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** Feb 6, 2009: Karl Rove and General Wesley Clark Debate at TD Ameritrade Institutional Advisor Conferenc
This week TD Ameritrade held its annual institutional advisor conference at Cesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. CEO Fred Tomczyk, pictured on left below, summarized TD’s strong financial positio… more →
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** Feb 6, 2009: Karl Rove and General Wesley Clark Debate at TD Ameritrade Institutional Advisor Conferenc
billparish wrote 10 months ago: This week TD Ameritrade held its annual institutional advisor conference at Cesar’s Palace in … more →
Public Pensions Fuel Short Selling by Lending Their Security Portfolios to Hedge Funds
billparish wrote 10 months ago: On January 31st I posted a brief video on youtube summarizing a program in which the Oregon Investme … more →
Oppenheimer College Savings Plan Infected by Madoff Scandal - Obama's State Illinois and Oregon both Impacted
billparish wrote 11 months ago: On Sunday December 21, 2008 Oregonian columnist Steve Duin wrote a column titled “A fool an … more →
Clinton Tax Return - The Real Story
billparish wrote 1 year ago: See two related videos by searching for parishinvestments at youtube.com. The first video is titled … more →
Economic Advisor Analysis: McCain Clinton and Obama
billparish wrote 1 year ago: As the Presidential race narrows, it is worth examining the key economic advisers to each candidate. … more →
Vicki Walker Battles Warren Buffett Political Machine in Oregon
billparish wrote 1 year ago: NOTE: See chart of Buffett Oregon Lineup at end of this post. Oregonians have a great choice for Sec … more →
Oregon PERS To Cash in on Foreclosures - Part II
billparish wrote 1 year ago: Please read the previous blog post on January 31, 2008 for important background details regarding th … more →
Oregon PERS & Loan Star to Cash In On Foreclosures: John Grayken, Korea Bank, Richard Solomon
billparish wrote 1 year ago: Note: Also see Lone Star Part II, which has link to youtube video of Grayken’s comments before … more →
Oregon PERS Commits $800 million to European Leveraged Buyouts and Takeovers of American Firms: KKR, CVC Group, Richard Solomon, Len Bergstein, Neil Goldschnmidt
billparish wrote 1 year ago: Today, in its monthly meeting, the Oregon Investment Council, which manages Oregon’s $70 billi … more →
Oregon PERS Gambles on Venture Capital with Kids Emergency Fund Assets
billparish wrote 2 years ago: On November 14, 2007 Nigel Jaquiss of The Willamette week, pictured above on left, wrote a story tit … more →
Enron Style Train Wreck? Oregon PERS, SEC, DeFazio, Fortress, Railamerica
bpbackup wrote 2 years ago: Just as Enron manipulated the power grid to create artificial profits, a private equity firm, Fortre … more →
Enron Style Train Wreck? Oregon PERS, SEC, DeFazio, Fortress, Railamerica
billparish wrote 2 years ago: Just as Enron manipulated the power grid to create artificial profits, a private equity firm, Fortre … more →
Oregon PERS:More Funds to Robert Bass and Nike's Phil Knight
bpbackup wrote 2 years ago: Today the Oregon Investment Council (OIC) had its October 2007 monthly meeting and made additional c … more →
Oregon PERS:More Funds to Robert Bass and Nike's Phil Knight
billparish wrote 2 years ago: Today the Oregon Investment Council (OIC) had its October 2007 monthly meeting and made additional c … more →
SEC Chair Cox called to suspend RiskMetrics IPO due to proxy rule deficiency
billparish wrote 2 years ago: Today Parish & Company formally requested the SEC to suspend RiskMetrics IPO due to inadequate d … more →
Nike's Phil Knight Gives UO $100M
billparish wrote 2 years ago: In his recent $100 gift to the University of Oregon, Phil Knight stipulated that the gift was to cov … more →
Kulongowski Endorses Westlund for State Treasurer
bpbackup wrote 2 years ago: Yesterday Ben Westlund announced he would run for State Treasurer as a Democrat. He had previously b … more →
Kulongowski Endorses Westlund for State Treasurer
billparish wrote 2 years ago: Yesterday Ben Westlund announced he would run for State Treasurer as a Democrat. He had previously b … more →
OIC Awards $1.2 B, Solomon Discloses Conflict, Leon Black Presents, Westlund Treasurer Candidate
bpbackup wrote 2 years ago: Yesterday the OIC met and awarded $1.2 billion in investment contracts. The meeting included a prese … more →
