10/19/09 Stockholm, Sweden – Given that today is the 22nd anniversary of October 1987′s Black Monday market crash, it seems like an appropriate day for a bit of dark humor.
With bankers again raking in huge bonuses, profiting this time around from government bailouts, it makes sense to look at what kind of behavior is being rewarded.
The short answer? The wrong kind. There’s still a sucker born every minute.
Rocky Vega
Rocky Vega is publisher of Agora Financial International, where he advances the growth of Agora Financial publishing enterprises outside of the US. Previously, he was publisher of The Daily Reckoning, and founding publisher of both UrbanTurf and RFID Update -- which he ran from Brazil, Chile, and Puerto Rico -- as well as associate publisher of FierceFinance. Rocky has an honors MS from the Stockholm School of Economics and an honors BA from Harvard University, where he served on the board of directors for Let’s Go Publications, Harvard Student Agencies, and The Harvard Advocate.
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