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From: Marc Becker <becker@wiserfinancial.com>
Date: May 24, 2014 6:29 A
To: captain_average@yahoo.co
Me On The Podium Of The NYSE
On the Podium at the New York Stock Exchange
I'm the guy in the brown suit.
Can't quite make me out? I'll make it a little easier momentarily. To be on the floor of the NYSE, let alone on the podium was a tremendous honor. When I received the call, the first thing the guy asked me was if I could be in New York on Wednesday.
I said, "no." There was a long pause so I added, "why?" After that was answered, as it turned out I could in fact be in New York on Wednesday. Here's a few special moments from my trip.
After receiving entirely different subway instructions from 4 very nice city folk, this is me lost in the subway after attempting to combine the routes to come up with an even better one.
Here's the NYSE when approaching from Wall St. about 2:30 p.m. As you can see they don't let anyone near it. When entering, I was a little disappointed they clearly didn't deem me much of a threat.
Given where I was, I figured the universal sign for "I'm getting robbed," was appropriate.
I ran into long time CNBC anchor Sue Herrera outside the exchange. I think it might be time for me to call Bosley.
This is the Board Room at the exchange. Fancy. After the close we came back and had a party in here. It was awesome.
This is the original clock from the NYSE when it opened in 1865. Back then, stocks were traded one at a time. This clock rang every 5 minutes signifying the closing of trading on one stock, and the opening of trading on the next.
One little extra trade couldn't hurt anything...right? The guy belonging to this station emerged a second later. He didn't think this was as funny as I did.
On with the big moment...I've been watching the floor on TV a long time. Men wear blue or charcoal suits to the extent I called ahead to see if another color was allowed. Several of the guys were jealous they didn't think of that.
Well, that's about it, unless you want 50 seconds of live action.
Again, I thank Daniel Gamba, Head of iShares Americas (to my left in the photo above), Mark Carver, iShares Director of Factor Investing (who designed the enhanced index funds this event celebrated opening), and iShares management consultant Sarah Lochner, who was instrumental in helping me make the most of the experience.
As always, I welcome your questions and comments.
Marc Becker, AIF
Managing Partner
Wiser Financial Coaching, LLC
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