Solid First Shot But More Bazookas Needed

A little over two weeks ago, we wrote to you that the epicenter of the massive turmoil in the economy is the endless range of businesses that employ a large portion of the work force. Our focus was, and is, to help working people maintain their jobs throughout this hopefully contained period of isolation and demand collapse by supporting and maintaining previously strong and viable enterprises that employ good hardworking people.

April 2020

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Even With Heartbreaking Loss, Springtime Can Bring Green Shoots of Optimism

We hope you, your family and your colleagues are healthy and managing through this crisis as safely and effectively as possible.  As you know, this week the coronavirus caused us to lose our friend and partner, Peg Broadbent, who served as CFO of Jefferies Group since 2007. 

April 2020

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Priorities, Strategies and Emotions of Living and Operating in a Pandemic

The two of us have spent virtually every waking hour (and unfortunately plenty of our sleep time) for well over a month focused on and thinking about the Coronavirus and its implications for all of our families and friends, our clients and Jefferies. 

March 2020

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Grasping for the Bright Side and Perspective in Dealing with the Coronavirus

Now that each of us has a second to breathe and truly be with our families, we would like to share some bigger picture thoughts with you.  

March 2020

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A Time of Uncertainty, and a Time to Step Up At Home and At Jefferies

The Coronavirus has now expanded globally and is becoming a factor in every one of our lives. None of us truly knows the scale and scope of what we will be dealing with, but there is no doubt that fear of the unknown is beyond unsettling.

March 2020

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Thank You Jefferies - Asia

Nobody said it would be easy.  Just when we thought we only had to deal with Brexit, trade wars, environmental disasters, government shutdowns, riot protests, and political elections, we have now been introduced to Coronavirus.

February 2020

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The Too Often Overlooked Real Center Of Our Universe

Insight-generating, client-swaying, wisdom-sharing and revenue-generating MDs and Senior Vice Presidents are fuel that power Jefferies.

 

February 2020

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Fiscal 2020 – Our Goal and Our Plan for By Far Our Best Year Ever and the Beginning of the Road to 2030

Thirty years ago, just after one of us arrived at our firm, Jefferies was a pure boutique with one real business, cash equities, which drove net earnings of $7 million on galactic-wide total revenues of $144 million.

December 2019

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Proud to Have Milennials Teach Us Their Way

It is often said that millennials are a complicated breed of super-humans with unique ways of living, learning, playing and working.

November 2019

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Immediate Transparancey in Today's Light Speed World

Today we shared the following note with our 3,776 Jefferies Employee-Partners. Given that each of these news stories currently dominates the global news cycle with breathtaking speed, we thought it was important to understand the meaning and implications of living and working in today’s world.

October 2019

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