Sat 27 Jun 2009
Below you will find the internal sales tactic sheet for Lehman Brothers traders salespeople. The brokers would use these sheets when talking to a customer or prospect, and use the canned responses to try and persuade them to do more business with the firm.
Take a gander, and think about whether or not your are swayed by the emotions they try to evoke… The takeaway is that brokers are first and foremost salespeople.
Mon 15 Jun 2009
From the 5 Minute Forecast:
Sign of the times: Name the best-selling car in the United States. Nope, not the Toyota Camry, although that?s a good guess. No, in these recessionary times the crown goes to…
No bailout money was used in the production of this automobile.
Yes, it?s the Little Tikes Cozy Coupe, a venerable model introduced in 1979 ? earning itself a permanent spot recently at the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland.
With an MSRP of around $60, the pedal-powered single-seater sold more than 457,000 units last year ? more than any model of the gasoline-powered variety. It?s American-made in Hudson, Ohio, and free of the taint of bailout money or White House-engineered bankruptcy proceedings that hosed secured creditors.