Posted on 12/16/2011 5:47:32 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
When he started trading in 1928, Irving Kahn read stock transactions on ticker tape. Now, on the eve of his 106th birthday, he reads them on a computer screen.
Mr Kahn, who is the oldest living investment banker and began trading a year before the Great Depression, is a far cry from a figurehead at his Madison Avenue Firm.
Not only does he read The Economist and The Financial Times daily - he reviews every transaction of the Kahn Brothers Group, Inc.
Mr Kahn’s secret to a long life is surprisingly simple: ‘The thing that keeps me young is coming down here and managing money for my clients and for the firm,’ he told CBS News in a recent interview.
He added: ‘I love the challenge and I love the stress involved, and I think that’s what kept me alive and kept me at the point where I’m now approaching middle age.’
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For a middle aged man he has a good since of humor. :-)
He looks healthier than some 30 year olds.
Cool story about a 101 year old woman and her 81 year old Packard. Sounds like she had an interesting life growing up down the road from Henry Ford.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/automobiles/packard-81-is-a-youngster-to-its-driver.html?_r=1
He comment at the end of the video is hilarious. When asked if she’s lived in Plymouth all her life she says “Not yet”.
Wow he looks great! Amazing he’s still working, Good for him.
Stress is antidote for depression.
Wow he looks great! Amazing he’s still working, Good for him.
Wow he looks great! Amazing he’s still working, Good for him.
I like this guy!
/johnny
And the great-great-grandchildren are waiting for their inheritance. And waiting. And waiting. And, dammit, waiting!
Are you a doctor? There are many forms of depression and some are situational and some are clinical, that is to say not enough serotonin in the brain. Medication treats that. I know because it helped me.
I guess my mother was right. Nobody ever died from hard work.
Not a doctor, just someone who speaks from experience.
Enjoy your medication.
Sarcasm aside Sgt, what experience are you talking about? And as I no longer need medication(and so what if I did, does that me less of a person?) would you be so uncompassionate say to a diabetic?
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