Podcast appearances and mentions of william cohan

William Cohan, financial writer for Puck News and author of many books, including Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon (Penguin Random House, 2022), offers analysis of the latest twists and turns of President Trump's trade war, and how Wall Street is reacting to the chaotic rollout (and rollback) of the tariffs.

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Michael talks to William Cohan, author of "The Price of Silence: The Duke Lacrosse Scandal, the Power of the Elite, and the Corruption of Our Great Universities." The bestselling author presents his stunning account of the 2006 Duke lacrosse team scandal that reveals the pressures faced by America's elite colleges and universities and pulls back the curtain, in a riveting narrative, on the larger issues of sexual misconduct, underage drinking, and bad-boy behavior—all too prevalent on campuses across the country. Original air date 15 April 2014. The book was published on 8 April 2014.

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Welcome to the stock market in 2024. When we recorded today's show, Chewy was up about 60% for the month. By the time we wrote the description, Roaring Kitty had posted a picture of a dog and the stock was briefly up more than 80% on the month. (00:21) Ricky Mulvey and Tim Beyers discuss what's behind Chewy's surge, Amazon's new retail plan and journey to being a multi-trillion-dollar company. Then, William Cohan from Puck (16:13) joins Ricky to discuss his reporting on Paramount and future after it turned down a buyout deal from Skydance Media. Companies discussed: CHWY, AMZN, PARA Check out Puck's newsletters: https://puck.news/newsletters/ Host: Ricky Mulvey Guests: Tim Beyers, William Cohan Producer: Dylan Lewis Engineers: Dan Boyd, Tim Sparks Public.com disclosure: A High-Yield Cash Account is a secondary brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn a variable interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance. Neither Public Investing nor any of its affiliates is a bank. US only. Learn more at public.com/disclosures/high-yield-account Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Cohan pulled out all the stops to get the Wall Street Journal to hire him, including getting an MBA, but they just wouldn't. So he turned to corporate America. After nearly two decades as an investment banker, he got kicked out of Wall Street, forcing him to pivot again. In today's episode, William shares the incredible story of how he went from broke, award-winning journalist to investment banker to bestselling author. William Cohan is a prolific author and founding partner of Puck, a daily digital news and opinion publication focused on business. His first book, The Last Tycoons, won the 2007 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. In this episode, Ilana and William will discuss: - His journey from broke journalist to investment banker - The parallels between journalism and finance - His expulsion from Wall Street  - How he reinvented himself as an award-winning writer - Lessons from the downfall of General Electric - The value of transferable skills across different industries  - How being open to new possibilities can lead to unexpected career paths - Persistence in the face of resistance  - The need for CEOs to be open to dissenting views - And other topics…   William D. Cohan is the bestselling author of The Last Tycoons, which won the 2007 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. He has also written several other books on the financial sector, including his latest, Power Failure. He is a former Wall Street M&A investment banker with 17 years of experience at prestigious firms like Lazard Frères & Co., Merrill Lynch, and JPMorgan Chase. William is also a former special correspondent at Vanity Fair and a founding partner of Puck, a daily digital news and opinion publication focused on business. His writing has appeared in The Financial Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and The Atlantic, among others. Connect with William: William's Website: https://williamcohan.com/   William's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamdcohan/  Resources Mentioned: William's Book, Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Failure-Rise-Fall-American/dp/0593084160/

BIO: William D. Cohan, a former senior Wall Street M&A investment banker for 17 years at Lazard Frères & Co., Merrill Lynch, and JPMorgan Chase, is the New York Times bestselling author of seven nonfiction narratives, including his most recent book, Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of An American Icon.STORY: William discusses lessons from his most recent book, which is a story of General Electric (GE), a former global company with facilities worldwide. In his book, William focuses on former GE CEO Jack Welch, who took over the company in 1981 and increased its market value from $12 billion to $650 billion. This company became one of the world's most valuable and respected companies, and then it all fell apart.LEARNING: Leadership matters. You are not always right. Achieve the numbers in an ethical manner. “I try to write books that I like to read, with great characters and great stories. And, yes, it's a long book, but I think it's a great story and worth your time.”William Cohan Guest profileWilliam D. Cohan, a former senior Wall Street M&A investment banker for 17 years at Lazard Frères & Co., Merrill Lynch, and JPMorgan Chase, is the New York Times bestselling author of seven nonfiction narratives, including his most recent book, Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of An American Icon.William is a former guest on the show on episode 739: Get the Numbers Right Before You Invest. Today, he's back to discuss lessons from his most recent book, which is a story of General Electric (GE), a former global company with facilities worldwide. In his book, William focuses on former GE CEO Jack Welch, who took over the company in 1981 and increased its market value from $12 billion to $650 billion. This company became one of the most valuable and respected companies in the world, and then it kind of all fell apart.Leadership mattersThe ability of a company to adapt and flexibly evolve in response to market changes is crucial for sustained success. This is vividly illustrated through the leadership tenures of Jack Welch and Jeff Immelt at General Electric (GE), where Welch's strategic boldness and Immelt's subsequent decisions markedly impacted the company's fortunes. The two leaders demonstrate the importance of getting the right man on the right job.Welch was among five candidates vying to become CEO in 1981. He was picked as the CEO because he was potentially the most disruptive—he was going to be this change agent, there was no doubt about it. Welch had pledged to disrupt things to change how GE was run, and he was frankly a fantastic leader. People loved working for him, and he got more out of people than they thought possible. Welch was beloved, feared, respected, and delivered.When choosing a successor, Welch gravitated towards Immelt because he went to Dartmouth and Harvard Business School, got his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, and was generally intelligent. However, Immelt didn't understand GE Capital. He didn't understand finance well or know the dangers of borrowing short and lending long.Borrowing in the commercial paper market is like a 30-day liability, and lending out 7-10 years means that if something happens and dries up your source of capital, you're toast. This saw him make wrong decisions, which significantly impacted the company.In comparison, when Jack Welch made...

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Today we're playing you an episode of Land of the Giants that takes a walk down memory lane to the early days of Twitter and how the platform became the best and worst place on the internet. If you like it; check out the Land of The Giants: The Twitter Fantasy and revisit our interviews with Ben Mezrich, Walter Isaacson, Ronan Farrow and William Cohan, or Kara and Nayeema's own walk down memory lane on Twitter.  Enjoy! And we'll be back on Thursday with a new episode of On. This episode hosted by Peter Kafka (@pkafka) and Lauren Goode (@laurengoode) EDITOR'S NOTE: This episode contains descriptions of sexual harassment and of graphic threats of violence. This section begins after the second midroll break and lasts for about 7 minutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BIO: William D. Cohan, a former senior Wall Street M&A investment banker for 17 years at Lazard Frères & Co., Merrill Lynch, and JPMorgan Chase, is the New York Times bestselling author of seven non-fiction narratives, including his most recent book called Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Idol.STORY: In 1990, William asked a trader to buy him 10 shares in Berkshire Hathaway, thinking a share was selling at $1,200, only to be told it was $12,000. He decided to keep two shares and sold the other eight. Had William invested $120,000 for the 10 shares in Berkshire Hathaway in 1990, they would be worth $7.4 million today.LEARNING: Get the numbers right before you invest. “I decided to write this book for people who wanted to know about how Wall Street works but were afraid to ask how things work.”William Cohan Guest profileWilliam D. Cohan, a former senior Wall Street M&A investment banker for 17 years at Lazard Frères & Co., Merrill Lynch, and JPMorgan Chase, is the New York Times bestselling author of seven non-fiction narratives, including his most recent book called Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Idol.Worst investment everIn 1990, William was interested in buying some Berkshire Hathaway stock. The company he was working for at the time, Lazard, had a Quotron machine on each floor. William used the machine to get Berkshire's stock price of the day and got $1,200 a share. William went down to the company's trader and told him that he wanted to buy 10 shares of Berkshire Hathaway. William figured 1,200 x 10, that's $12,000, and as a first-year associate, he didn't have much money but figured he had 12,000 extra dollars to invest in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway shares.Twenty minutes later, the trader called William back, and he said the trade was done and to pay $120,000. William was in shock because he thought he was supposed to pay $12,000 and not $120,000. The trader explained that the Quotron machine only goes to four decimal points, so he'd gotten $1,200.William didn't have $120,000, so he decided to keep only two shares at $24,000. The trader sold the other eight back into the market. Now, 33 years later, the Berkshire Hathaway stock is trading for something like $540,000 a share. William's two shares are now worth over a million dollars, and he only paid $24,000 for them, which is nice. But he also let go of eight shares. Had he invested $120,000 for the 10 shares in Berkshire Hathaway in 1990, they would be worth $7.4 million today.Lessons learnedGet the numbers right before you invest.William's recommendationsWilliam recommends his books because he believes they're great resources for learning about important events and companies on Wall Street.No.1 goal for the next 12 monthsWilliam's number one goal for the next 12 months is to continue writing his new book and the weekly writing assignments for POC.Parting words “Enjoy your life as much as you can. No one gets out alive.”William Cohan Connect with William CohanLinkedIn

William Cohan worked as an investment banker for 17 years at some of the most prestigious firms on Wall Street. But after he lost his job at JPMorgan Chase in his mid-forties, he decided to pivot to writing, and he's now one of the world's premier financial journalists. In today's episode, William shares his journey on and off Wall Street, provides his insights on some of the most influential business leaders in history, and breaks down the rise and fall of one of America's most influential companies, General Electric. William Cohan is the author of multiple New York Times bestselling books. A former longtime special correspondent at Vanity Fair, he is also a founding partner of Puck, a daily digital news and opinion publication. His most recent book is Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon, which is about the astounding rise and precipitous fall of General Electric.   In this episode, Hala and William will discuss: - His journey from journalist to investment banker and back - Working on Wall Street in the 1980s - How not to get hoodwinked by the Street - Why it's never too late to change careers - Creating a new business model for journalism at Puck - The rise and fall of General Electric - Channeling the energy of GE's legendary CEO Jack Welch - Why you don't need to be a founder or inventor to make it big - And other topics…   William Cohan was a senior Wall Street M&A investment banker for 17 years at Lazard Frères & Co., Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan Chase. He is the New York Times bestselling author of three non-fiction narratives about Wall Street: Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World; House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street; and The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co. A former longtime special correspondent at Vanity Fair, he is also a founding partner of Puck, a daily digital news and opinion publication. His most recent book is Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon, which is about the astounding rise and precipitous fall of General Electric, once the world's most valuable and respected companies.   Resources Mentioned: William's Website: https://williamcohan.com/ William's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamdcohan/ William's Twitter: https://twitter.com/WilliamCohan William's Newsletter (Dry Powder): https://puck.news/newsletters/dry-powder/ William Cohan's most recent book is Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Failure-Rise-General-Electric/dp/0593084160/   LinkedIn Secrets Masterclass, Have Job Security For Life: Use code ‘podcast' for 30% off at yapmedia.io/course.   Sponsored By: Justworks - Learn more about Justworks by visiting youngandprofiting.co/justworks    More About Young and Profiting Download Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com  Get Sponsorship Deals - youngandprofiting.com/sponsorships Leave a Review -  ratethispodcast.com/yap Watch Videos - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting   Follow Hala Taha LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ TikTok - tiktok.com/@yapwithhala Twitter - twitter.com/yapwithhala   Learn more about YAP Media Agency Services - yapmedia.io/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're talking about Elon – again – but this time we're looking at the big picture: the tech titan's “unprecedented power” over our the federal government and national security, as encapsulated in Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Ronan Farrow's latest New Yorker profile. William Cohan, a financial journalist and founding partner of Puck News, also joins to break down the varying fortunes of SpaceX, Tesla and Twitter, and the sustainability of those companies under a leader that is ambitious, but capricious. Stay til the end to hear Kara tell Nayeema why, despite his shenanigans, she still has empathy for Elon Musk.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Renowned financial journalist William Cohan reports on a radical deal being drawn up on Wall Street to make peace with the Trump Indictments. Could this dream make it out of Manhattan and into Washington? Original air date 8 August 2023.

Before the mega-cap tech giants, there was General Electric.  William D. Cohan is a Founding Partner of Puck and the author of “Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon.” Cohan joined Ricky Mulvey to discuss:  - Jack Welch, and the religion of earnings consistency. - The mythology behind General Electric's birth.  -General Electric's “time of death”.  - Why Cohan believes a combination between Warner Brothers Discovery and NBCUniversal is “inevitable.”  Host: Ricky Mulvey Guest: William D. Cohan  Engineer: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl, Tim Sparks, Annie Franks Companies discussed: GE, DIS, WBD, CMCSA 

On this episode of Closed! we chat with New York Times best selling author William Cohan about the current state of the commercial real estate market. The conversation focuses on how the dual blows of the pandemic and rapidly rising rates have put the squeeze on owners of class B real estate, and the holders of office focused REITs. Cohan also shares his thoughts on the what future looks like for this asset class, and how building owners are likely to respond. It's an extremely informative conversation and we hope you give it a listen. William D. Cohan, a former senior Wall Street M&A investment banker for 17 years at Lazard Frères & Co., Merrill Lynch and JPMorganChase, is the New York Times bestselling author of three non-fiction narratives about Wall Street: Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World; House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street; and, The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co., the winner of the 2007 FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave Dillon discussed with Paul Conlin, FSA, MAAA, the recently-published book “Power Failure” by William Cohan, on the 2001-2018 unraveling of General Electric.  One of the business events which led to the near-failure of GE was an under-reserving of Long Term Care reserves by 16 billion dollars, discovered in 2018 just as various other problems were emerging for the company.  There are lessons for actuaries in the series of events which led to the LTC reserve “accident”.

The Interview Discusses: The rise and fall of GE.What could have been done to save General Electric.Who is to blame for GE's demise.His in-depth interviews with both Jack Welch and Jeff Immelt. The fundamental error that Jack Welch made that tarnished his legacy.How GE capital almost filed for bankruptcy during the financial crisis.What Disney can learn from GE's succession issues.The mistake GE made by selling NBC Universal to Comcast (and one thing about the deal you probably  never knew).His latest media venture called Puck.And much more…William D. Cohan, a former senior Wall Street M&A investment banker for 17 years at Lazard Frères & Co., Merrill Lynch and JPMorganChase, is the New York Times bestselling author of three non-fiction narratives about Wall Street: Money and Power. His new book Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon, about the rise and fall of GE, once the world's most powerful, valuable and important company, was published in November 2022 by Penguin Random House. He is a founding partner of Puck, a digital publication owned and operated by journalists, and a writer-at-large for Air Mail. For 13 years, he was a special correspondent at Vanity Fair. The Boyar Value Group's mission is to search for value on behalf of our clients. Since 1975, the Boyar family of companies has been relentlessly focused on discovering value for our clients. For more than four decades we have navigated through fads, gimmicks and market volatility. Utilizing value investing to try to create and preserve wealth has and always will be our sole focus. Our experienced team of analysts looks for diamonds in the rough, companies passed over by the rest of the investment community, but whose true value, in our opinion, significantly exceeds their current stock price. In essence, we are trying to buy a dollar for fifty cents. To find out more about the Boyar Value Group, please visit www.boyarvaluegroup.com

Trey talks to New York Times bestselling author William Cohan about GE's history, including founder Thomas Edison, Jack Welch's controversial career & successes, Warren Buffett's investment on GE, and much more!William Cohan's latest book, titled "Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon," chronicles the incredible history of General Electric, which was often the largest and most esteemed company in the world over its 130-year existence.IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN:0:00 - Intro07:31 - The origin story of GE, starting with founder Thomas Edison with backing from JP Morgan.11:19 - Why Charlie Coffin might be the best CEO of all time.23:54 - The dark side of Jack Welch and his career at GE, as well as the many successes.56:37 - How Jeff could have saved the company by listening to Bill Gross and Jim Grant.59:55 The debate on whether Jack handed his successor, Jeff Immelt, a “royal flush” or an open grenade. 63:49 - Warren Buffett's bet on the company.63:15 - Why the company has now been deconstructed into 3 separate entities.67:18 - The many cycles that repeated over its 130 year history.Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.BOOKS AND RESOURCESVisit William Cohan website.Check out Power Failure book.Check out GE website.Trey Lockerbie's Twitter.William Cohan's Twitter.NEW TO THE SHOW?Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. P.S The Investor's Podcast Network is excited to launch a subreddit devoted to our fans in discussing financial markets, stock picks, questions for our hosts, and much more! Join our subreddit r/TheInvestorsPodcast today! SPONSORS Talk to your clients about Desjardins Responsible Investment today and support what's right for society and what's good for business.Take stock of your finances and investing strategy with Betterment.If your business has five or more employees and managed to survive Covid you could be eligible to receive a payroll tax rebate of up to twenty-six thousand dollars per employee. Find out if your business qualifies with Innovation Refunds.Let an expert do your taxes from start to finish so you can relax with TurboTax.Enjoy a hardware wallet designed for your whole Bitcoin journey with Blockstream Jade. Use coupon code Fundamentals to get 10% off.Get an overall better student loan experience with College Ave. Plus, get a chance to win a $1,000 college scholarship. No purchase is required.Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors.HELP US OUT!Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds, and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Author and journalist William D. Cohan joined me to talk about his new book on the rise and fall of General Electric—Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon. Follow William on Twitter.Check out Puck News. Subscribe to my energy newsletter, Grid Brief. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nuclearbarians.substack.com

Rapid-fire layoffs, activist investors at the gate and tumbling stock prices — tech has had a bad year. But Kara tells Nayeema she's seen it all before and that the industry, if not all its captains, will survive this shake-up, too. In the panel interview, Kara is joined by two other journalists: Jessica Lessin, founder and CEO of The Information, a scoop-laden tech news platform covering Silicon Valley, and William Cohan, a former M&A banker and a founding partner at Puck, another excellent source for scoops.  They tackle what's behind the long decline, and recent rally, of tech stocks, and when and how the Valley will bounce back. Then they zoom in on what Meta, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Netflix will need to zoom in on to survive the storm. And Jessica offers a theory: the time is ripe for a changing of the old tech guard. Sorry, Elon — it may be time to step aside.  You can find Kara and Nayeema on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Derek breaks down the biggest economic mystery of the moment: Why are the most successful tech companies collectively laying off more than 130,000 people if the overall unemployment rate is still historically low? Then award-winning Puck journalist William Cohan rejoins the podcast to talk about the biggest unanswered questions swirling around disgraced billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, his FTX bankruptcy proceedings, and his forthcoming criminal case. Host: Derek Thompson Guest: William Cohan Producer: Devon Manze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

General Electric used to be the most valuable company in the world; now it's practically irrelevant. What happened? Today on the show, we're going to find answers. And to help, we're turning to two writers who have followed the saga closely and written about it brilliantly: Malcolm Gladwell and William Cohan. --- • Check out "Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon" and subscribe to Bill's newsletter, "Dry Powder" • Read Malcolm's New Yorker story: "Was Jack Welch the Greatest C.E.O. of His Day—or the Worst?" • Download the Next Big Idea app to hear hundreds of book summaries written and read by the world's best non-fiction authors: nextbigideaclub.com/podcast

On today's show William Cohan discusses American corporations and the rise and fall of General Electric. GUEST OVERVIEW: A former Wall Street investment banker for seventeen years, William D. Cohan is the New York Times bestselling author of The Price of Silence, Money and Power, House of Cards, and The Last Tycoons, which won the 2007 FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.

Tesla is on pace for its worst year-ever. So, what continues to drive the selling and when could it stop? Our all-star panel of Wedbush's Dan Ives, EMJ's Eric Jackson and Puck News' William Cohan give their expert takes. Plus, Dan Greenhaus of Solus Asset Management gives his forecast for 2023. And, Shannon Saccocia of SVB Private breaks down big tech's bad year and what might lie ahead for the sector in the New Year.

Herbert Hoover said that “the business of America is business.” And for decades no business better defined that than General Electric. An industrial titan, everything about it, from credit to jet engines, from x-ray machines to lighting the nation, to bringing entertainment to the masses, defined the broad shoulders of American business and American capitalism. As might be expected, its executives also lived a good life. Like an episode of Succession, there were multiple private jets, cars always at the ready, and offices that make today's tech offices look provincial. There was the office staff waiting to fulfill every executive whim, and CEOs like Jack Welch and Jeffrey Immelt became household names and were seen on the covers of Fortune and BusinessWeek. Today, after 130 years GE, like many companies of its time, has all but disappeared. Like so many corporate icons of that era, Polaroid, Kodak, Dow, and US Steel, we were led to believe that “creative destruction” took them down; that Clayton Christensen's Innovator's Dilemma had caught up with them. But sometimes we discovered in hindsight that it was simply bad management, bad decisions, hubris, and the idle worship of what William James called the bitch goddess success that turned its ugly gaze on the company. This story, a cautionary tale about management men and money, is the story that best-selling author William Cohan tells in his latest book, Power Failure: The and Fall of An American Icon. My conversation with William Cohan:

No company embodied American ingenuity, innovation, and industrial power more spectacularly and more consistently than the General Electric Company. GE once developed and manufactured many of the inventions we take for granted today, nearly everything from the lightbulb to the jet engine. GE also built a cult of financial and leadership success envied across the globe and became the world's most valuable and most admired company. But even at the height of its prestige and influence, cracks were forming in its formidable foundation. In "Power Failure," Cohan punctures the myth of GE, exploring in how a once-great company wound up broken and in tatters.

Financial journalist and author William Cohan discusses his book Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of An American Icon. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Financial journalist and author William Cohan discusses his book Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of An American Icon. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No company embodied American ingenuity, innovation, and industrial power more spectacularly and consistently than the General Electric Company. GE once developed and manufactured many inventions we take for granted today. In this episode, William Cohan, author of The Power Failure: The Rise And Fall Of An American Icon, explores how a once-great company spirals down and wound up, broken in tatters. He also dives deep into GE's management culture, its pioneering doctrine of shareholder value, and its seemingly hidden blind spots, which will reveal that GE was not immune from the hubris and avoidable mistakes suffered by many corporations. If you are on a journey to exit rich, build that success and never allow those cracks to form in your formidable foundation through this episode. Tune in to this fantastic episode and learn from William's cautionary tale for the ages!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.seilertucker.com/podcast

As promised, Matt is bringing you interviews from Stansberry Research's 20th annual conference for the next couple episodes. And today, he has a unique show lined up. On this episode of Making Money With Matt McCall, Matt talks with bestselling author William Cohan. His upcoming book, Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon, focuses on the journey of General Electric (GE). We all know GE. It was once the world's most powerful and valuable company, covering technology, electronic equipment, and even finance. But it eventually collapsed in the 2008 financial crisis and never fully recovered. Typically, Matt likes to talk about market moves on the podcast. But today's show is dedicated to this corporate behemoth – and where it went wrong.

Today, we're sharing a bonus episode of Kara's Twitter Spaces conversation that was taped on Monday night. She's joined by William Cohan, journalist and founding partner of Puck, and Scott Galloway, business professor and co-host of the Pivot podcast. Nayeema pops in with a question at the end — and you can too, if you join our next Twitter Spaces.  Follow us on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema to tune in for future conversations.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elon Musk swept Twitter off its feet in April, when he put in a bid to buy the company for $44 billion. But the impassioned beginnings of this acquisition have cooled down in the weeks since, as Musk has raised concerns about the inner workings of the company he agreed to buy essentially sight unseen (he did not conduct due diligence before he agreed to buy the social media platform). As the New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose puts it, the deal is starting to look “like an arranged marriage that's sort of going sour.” Musk has invoked concerns about spam and fake accounts on the site, as well as privacy considerations. And the billionaire has gone so far as to tweet that the deal is “temporarily on hold” before clarifying that he is “still committed to acquisition.” But a breakup between Musk and Twitter would make for a difficult, costly and very public divorce.In this conversation, Kara Swisher takes stock of the Twitter-Musk marriage with Roose and William Cohan, a business writer for Puck News. They break down the balance of power between Musk and Twitter and discuss why Musk even wants the company. And Cohan breaks down how the math clears — after all, even with help from a potpourri of wealthy investors, including Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, there are still questions about how Musk, the richest person in the world, will find the tens of billions of dollars he needs to close this deal.This episode contains strong language.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more information for all episodes at nytimes.com/sway, and you can find Kara on Twitter @karaswisher.

Elon Musk swept Twitter off its feet in April, when he put in a bid to buy the company for $44 billion. But the impassioned beginnings of this acquisition have cooled down in the weeks since, as Musk has raised concerns about the inner workings of the company he agreed to buy essentially sight unseen (he did not conduct due diligence before he agreed to buy the social media platform). As the New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose puts it, the deal is starting to look “like an arranged marriage that's sort of going sour.” Musk has invoked concerns about spam and fake accounts on the site, as well as privacy considerations. And the billionaire has gone so far as to tweet that the deal is “temporarily on hold” before clarifying that he is “still committed to acquisition.” But a breakup between Musk and Twitter would make for a difficult, costly and very public divorce.In this conversation, Kara Swisher takes stock of the Twitter-Musk marriage with Roose and William Cohan, a business writer and founding partner at Puck. They break down the balance of power between Musk and Twitter and discuss why Musk even wants the company. And Cohan breaks down how the math clears — after all, even with help from a potpourri of wealthy investors, including Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, there are still questions about how Musk, the richest person in the world, will find the tens of billions of dollars he needs to close this deal.This episode contains strong language.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more information for all episodes at nytimes.com/sway, and you can find Kara on Twitter @karaswisher.

William Cohan, a founding partner and writer at Puck, as well as a former M&A investment banker, joins Scott to discuss how Elon Musk's deal to acquire Twitter might shake out, including what options he might have for backing out, how Twitter's lawyers might respond, and what it all could mean for shareholders. Follow William on Twitter, @WilliamCohan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It happened: Elon Musk struck a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion. The billionaire, who is one of the platform's most popular users, has already hinted at some of the changes he aspires to “unlock” at the company, from making Twitter a platform for “free speech” to making its algorithms open source and purging spam bots.In this conversation, recorded live on Twitter Spaces, Kara Swisher talks with the journalists Casey Newton, Anand Giridharadas and William Cohan about how Elon's reign will impact the platform and its users — and how the deal could still fall apart.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more information for all episodes at nytimes.com/sway, and you can find Kara on Twitter @karaswisher.

It happened: Elon Musk struck a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion. The billionaire, who is one of the platform's most popular users, has already hinted at some of the changes he aspires to “unlock” at the company, from making Twitter a platform for “free speech” to making its algorithms open source and purging spam bots.In this conversation, recorded live on Twitter Spaces, Kara Swisher talks with the journalists Casey Newton, Anand Giridharadas and William Cohan about how Elon's reign will impact the platform and its users — and how the deal could still fall apart.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more information for all episodes at nytimes.com/sway, and you can find Kara on Twitter @karaswisher.

Bill Cohan is the New York Times bestselling author of three non-fiction books about Wall Street money and power, How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World, House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street and The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co., which also won the financial times Goldman Sachs business book of the year.His book, The Price of Silence, about the Duke lacrosse scandal was yet another New York Times bestseller. And he's also the author of the books Why Wall Street Matters and Four Friends' Promising Lives Cut Short. One of America's most respected financial journalists, Bill is a special correspondent at and a founding partner of Puck, a new digital publication owned and operated by journalists.More on Bill at https://williamcohan.com/

Twitter's board has armed itself against a possible takeover bid. Billionaire Elon Musk has made a 43-billion dollar offer. He says the social media giant needs to be taken private to grow and become a platform for free speech. But what would a possible takeover mean for this platform? Join host Kim  Guests: Tim Hubbard, Assistant professor of management at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. Jim Anderson, Social Media Sector Lead at Glasswing Ventures. William Cohan, founder of Puck News and a Former Mergers & Acquisitions Investment Banker.  

Our anchors start today's show covering Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter, with Verge Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel discussing the implications Musk's ownership could have on Tesla and SpaceX. Then, NYU Stern School of Business Professor Aswath Damodaran weighs in on Musk's offer price for the platform, and former Twitter Global Chair of News Vivian Schiller looks at whether the company could work as a subscription model instead of an ad business. Next, CNBC's Robert Frank breaks down Musk's options for funding the purchase, and former investment banker William Cohan shares his outlook for rival bidders who could also try to take over Twitter. NBC News Correspondent Gadi Schwartz also recaps his reporting on using crypto in El Salvador after the country made Bitcoin a national currency. Later, New York Times Contributor Kara Swisher joins for more on Musk's potential motivations for wanting to own Twitter, and CNBC's Mike Santoli analyzes the platform's long-term share performance.

On this week's episode, Peter sits down with writer Julie Ioffe to talk about Putin's brutal long game in Ukraine – and whether the west will slowly stop paying attention. They discuss the tragic images of a maternity hospital in Ukraine getting hit by a Russian attack, Putin's possible war crimes, and they try to understand the mindset of The Russian President as he wages this war. Peter also sits down with writer William Cohan to talk about his new Puck News piece about Wall Street investors trying to make money by betting against Russia's suffering economy. They ask if it's moral and what bets are being made right now. The Power's That be is a presentation of Cadence13 Studios. Please listen, rate, review, and follow all episodes wherever you get your podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Investing for Financial Storms with Mark Spitznagel, Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Universa Investments.Moderated by William Cohan, Bestselling Author & Founding Partner, Puck.—————————————————————— Watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SALTTube/videosFor podcast transcripts and show notes, visit https://salt.org/salt-ny-librarySALT New York is a global thought leadership and networking forum at the intersection of finance, technology and public policy. Over the course of three days, leading investors, creators and thinkers will take the stage in support of SALT's mission: empowering big ideas. #SALTNY

Bill and I discuss his latest article on Cathie Wood, the Fed's excess, the future of monetary policy and faults in the world of financial journalism.  William D. Cohan, a former senior Wall Street M&A investment banker for 17 years at Lazard Frères & Co., Merrill Lynch and JPMorganChase, is the New York Times bestselling author of three non-fiction narratives about Wall Street: Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World; House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street; and, The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co., the winner of the 2007 FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. He is a special correspondent at Vanity Fair and a columnist for the DealBook section of the New York Times. He also writes for The Financial Times, The New York Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The Atlantic, The Nation, Fortune, and Politico.  YouTube does not let me monetize my videos on the site and the podcast is full time work which will never have ads in the middle of it. If you enjoy the content, please support the QTR Podcast in any or all of the following ways: A small recurring donation via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/QTRResearch One time donations can also be sent via: Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/qtrresearch QTR MERCH is available here. You can also follow me on YouTube, and Twitter. And check out my new column, FRINGE FINANCE, at Substack. THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY KIND PATRONS.    Please show love to those who support the QTR Podcast:  JM Bullion - where QTR buys gold & silver - Twitter: @JMBullion The Doomberg Terminal - Subscribe 100% free - Twitter: @DoomburgT George Gammon - Rebel Capitalist Pro - Twitter: @GeorgeGammon Sang Lucci & Wall St. Jesus — The Steamroom — Twitter: @wallstjesus and @sanglucci Corvus Gold - http://www.corvusgold.com Investors Underground - day trading community - Twitter: @investorslive  Ken R  Chris Bede - Twitter: @cbede  Nicholas Parks Matthew Zimmer J Mintzmyer - Twitter: @mintzmyer Russ Valenti - Twitter: @russellvalenti  Creighton Titus Camila Sol Longest Running Supporters   Max Mulvihill - Since 2/2018  Mark Heywood - Since 3/2018 Kyle Thomas - Since 4/2018  Chris Bede - Since 5/2018  Dariusz Kordonski - Since 5/2018  Chris Gerrard - Since 5/2018 Shear Luck - Since 5/2018   Founding Members Of My "FRINGE FINANCE" Column Kashumba - Since 8/2021 Randy Carder - Since 8/2021 T Gaggiotti - Since 8/2021 All podcast content is subject to this disclaimer.    Chris is not an investment adviser. QTR is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers. Please leave me alone.

HertzWell, there it is:In a deal that hands a huge victory to shareholders of bankrupt Hertz Global Holdings Inc., the car renter picked Knighthead Ca... there it isWilliam Cohan wrote on June 9 caused a margin callused-car prices decided to sell them stock its prospectus said shut down the offering there was this fraud in plain sight paid about $2.08 per share Bitcoin futures people lose BitcoinsFidelityCoinbaseGoldman Sachs this Bloomberg headline turned down warning mutual fundsthe statement made noises some really technical problems with SPAC warrantsdelay offerings and mergers needs the deals to go through to get paidcharge a bit more this does sound like everything else nowDogecoin I wrote in 2017 really did not like the ICO boom the dream is alivesupposedreduce costsoverview deckhere’s a token called SHIBworth $26 billionwoof paperSure the market for carbon credits Roiling Asset Markets This Generation’s Rock & Roll Doge Giveaway Schemes Big Bet on DogecoinElectric Vehicle Start-UpsHighest-Ever Annual Profit Hacked Pipeline Restartshare buyback bonanzaPension Fund Aimed HighGreensill Capital Options Market Seized 1MDB FundsFangs and tentaclessubscribe at this linkhere

William Cohan is a former senior Wall Street M&A investment banker at Lazard Frères & Co., Merrill Lynch and JPMorganChase, is the New York Times bestselling author of three non-fiction narratives about Wall Street. He is a special correspondent at Vanity Fair and is hard at work on his new book about the rise and fall of GE. Bill led an unforgettable interview at SALT Las Vegas with Magic Johnson in 2014. “People love to bask Wall Street,” frequently without fully recognizing what it is Wall Street does and how it keeps the economy going as we know it. Without Wall Street providing capital to businesses around the world, opportunities to create new companies and industries wouldn't be possible. On the flip side, more needs to be done to support companies like mom-and-pop shops that cannot gain access to this capital, especially during economically distressing times. ————————————————————————— To learn more about this episode, including podcast transcripts and show notes, visit *salt.org/talks* ( http://salt.org/talks ) Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.

AstraZeneca has unveiled new data on its Covid-19 vaccine, revealing that it’s 79% effective at preventing symptomatic cases. CNBC’s Meg Tirrell explains the news, and AstraZeneca U.S. SVP and President of the Biopharmaceuticals Business Unit Dr. Ruud Dobber shares details and implications from the new study. Some of Wall Street’s junior bankers are banding together to shine a light on the 100 hour work weeks taking a toll on their physical and mental health. New York Times reporter Kate Kelly and Vanity Fair special correspondent William Cohan discuss the generational divide on Wall Street, from work ethic to work-life balance. The wealthiest Americans are finding ways to avoid their taxes, ARK’s Cathie Wood has a new price target for Tesla, and the Kernens are betting on their (individual) basket brackets. Plus, happy 90th birthday William Shatner!

While Mad Money is away this week, listen to Scott Wapner as he challenges conventional wisdom on the newsiest questions of the day, brings on CNBC experts with unexpected answers and hosts fierce debates. The top takes today; Is bitcoin bad for the environment? Angel investor Jason Calacanis and Casey Newton, former editor of ‘The Verge,’ discusses income inequality and whether there’s anything wrong with billionaires getting even more rich while others struggle during the pandemic. Plus, William Cohan, Vanity Fair contributor and angel investor Jason Calacanis debate whether SPACs have gotten out of hand as a way of raising money and what should be done about it.

As Republicans Try to Stop the Impeachment Trial, Will Democrats Wimp Out With a Censure of Trump? | Elite Impunity: Why Did Wall Street Titans Pay Epstein So Much Money? | Biden Freezes Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

We had two last minute cancellations today so we're rewinding a year to talk with Vanity Fair's William Cohan about one of the least discussed Trump scandals -- whether the president exploited the bully pulpit to manipulate the stock market. Bill is also a contributor to The Atlantic, The New York Times, and the author of the bombshell report titled, “There Is Definite Hanky-Panky Going On”: The Fantastically Profitable Mystery of the Trump Chaos Trades.

In the late 1970s, when William Cohan was at boarding school, the administration asked him to show a new kid the ropes. That kid’s name? John F. Kennedy Jr. William later wrote a book about their friendship, and he joins us to talk about John’s penchant for partying, his daredevil streak, and the woman he loved.Grab a copy of William’s book, “Four Friends”: https://bookshop.org/books/four-friends-promising-lives-cut-short/9781250070524 Listen ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App. https://wondery.app.link/eventherichSupport us by supporting our sponsors!The New Yorker - Go to newyorker.com/rich to get twelve weeks of The New Yorker for $6 dollars PLUS a FREE tote bag.Pretty Litter - Visit prettylitter.com and use promo code RICH for 20% off your first order!Coors Seltzer - When you go to coorsseltzer.com you can find Coors Seltzer near you today.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott discusses the new $1B Tesla factory moving into Austin. After issuing a statewide mask mandate, Governor Abbott explains his strategy for keeping Texan businesses open amid rising coronavirus cases. The U.S. and China are in a diplomatic spat that’s escalating quickly, and the highly anticipated big tech hearing on the Hill has been postponed. Plus, two Wall Street scandals: Goldman Sachs has reached a settlement with Malaysia, putting the star-studded 1MDB debacle to bed, and Coach & Kate Spade parent Tapestry’s CEO abruptly resigned as questions about his past behavior came to light. Vanity Fair special correspondent and CNBC contributor William Cohan chronicles how what started as a profile on Jide Zeitlin turned into a bizarre discovery of a double life. Happy National Tequila Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When stocks are soaring and sports bloggers like Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports and talking about how easy it is to make money in the stock market, it might be time to worry. Dan opens this week's episode by reminding listeners, "this is exactly what it sounds like at the top." Then on this week's interview, Dan welcomes guest William Cohan on to the show. Will started his career as an investigative reporter for the Raleigh Times before eventually setting his sights on Wall Street. He quickly began a successful career as a mergers and acquisitions banker, eventually becoming a managing director at JPMorgan Chase. Will and Dan discuss a wide range of topics including Will's latest book, The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co. Will says, "That's why I wanted to write this book... to share with people what it was like to work at this firm, which had this soaring reputation and was filled with, as you pointed out directly, Great Men but was utterly dysfunctional, utterly chaotic." Will gives Dan all of the fascinating details about what goes on behind the scenes at some of Wall Street's biggest firms. And finally on the mailbag, one listener asks Dan... if inflation occurs and interest rates rise, could we see a period where real estate prices suffer? And another listener asks some in depth questions about asset swaps at the Fed. Dan gives the listener a long and detailed answer here on this week's episode.

When stocks are soaring and sports bloggers like Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports and talking about how easy it is to make money in the stock market, it might be time to worry. Dan opens this week's episode by reminding listeners, "this is exactly what it sounds like at the top." Then on this week's interview, Dan welcomes guest William Cohan on to the show. Will started his career as an investigative reporter for the Raleigh Times before eventually setting his sights on Wall Street. He quickly began a successful career as a mergers and acquisitions banker, eventually becoming a managing director at JPMorgan Chase. Will and Dan discuss a wide range of topics including Will's latest book, The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co. Will says, "That's why I wanted to write this book... to share with people what it was like to work at this firm, which had this soaring reputation and was filled with, as you pointed out directly, Great Men but was utterly dysfunctional, utterly chaotic." Will gives Dan all of the fascinating details about what goes on behind the scenes at some of Wall Street's biggest firms. And finally on the mailbag, one listener asks Dan... if inflation occurs and interest rates rise, could we see a period where real estate prices suffer? And another listener asks some in depth questions about asset swaps at the Fed. Dan gives the listener a long and detailed answer here on this week's episode.

Joe Ricketts talked about his book, The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get: An Entrepreneur’s Memoir, in which he offered insights into becoming an entrepreneur and founding TD Ameritrade. He was interviewed by former Wall Street investment banker and author William Cohan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investigating Bloomberg's Relationship with Wall Street; The UN Warns of "The Biggest Humanitarian Horror Story of the 21st Century" In Syria; Trump's Flurry of Pardon Ahead of Stone's Sentencing On Thursday backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

William Cohan is a New York Times bestselling author of three books about finance and Wall Street which include, Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World and House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street. His most recent book is Why Wall Street Matters. In a series of articles for Vanity Fair, William Cohan asserts that Donald Trump and his agents appear to be manipulating the stock market for their own personal financial and/or political gain. Cohan believes that this alleged insider trading may involve hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars. William Cohan shares his theory and evidence connecting political events such as Trump’s assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani with the purchase of defense industry stocks and futures contracts – hours before said events took place. He also highlights how Trump’s deregulation of oversight and other protections would enable such a scheme and identifies the various people in Trump’s orbit who could facilitate alleged insider trading. And Cohan explains how a culture of greed and megalomania common to Wall Street encourages and rewards insider trading and other likely illegal behavior. WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: chaunceydevega@gmail.com Leave a voicemail for The Truth Report: (262) 864-0154 HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE TRUTH REPORT? Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Music at the end of this week's episode of The Truth Report is by JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound. You can listen to some of their great music on Spotify.

William Cohan is a New York Times bestselling author of several books about finance and Wall Street which include, Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World and House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street. His most recent book is Why Wall Street Matters. Cohan is also a special correspondent at Vanity Fair and a columnist for the New York Times. His writing has been featured be The Financial Times, The Atlantic, The Nation, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Fortune, and Politico. Cohan shares his theory and evidence connecting high-profile events such as Trump's assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani with the purchase of defense industry stocks and futures contracts – hours before said events took place. He also highlights how Trump's deregulation of oversight and other protections would enable such a scheme and identifies the various people in Trump's orbit who could facilitate alleged insider trading. And Cohan explains how a culture of greed and megalomania common to Wall Street encourages and rewards insider trading and other likely illegal behavior. Chauncey DeVega analyzes this week of Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate and warns the American people that they should be afraid of and very weary of those cowardly and in denial public voices he describes as “hope peddlers”. And Chauncey shares a wonderful story about an honored elder who brought the fire and the thunder in the form of an old school beatdown to a burglar-hoodlum who entered her castle with the goal of causing her physical harm and stealing her prized possessions. SELECTED LINKS OF INTEREST FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW   The Fantastically Profitable Mystery of the Trump Chaos Trades Trump's impeachment defense is designed to destroy guardrails on presidential power Trump's infuriating sham of an impeachment trial confirms our worst fears Dictators Without Borders The Left and Right Are Wrong About Inequality 'He picked the wrong house': Bodybuilder, 82, fights break-in suspect WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: chaunceydevega@gmail.com Leave a voicemail for The Chauncey DeVega Show: (262) 864-0154 HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW? Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thechaunceydevegashow Please subscribe to and follow my new podcast The Truth Report https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-truth-report-with-chauncey-devega/id1465522298 http://thetruthreportwithchaunceydevega.libsyn.com/ Music at the end of this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show is by JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound. You can listen to some of their great music on Spotify.

Joe Ricketts offers insights into becoming an entrepreneur and founding TD Ameritrade. He's interviewed by former Wall Street investment banker and author William Cohan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NSFW! William D. Cohan is a contributor to Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and the author The Last Tycoons, House of Cards, and The Price Of Silence about the Duke Lacrosse scandal. Bill also wrote the bombshell item in Vanity Fair titled, “There Is Definite Hanky-Panky Going On”: The Fantastically Profitable Mystery of the Trump Chaos Trades. The question of the hour: is Donald Trump manipulating the stock market and profiting off his own manipulations? Let's find out.

Billions Made on Trades Apparently Based on Trump Insider Knowledge; HRC's Accusation Boosts Her Campaign; How Long Can Big Tech Pretend to Be Platforms Not Publishers? backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Is Trump Losing It?; Is the President Crazy?; Trump Makes Abortions More Likely by Denying Women Contraception; Trump Pouts at the "Nasty" Woman Who Turned Down His Offer to Buy Greenland backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

WTMJ's Libby Collins talks with JFK Jr.'s prep school friend, William Cohan author of Four Friends, about why John's plane may have crashed...

Lisa talks with guest Bill Cohan about his new book “Four Friends - Promising Lives Cut Short” and the 5 Things that make life better.Lisa’s 5 Things: 1. The time to read, 2. The smell of privet hedges, 3. Sitting in the shade, 4. Swimming, 5. SunglassesBill’s 5 Things: 1. His family, 2. His homes, 3. Traveling/adventure, 4. Old friends, new friends, interesting people, 5. His work.

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the collapse of Bear Stearns, the first of several large investment banks on Wall Street to fall in 2008. Its eventual sale at $10 a share to JP Morgan (down from $159 a year earlier) set off a spiraling loss of confidence that eventually led to the global financial crisis. Ten years later we unpack the forces that led to Bear Stearns’ downfall. What lessons have we learned and are we at risk of another global financial catastrophe? William Cohan, former investment banker and author of “House of Cards” – a chronicle of the Bear Sterns collapse, and David Wessel, senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, are in conversation with Ray Suarez, former chief national correspondent for PBS Newshour. We want to hear from you! Please take part in a quick survey to tell us how we can improve our podcast: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PWZ7KMW

Jason Hartman welcomes William Cohan, New York Times columnist, special correspondent for Vanity Fair, former contributor to Bloomberg View, and author books such as Why Wall Street Matters, The Last Tycoons, and House of Cards. William tells Jason his views on the Trump administration, why Donald has had a hard time draining the swamp and who really is to thank for the low unemployment rate and the steady economy. Key Takeaways: [1:13] The Trump administration, leverage and cleaning out the gears of the machine that is the US economy. [7:24] A grand bargain with Wall Street would mean revamping much of its incentive system. [13:40] Draining the swamp is harder to do than it looks. [13:23] What we should expect out of the economy and employment. Website: www.WilliamCohan.com

Tuesday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. Mark Meckler (Tea Party Patriots) -- A new, nationwide survey of more than 3,200 grassroots volunteers in all 50 states released today by Convention of States (COS) Action, highlights the burgeoning frustrations of the American people.2. Jason Wert (USA Radio) -- ‘Strange’ signals that appear to be coming from a star close to Earth may have been sent by ALIENS, scientists say3. Bill Gertz (The Washington Free Beacon) -- A recent international cyber attack that began in Ukraine involved sophisticated malware called "NotPetya" and was likely carried out by the Russian government or hackers associated with Moscow, according to U.S. officials and private security researchers.4. Roundtable Discussion -- During a Monday night panel discussion on CNN, business writer William Cohan criticized President Trump for not living up to the ideals he’s promoting to the American public. Like us on Facebook!

Jason Hartman welcomes William Cohan, New York Times columnist, special correspondent for Vanity Fair, former contributor to Bloomberg View, and author books such as Why Wall Street Matters, The Last Tycoons, and House of Cards. William tells Jason his views on the Trump administration, why Donald has had a hard time draining the swamp and who really is to thank for the low unemployment rate and the steady economy. Key Takeaways: [1:13] The Trump administration, leverage and cleaning out the gears of the machine that is the US economy. [7:24] A grand bargain with Wall Street would mean revamping much of its incentive system. [13:40] Draining the swamp is harder to do than it looks. [13:23] What we should expect out of the economy and employment. Website: www.WilliamCohan.com

Jason Hartman welcomes William Cohan, New York Times columnist, special correspondent for Vanity Fair, former contributor to Bloomberg View, and author books such as Why Wall Street Matters, The Last Tycoons, and House of Cards. William tells Jason his views on the Trump administration, why Donald has had a hard time draining the swamp and who really is to thank for the low unemployment rate and the steady economy. Key Takeaways: [1:13] The Trump administration, leverage and cleaning out the gears of the machine that is the US economy. [7:24] A grand bargain with Wall Street would mean revamping much of its incentive system. [13:40] Draining the swamp is harder to do than it looks. [13:23] What we should expect out of the economy and employment. Website: www.WilliamCohan.com

Imagine a world without companies like Apple, or media outlets such as CBS or NBC, without all of the cars and trucks crisscrossing the country, without food provided by the farmer...that’s what would happen if Wall Street did not exist...it would all go away, according to this week’s Better Off guest, writer William “Bill” Cohan. If you’ve read some of his previous books, like "House of Cards," or “Money and Power”, you know Bill is usually not one to shy away from going after Wall Street and its shortcomings. But in an interesting twist, Bill’s recent book, "Why Wall Street Matters," is a defense of the industry that he has pilloried. In our interview, Bill describes a poor decision by Elizabeth Warren as the catalyst that propelled him to write this latest book. He tells us what Wall Street has done well, like providing the necessary capital to companies, which in turn allows them to invest, expand and hire, thus propelling overall economic growth. Don’t be mistaken: Bill knows that Wall Street and the institutions that occupy the space in Lower Manhattan are imperfect, but he believes that there is far more good than bad -- and more importantly, the consequences would be dire if the essential role the industry plays were carelessly curtailed. Bill had one goal when writing this book: for Wall Street to become understandable to the average American. In this easy to read book, Bill succeeded. I highly recommend you pick it up. “Better Off” is sponsored by Betterment. We love feedback so please leave us a rating or review in iTunes. "Better Off" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com. For a recap of every episode, visit https://www.betterment.com/resources/topics/inside-betterment/better-off-podcast/ Connect with me at these places for all my content: http://www.jillonmoney.com/ https://twitter.com/jillonmoney https://www.facebook.com/JillonMoney https://www.instagram.com/jillonmoney/ https://www.youtube.com/c/JillSchlesinger https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillonmoney/ https://soundcloud.com/jill-schlesinger http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jill-on-money http://betteroffpodcast.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-off-jill-schlesinger/id431167790?mt=2

Jason welcomes William Cohan back to the show. William is a columnist for the New York Times, a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, he formerly contributed to Bloomberg View and he is the author of Why Wall Street Matters, The Last Tycoons and House of Cards.   William shares his views on the Trump administration, why Donald has had a hard time draining the swamp and who really is to thank for the low unemployment rate and the steady economy. Key Takeaways:   [02:18] Location still makes a difference when pricing hotel rooms in Monaco. [04:42] Doom and gloom predictions have been incorrect since the 70's. [10:38] Jason's advice for his investors is to get richer and do it quickly. [12:39] New forms of transportation and the sharing economy make it an amazing time to be alive. [15:34] Oklahoma City Property Tour/JHU live and Venture Alliance event details.   William Cohan Guest Interview:   [17:58] The Trump administration, leverage and cleaning out the gears of the machine that is the US economy. [24:09] A grand bargain with Wall Street would mean revamping much of its incentive system. [27:25] Draining the swamp is harder to do than it looks. [30:08] What we should expect out of the economy and employment. Mentioned in This Episode: Renter's Warehouse - Get 3 free months of property management with this link. Jason Hartman Real Estate Tools Property Tracker Venture Alliance Mastermind William Cohan

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Jason Hartman interviews author, former Wall Street senior banker, and best-selling investigative journalist, William (Bill) D. Cohan on the events that led up to the current economic crisis. Bill explains the choices that the big firms, such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, etc, made regarding what type of institution they were going to be, the path of these firms that led up to the current crisis, and how they used the bailout money gifted to them. He said it was one big party on Wall Street, during which brokers were to bring in revenue using a lot of whacky products, until everything came crashing down. Huge bonuses were paid out from the revenue collected from unsuspecting clients. For more details, listen at:  www.JasonHartman.com. Bill and Jason also discuss the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Bill expressed disappointment in the message of the movement, saying it isn't clear and they need to learn how Wall Street really works so that they can be more effective in bringing about reform. Wall Street has been influencing what goes on in Washington and paying lobbyists and donating to congressional coffers so that they can get the regulations, or lack thereof, that they want, i.e. the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Bill talks about how the expansion of Wall Street into Middle Class America was not an accident, using the example of Merrill Lynch being a public company. This ultimately led to broken trust between Wall Street and Main Street, as people have now shied away from risk taking. To solve the problems, Bill suggests changing the incentive system on Wall Street, in that it can no longer be okay to take huge risks with people's money or get paid big bonuses whether they lose money for the firms or not, as well as going back to having to use their partner's capital to operate. William D. Cohan offers audiences a unique, close-up perspective of the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression. He combines deep knowledge of the investment banking world with the fine storytelling skills of an award-winning investigative journalist. Bill's new book is titled Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came To Rule The World, a revelatory history of Goldman Sachs. His previous book, House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street, lays out in gory detail how the financial crisis began with the collapses of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co. won the 2007 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award for its candid revelations about how Wall Street works. He should know; he spent six years at the firm. Bill Cohan has a long-time insider's in-depth knowledge of investment banking—he was a Wall Street banker for 17 years. In addition to his years as Associate and then Vice President at Lazard Frères, he was a Director in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Merrill Lynch and a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase. He left JPMorgan to write The Last Tycoons, which appeared on the bestseller lists of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. It edged out Alan Greenspan's Age of Turbulence to win the FT/Goldman Sachs award. Bloomberg.com and The Evening Standard named it Book of the Year. William D. Cohan writes regularly for The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Fortune, The Daily Beast, ArtNews, and The Financial Times. His columns have also appeared in The Washington Post. He is a contributing editor for Bloomberg TV and is a contributor to Bloomberg View. His series of articles on the controversy of the ‘recently discovered' Degas plaster casts in ARTNews won the Silurians 2011 Excellence in Journalism Award. Be sure to check out our prior shows with Richard Kiyosaki, G. Edward Griffin, Peter Schiff, Doug Casey, Chris Mayer, T. Harv Ecker, Denis Waitley, John Stapleford, Addison Wiggin, Thomas E. Woods, and many more.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz discusses the causes and impacts of income inequality, and assesses Asia's rising economies, in a conversation with Vanity Fair contributing editor William Cohan. (1 hr., 7 min.)

Goldman Sachs survived the financial crisis as many of its competitors on Wall Street collapsed. But how? William Cohan and Nils Pratley discuss the giant among investment banks and how it has remained at the top for so long

Fortune Magazine contributing editor William Cohan, author of the recent book entitled "Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World," explains Goldman's attempt to neutralize the negative media coverage that has engulfed the firm in the wake of Senator Levin's report on the financial crisis.

William Cohan, author of House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Steet, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the life and death of Bear Stearns. The discussion starts with how Bear Stearns and other Wall Street firms made money and how they financed their operations. The conversation then turns to the collapse of Bear Stearns's hedge funds in the summer of 2007 and how that collapse and the firm's investments in subprime mortgages led to the death of the firm in March of 2008. Cohan explains the role of borrowed money in the financial crisis and Bear Stearns in particular. The conversation concludes with the incentives facing Wall Street executives and the price they paid or didn't pay for the gambles they made with other people's money.

William Cohan, author of House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Steet, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the life and death of Bear Stearns. The discussion starts with how Bear Stearns and other Wall Street firms made money and how they financed their operations. The conversation then turns to the collapse of Bear Stearns's hedge funds in the summer of 2007 and how that collapse and the firm's investments in subprime mortgages led to the death of the firm in March of 2008. Cohan explains the role of borrowed money in the financial crisis and Bear Stearns in particular. The conversation concludes with the incentives facing Wall Street executives and the price they paid or didn't pay for the gambles they made with other people's money.