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William D. Cohan

A bestselling author, renowned financial journalist, and former M&A banker, covering what’s really happening on Wall Street.

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NEWSLETTERS
Apple’s slowing growth and $165 billion balance sheet are fueling armchair speculation that C.E.O. Tim Cook ought to put some of that cash to work.
WALL STREET • April 9, 2023
Debt Roulette, Apple’s M&A Wallet, & “Revlon Mode,” Revisited
News and notes on the inside story on Wall Street: the coming Elon debt crisis, more Shitrix porn, and a Ronald Perelman milestone.
Disney C.E.O. Bob Iger has notched three impressive wins in his six months back in the saddle.
HOLLYWOOD • April 5, 2023
The Iger Six-Month Itch
Despite his early successes, the ageless C.E.O. still has two vitally important tasks in front of him: cranking up Disney’s moribund stock price and finding a real successor, one that can outlast the 33-month tenure of Bob Chapek. He’s got some 18 months left.
The opportunity for Jamie Dimon to join the White House cabinet would also provide Dimon with the perfect cover to finally appoint a successor.
WALL STREET • April 2, 2023
Dimon Diplomacy & More Zazonomics
News and notes on the inside conversation on Wall Street: “The Jamie and Janet Show,” David Zaslav’s incentives, and Elon’s fuzzy math.
“This acquisition is attractive for UBS shareholders but, let us be clear... this is an emergency rescue,” said UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher.
WALL STREET • March 29, 2023
A Bear Stearns Shit Sandwich in Switzerland
News and notes on the UBS-Credit Suisse arranged marriage: Bear déjà vu, the AT1 fiasco, Michael Klein, and that bizarre FT piece.
A scrum of security guards, reporters, and customers outside of Silicon Valley Bank a few days after it collapsed.
WALL STREET • March 19, 2023
The Last Days of SVB
A double-Goldman scramble, a “wall-cross,” an equity book that wasn’t, a Moody’s downgrade crisis, and a board mulligan: the real story about what went down during the final days of Silicon Valley Bank.
It’s hard to disagree with Bill Ackman, who tweeted, somewhat defensively, in the aftermath of the FDIC’s decision, that the government did the right thing.
WALL STREET • March 15, 2023
Two Days in the Valley
A postmortem of an abbreviated financial crisis, and a look ahead to the next one in our social media age.
Greg Becker, president and C.E.O. of Silicon Valley Bank.
SILICON VALLEY • March 12, 2023
SVB’s Valley of Death
Assessing the reality of a historic 48 hours on Wall Street.
Is the day approaching when some of the most prestigious Wall Street law firms—Cravath, Wachtell, Weil Gotshal or Paul Weiss, for example—go public?
WALL STREET • March 8, 2023
The Next Big I.P.O. Scramble?
Fifty years ago, DLJ changed Wall Street forever by altering the conventional wisdom as the first private investment bank to go public in an I.P.O. It set off a tidal wave of followers. Now, is Big Law ready for its moment?
Goldman C.E.O. David Solomon responded to pointed questions about the firm decade-long, unprofitiable foray into consumer banking at last week’s investor conference.
WALL STREET • March 5, 2023
Benioff’s Moves, Goldman Questions & a Disney Activist Post-Mortem
News and notes around Wall Street: about David Solomon’s consumer play, Salesforce’s activist appeasement, Disney’s life after Peltz, and Elon.
What’s clear in the end was that Lee was a complex individual, like many of us, with demons and ghosts and behavior that was self-destructive.
WALL STREET • March 1, 2023
What Was Eating Tom Lee?
Ever since the L.B.O. pioneer was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Wall Street has been buzzing—trying to figure out why someone who seemed to have it all would take such a drastic action.
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