The New York Stock Exchange held its first-ever Columbus Day tribute Monday morning with a reception featuring some of the great Italian-American financiers of my generation.
On The Money was lucky enough to score an invite to the event — which included the guests of honor ringing the opening bell — and not just to celebrate the ethnic pride of your humble correspondent. I also learned something valuable about the Italian-American experience that the faux controversy over the explorer’s alleged misdeeds obfuscates.
