I had a lovely lunch at a great sushi place last week with a Limited Partner to whom I’d just become acquainted, nothing unusual there – except that the place is just a few runners strides from the finish line of the Boston Marathon. It was barely two days after the...
Results of Annual Semaphore PE Industry Confidence Survey It’s all about the cash. Reversing a trend, my industry colleagues seem to have the wind at their backs when it comes to their personal income and business expectations – this despite a decided lack of...
Hello, Do you expect to make more personal compensation next year than this year? Feeling more confident or less confident in the President’s Economic team? Your thoughts on Newt or Mitt? Annually we ask our readers to weigh in and share their level of confidence in...
At my Thanksgiving Day table we go around the room and ask each family member (31 this year) to relate just what it is for which they are most grateful. Responses are variously funny (“my big nose so I can better enjoy the smell of that wonderful pecan and pumpkin...
I’m not surprised very often. I have to admit to being shocked by some of our results this year. This is labeled a Confidence Survey. Other than in isolated cases (mostly about our politicians and their institutions) you have been supremely confident these past eleven...
