The financial world recently paused to acknowledge the passing of a true icon, Art Cashin, a name that resonated deeply across the New York Stock Exchange floor and far beyond. His departure at 83 marks the end of an era, a time when market insights came with a side of warmth and wisdom, rather than just cold numbers.
For over six decades, Art Cashin was more than just a market watcher; he was, in a way, a living chronicle of Wall Street itself. His daily thoughts, shared in print and on television, blended sharp market analysis with fascinating bits of history, some curious trivia, and, quite often, a good laugh.
Many knew him as the director of floor operations for UBS at the NYSE, but to countless others, he was simply "the dean of the New York Stock Exchange." The Washington Post even called him Wall Street's version of Walter Cronkite,
