many significant contributions to humanity made by the Jewish people (29:30) Why Leon left Goldman Sachs and founded Omega (33:10) The rogue employee that caused Leon to be accused of insider trading (36:20) Why Leon considers Henry Singleton brilliant (42:52) What Leon loves to do  (43:57) Leon's hands-on approach to philanthropy  (46:17) Why Leon went to Xerox out of college(and why he left to go back to school)  (50:15) Leon's successful marriage and his big takeaway (51:45) Why Leon stuck it out with Goldman Sachs for so long (53:25) Lessons from William Hurt and Teddy Roosevelt (54:40) Why Leon changes his own lightbulbs in spite of his arthritis (55:37) How Leon raised his kids to be self-starters  (57:00) David Rubenstein's recent purchase of the Orioles (57:57) Leon's 40 businesses  (59:25) What chutzpah means to Leon and the importance of respect (1:00:15) Leon's thoughts on capitalism as an equalizer  (1:04:41) Leon's political views  (1:06:02) Why Leon would never vote for Trump (1:07:01) Leon's father and the impact he had on him (1:09:10) How Leon chooses institutions to donate to (1:10:45) How Leon handles setbacks (1:12:35) Why Leon thinks the country isn't at its best  (1:13:40) Leon's thoughts on AI (1:14:22) Leon's mother and her impact on him (1:15:36) Why it's common for Jewish people to have a fallback plan (1:17:35) Advice on investing  (1:21:05) How Leon evaluates companies — Where to find Leon Cooperman: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leon-cooperman-8ab35024/ Book: From The Bronx To Wall Street: My Fifty Years in Finance and Philanthropy: https://www.amazon.com/Bronx-Wall-Street-Finance-Philanthropy/dp/1642256226 Where To Find Big Shot:  Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.bigshot.show/⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@bigshotpodcast⁠⁠   TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@bigshotshow⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/bigshotshow/⁠⁠   Harley Finkelstein: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/harleyf⁠⁠  David Segal: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/tea_maverick⁠⁠ Production and Marketing: ⁠⁠⁠https://penname.co⁠

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PBD Podcast Episode 137. Patrick Bet-David is joined by Danielle DiMartino Booth along with Billionaire Investor Leon Cooperman. Leon Cooperman is an American billionaire investor and hedge fund manager. He is the chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, a New York-based investment advisory firm managing over $3.3 billion in assets under management, the majority consisting of his personal wealth. To reach the Valuetainment team you can email: booking@valuetainment.com Text: PODCAST to 310.340.1132 to get added to the distribution list About: Patrick Bet-David is the founder and CEO of Valuetainment Media. He is the author of the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller Your Next Five Moves (Simon & Schuster) and a father of 2 boys and 2 girls. He currently resides in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Danielle DiMartino Booth is a Founder & CEO of Quill Intelligence. DiMartino Booth set out to launch a #ResearchRevolution, redefining how markets intelligence is conceived and delivered. To build QI, she brought together a core team of investing veterans to analyze the trends and provide critical analysis on what is driving the markets – both in the United States and globally. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pbdpodcast/support

Jeff Lignelli is the founder, portfolio manager, and CEO of Incline Global Management, a long short equity fund based in New York. Central to Incline Global's philosophy is a rigorous adherence to data and analytics. "When you start a hedge fund, it's not like you've won a prize; you've only won the right to work very, very, very hard," points out Jeff, "Starting a hedge fund is only a license for continuous improvement. And the people that will really do well over the long term are funds who evolve over time." Jeff Lignelli's great grandfather left Naples, Italy, at age 17 and worked in the Pittsburg steel industry. His grandfather's courage inspired Jeff to aim higher, which led to him to graduate from the Wharton School of Business as a Joseph Wharton Honors Scholar. "It's so important to work very hard to put everything you can into growing your business and your fund. I actually like to think that I have ice in my veins during the very difficult times in the market. And I think that comes from the mindset that you get being so close to someone from that generation—like my grandfather." Prior to forming Incline Global in 2012, Mr. Lignelli served as a partner on the investment staff at Appaloosa Management. At Appaloosa, Mr. Lignelli was responsible for developing specific sector themes and related equity investments. Prior to his tenure at Appaloosa Management, Mr. Lignelli founded Stonebrook Fund Management in 2001, where he was a portfolio manager for the firm’s long/short equity hedge funds. In 2008, Stonebrook returned outside capital to investors and Mr. Lignelli primarily managed his personal capital until he joined Appaloosa Management. From 1998 until 2001, Mr. Lignelli was a partner on the investment staff at Omega Advisors where he invested in companies across a myriad of sectors, geographies and market capitalization. Before joining Omega, Mr. Lignelli served as equity analyst at Atticus Capital where he performed research and analysis across equities and special situation investments. Mr. Lignelli began his career in finance as analyst and associate at Gleacher & Co. where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and gained a detailed knowledge of valuation and construction of financial models.   

Wall Street Legend, Renowned Investor, and Philanthropist. Today’s episode will be with billionaire investor Leon Cooperman. Cooperman is the CEO and chairman of Omega Advisors, which is a hedge fund. The company Omega Advisors was founded in 1991 by Cooperman, they are currently based in New York City, New York. This investment firm offers investment advisory and portfolio management; as well as managing just over 3.3 billion US dollars. Cooperman has his undergraduate degree from Hunter College and his Master in Business Administration from Columbia University. After spending the early portion of his working years in the Investment research Department in Goldman and Sachs, he became CEO and chairman of the company. After his twenty five total years at the company he organized a private investment partnership which has now grown to be known as Omega Advisors. Cooperman is also a philanthropist who has donated to places such as: his alma mater Columbia Business School, Saint Barnabas Medical Center; while also having his own scholarship program in the Northeastern United States. Cooperman is now retired and plans on donating more of his fortunes to charitable causes; Omega Advisors is currently functioning as a family office (a private company managing the wealth of a singular family). This episode is backed by Market Games.  The rise of automation is driving the need for students to build higher-order thinking skills that go beyond the textbook. The value of simply being book smart has declined, and the efficacy of textbooks in preparing students for the real world has also naturally declined. Just as businesses are adapting to changes in these uncertain times, the time has come for education to adapt to the market’s new demand for skills like critical thinking, teamwork, and leadership skills.Market Games is an ed-tech startup that’s gamifying the textbook experience to help business educators drive down the costs of course materials and scale their students' success. We build active and collaborative digital tools that make learning more engaging, effective, and affordable for the new generation of learners.Learn more at https://www.marketgames.io/

This episode is supported by private equity platform Moonfare. In this show, I talk with Dr. Dirk Willer. He’s a Managing Director and Global Head of Emerging Markets FX and Fixed Income Strategy at Citigroup in NY. His research covers global emerging markets for FX, local rates, and credit. Dirk and his team have been ranked as the top team in the 2019 institutional investor survey for emerging markets strategy in FX and rates. Previously, Dirk worked at Omega Advisors and RHG Capital as a global macro strategist and at Swiss Bank as Russia strategist. He’s also recently published an excellent new book called “Trading Fixed Income and FX in Emerging Markets: A Practitioner′s Guide”.  In this podcast we discuss: How markets treated the US election like an EM election Impact of Biden’s win on major EM Why EM does well with the vaccine breakthroughs Which EM will do best in post-COVID world Will EM inflation pick up? Can EM survive higher US rates? Is China a good long-term buy? Should we be worried about Brazil’s fiscal numbers? How much does EM depend on global factors? Trading rules for EM markets Books that influenced Dirk: Market Wizards, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality, Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

EU Stimulus Approved, European ETFs Rally & Markets Close Mixed – Daily Financial News Summary For Tuesday, July 21, 2020 Another day of musical chairs in the markets as the three main market indexes shifted again. The Nasdaq sunk 0.8%, while the Dow Jones gained 0.6% and the S&P 500 snuck 0.2% higher. Tech dipped downward from the big Amazon gains yesterday, giving Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Facebook, and Microsoft a 1% loss on the day, while Alphabet saw a 0.5% loss. As the markets closed, United Airlines announced a second-quarter loss of $1.6 billion. While the stock got jumpy during the announcement, at the time of publishing, the share price was up about 2% in after-market trading. Meanwhile, Delta closed the day up 0.8%, American Airlines stayed even with no gains on the day at market close, and Southwest Airlines was up 1.94% on the day. The European Commission approved a 750 billion euro stimulus to help the European Union countries and industries that have been impacted by Coronavirus. Meanwhile, the United States anxiously awaits plans for next steps in Coronavirus relief plans as programs such as the $600 unemployment benefit and other mortgage and rent relief programs reach their expiration dates. https://callputstrike.com/2020/07/21/stock-market-is-overvalued-expect-square-root-recovery-leon-cooperman/ Stock Market Is Overvalued, Expect Square-Root Recovery: Leon Cooperman The U.S stock market and the economy are lacking many of the underlying principles previously used to explain them historically. Those are sentiments echoed by hedge fund billionaire, Leon Cooperman. He is the chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, a New York-based investment advisory firm managing over $3.3 billion in assets under management. According to the billionaire investor, at current levels, the market is overvalued, having failed to price in, or factor, some of the developments that signal economic growth stagnation. “If you go back to your school days — you have a sharp movement down, you have a bounceback, but… the growth rate in the economy going forward will be less than people think,” Cooperman said and predicted the market will see a square-root shaped recovery, similar to his thoughts following the 2009 market crash. https://callputstrike.com/2020/07/21/stock-market-is-overvalued-expect-square-root-recovery-leon-cooperman/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/callputstrike/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/callputstrike/support

Billionaire investor Leon “Lee” Cooperman, chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, joins the podcast to discuss the future of the stock market, investing, capitalism, the U.S. economy, future of work, and decoupling with China.

of Omega Advisors. After getting his MBA from Columbia Business School, Leon joined Goldman Sachs as a Junior Analyst and ultimately built up Goldman Sachs' asset management division, GSAM. In 1991 Leon decided to follow his passion for money management and started his hedge fund, Omega Advisors, which became a family office in 2018. Leon is a member of The Giving Pledge and he takes great pleasure in giving back to those organizations and institutions that made a difference in his life.  From humble beginnings, Leon benefitted greatly from the public education system while attending high school and college in the Bronx. Intuition has always played an important role in Leon’s life. After years of hard work to fulfill his goal of becoming a dentist, he followed that intuition and dropped out of dental school after just 8 days, forfeiting a full year of tuition and expenses. That misstep into dentistry put Leon on the path that would lead to Columbia Business School and a job at Goldman Sachs right after graduation, which he credits with changing the trajectory of his life.  On this episode, Leon and I talk about how Leon went from dreams of dentistry to a successful career in the investment world, Leon’s approach to value investing, Leon’s career path at Goldman Sachs, why Leon founded Omega Advisors, how politics affects policy, Leon’s take on the current state of the financial markets, Leon’s approach to philanthropy, and so much more!   Key Topics: The two factors to which Leon attributes his success (2:56) Why Leon wrote a letter to President Obama (3:12) How getting an MBA from Columbia Business School changed the trajectory of Leon’s life (4:22) Why Leon dropped out of dental school (4:36) The key role intuition played from early in Leon’s life (6:05) How Leon ended up working at Goldman Sachs right after graduating (6:56) Leon’s introduction to value investing at Columbia Business School (8:12) Leon’s career at Goldman from Junior Analyst to Partner (9:36) The benefits of the close working relationship between sales, trading, and research at Goldman (11:08) The dual roles Leon had to play in the 70s (11:42) Leon’s favorite aspect of doing investment research (12:37) Why Leon keeps up to date with the micro- and macro-activities of the business world (13:44) The origin of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (14:42) The inception of Omega Advisors Hedge Fund and its evolution into a family office (16:50) Why Leon decided to retire (18:05) What Leon told Warren Buffett about The Giving Pledge (18:48) Why Leon decided to leave Goldman Sachs (19:16) How Leon’s brush with the S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) positively impacted him (21:18) Leon’s investment strategy when he started Omega Advisors (22:24) The importance of surrounding yourself with knowledgeable people (23:06) How regulatory changes have driven up the cost of business (24:01) Why Leon attributes value orientation as the driver behind the success of Omega Advisors (25:35) Leon’s current investment strategy (26:02) Leon’s perspective on the current state of the financial markets (27:33) Why we should be worried about the amount of debt currently being created in the economy (29:46) What Leon considers to be a “normal” state for the markets (31:07) How government policy has contributed to the current income disparity (33:14) The problem with wealth tax (34:31) Why Leon believes America’s commitment to capitalism is so important (37:55) How the current state of politics is affecting the creation of sensible policy (39:42) The four things you can do with money (42:37) Leon’s philanthropic endeavors (43:54) And much more!    Mentioned in this Episode: The Giving Pledge Open Letter To The President Of The United States Of America from Leon Cooperman The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Goldman Sachs Benjamin Graham and David Dodd’s Book | Security Analysis Cooperman College Scholars  The Cooperman Family Fund for a Jewish Future Lehman College   Thanks for Listening! Be sure to subscribe on Apple, Google, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And feel free to drop us a line at valueinvesting@gsb.columbia.edu.   Follow the Heilbrunn Center on social media on Instagram, LinkedIn, and more!

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews hedge-fund manager Leon Cooperman of Omega Advisors about the thrill of finding an attractive investment everyone else has overlooked. Cooperman, 75, is converting his fund into a family office before the end of this year. He is also a billionaire philanthropist, and a member to Warren Buffett’s and Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge. He has committed to donating his fortune to charity during his lifetime. This is a Bloomberg Opinion podcast. To download, watch or listen to this report now, click on the thumbnail/player on the sidebar. For additional Bloomberg podcasts, see {NI PODCAST }.

Interview discusses: Why he believes the current bull market still has room to run. Some of the factors Omega considers in determining position sizing. How Omega blends macroeconomics with fundamental investing. Which sectors of the equity market Omega currently finds to be attractive. Some of the factors Omega considers in determining when to exit a position. How Omega invests in this current unpredictable political environment. What geopolitical risks concern them. What is on Omega's “bear market” checklist.Biography: Steve is Vice Chairman of Omega Advisors, Inc., a New York based long/short equity hedge fund.  He joined Omega in 1999. Steve became a limited partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co. at the end of 1998.  Before that, he was Goldman Sachs' partner-in-charge of the Global Investment Research Department and Co-Chairman of the Investment Policy Committee. 

Leon G. Cooperman is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Omega Advisors, a private investment partnership he organized in 1991. Previously, he spent 25 years with Goldman Sachs, where he was a partner and served as chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. While at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Cooperman was voted the number one portfolio strategist in the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team survey for nine consecutive years. This remarkable accomplishment solidified his reputation as the most incisive analyst on Wall Street. At Omega Advisors, he has brought the same thoughtfulness and dedication to managing portfolios, and now oversees in excess of $3.5 billion in assets, resulting in his renown as one of America's most influential investors. In 2013, Mr. Cooperman was inducted into Alpha Magazine's Hedge Fund Hall of Fame, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Horatio Alger Association. Not content to rest on professional success, Mr. Cooperman has devoted his time and efforts to various charitable causes. He is a member of the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School. Additionally, he is a member of the board of directors of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, a member of the investment committee of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and board chairman of Green Spaces, a committee organized to rebuild parks in Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Cooperman is chairman emeritus of the Saint Barnabas Development Foundation. The mission of Cooperman College Scholars is to help highly motivated, academically talented, under-represented students thrive in college. We place students in challenging, well-matched environments with solid support systems, and we eliminate the pressures of insufficient financial aid which can negatively affect student retention and graduation. For more information on the Cooperman College Scholars program, please visit www.coopermanscholars.org

Leon Cooperman, chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, talks about Bill Ackman's plans for Automatic Data Processing Inc. Prior to that, Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP, says China is becoming a major technological force. Then, Jared Bernstein, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget Policy, says the U.S. tax codes are just too complex. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Leon Cooperman, chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, talks about Bill Ackman's plans for Automatic Data Processing Inc. Prior to that, Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP, says China is becoming a major technological force. Then, Jared Bernstein, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget Policy, says the U.S. tax codes are just too complex.

Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St interviewed first time guest, Chief Market Analyst with the Lindsey Group and Editor of the Boock Report newsletter, Peter Boockvar https://boockreport.com/. Peter's Bio: https://boockreport.com/about/, http://www.thelindseygroup.com/bios/ Peter is the Chief Market Analyst with The Lindsey Group, a macro economic and market research firm. • He is Co-CIO at Bookmark Advisors and a regular CNBC Contributor. Previously he was as a macro analyst and portfolio manager at Omega Advisors, a New York hedge fund. Each day The Boock Report provides summaries and commentary on all the macro data and news that matters for your investments. Additionally I give broader analysis of what it all means and how it fits together with exclusive podcasts and video updates. During this 25+ minute interview Jason asks Peter if he thinks President Trump wants a strong US Dollar relative to other currencies? Peter thinks there's conflicting messages and policies coming from Trump and his cabinet/advisors. Peter and Jason discuss whether the Federal Reserve will raise rates in 2017 and if this combined with potential tariffs on imported goods into the US will create worsening stagflation in the real economy. Jason also asks Peter about current stock market valuations, a global US Dollar shortage, growing currency and asset price volatility and whether any central bank can realistically reduce the size of their balance sheet in a significant way?

July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg View columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Leon Cooperman, Chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, a roughly $9.4 billion hedge fund based in New York City. He started Omega in 1991 after spending 25 years at Goldman Sachs & Co., where he had started the bank’s asset management unit. They discuss Hedge Funds. This interview aired on Bloomberg Radio.

"Moderated by John Elliot, Dean of the Zicklin School of Business, the highlight of this lecture is made by Leon G. Cooperman, founder and Chairman of Omega Advisors and former Chairman and CEO of the Goldman, Sachs & Co.'s asset management. Mr. Cooperman delivers the sixth annual Burton Kossoff Business Leadership lecture. He discusses about his background, working experiences at Goldman, Sachs & Co., and provides investment advice, hedge fund business, market valuation, and lessons learned from his leadership experience. The event takes place on April 13, 2011, at the Newman Conference Center, Room 750, as part of the Baruch College Executives on Campus program."

"Moderated by John Elliot, Dean of the Zicklin School of Business, the highlight of this lecture is made by Leon G. Cooperman, founder and Chairman of Omega Advisors and former Chairman and CEO of the Goldman, Sachs & Co.’s asset management. Mr. Cooperman delivers the sixth annual Burton Kossoff Business Leadership lecture. He discusses about his background, working experiences at Goldman, Sachs & Co., and provides investment advice, hedge fund business, market valuation, and lessons learned from his leadership experience. The event takes place on April 13, 2011, at the Newman Conference Center, Room 750, as part of the Baruch College Executives on Campus program."

Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman made public his letter to the President, in which he calls for Obama to end his class warfare rhetoric and appeal to all voters today. Cooperman, below, makes the point that the President's comments are divisive at a time we can least afford it. The chairman of Omega Advisors was a one-time Goldman Sachs asset management chief.   OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Lets Discuss!!!

Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman made public his letter to the President, in which he calls for Obama to end his class warfare rhetoric and appeal to all voters today. Cooperman, below, makes the point that the President's comments are divisive at a time we can least afford it. The chairman of Omega Advisors was a one-time Goldman Sachs asset management chief.   OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   Lets Discuss!!!