Has Warren Gone Off the Rails?
Warren Buffett is investing $32 billion in Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the nation's 2nd largest railroad. At first blush, this is radically counter-intuitive. A railroad? Isn't that hopelessly brick-and-mortar?
Warren Buffett is investing $32 billion in Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the nation's 2nd largest railroad. At first blush, this is radically counter-intuitive. A railroad? Isn't that hopelessly brick-and-mortar?
Eric Lotke | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business
If we ask the right questions or push in the right direction, the American people might come with us. Long range investments. It's work but we can get there.
Don McNay | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business
I'm convinced that most of the mistakes made handling money result from lack of information and bad habits formed in childhood.
Dan Solin | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business
Wealthy investors can be enticed to buy "alternative investments" like hedge funds and private equity deals. How is that working for them? Not well.
Sarah O'Leary | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business
You don't need to be an economic scholar to understand the basics of supply and demand. If a consumer product falls in the retail forest and no one cares, the register won't make a sound.
Kristin Boekhoff | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business
I don't have to convince the Bangladeshis of the potential of their country. They are keen to change the world's negative perception of Bangladesh; a high-profile, luxury eco resort could do just that.
Rob Smart | Posted 09.16.2009 | Business
Early pioneers of the sustainable food movement, with dirt on their hands, lessons learned and progress made, have played a critical role in blazing trails for new ventures.
Marc Gunther | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business
The idea here is that Calvert will buy stock in imperfect companies (a category that includes every company I know) and then push them to do better.
Rob Smart | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green
Pro Food stands apart in its efforts to revitalize the entrepreneurial side of the American food system, with the express purpose of reestablishing the link between food and source, bringing together eaters and farmers in new, innovative ways.
Rob Smart | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green
While perhaps it's not "broken," America's industrial food system has developed side effects that are accelerating in severity; diet-related health and environmental issues can no longer be ignored.
Dan Dorfman | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business
If an investor is the patient type, typically their portfolio will get back to break-even in a little more than 5 years after the bear market is over.
N. E. Marsden | Posted 07.20.2009 | Business
Pioneers in the field of neurofinance are searching for the right neurococktail of emotion and logic for today's fast-paced electronic marketplace.
Henry Blodget | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business
Your money manager has walloped the market by 5% per year for the past 10 years, so he's obviously a genius, right? Actually, no. He had a 1-in-5 chance of doing that just by throwing darts.
Ryan Mack | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business
Employees are now burdened with the responsibility of planning for their own retirement since defined contribution plans became the norm.
N. E. Marsden | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business
Wall Street has come up with a new twist on "insider trading": brain science. Neuroeconomics and Neurofinance give new meaning to the term "Pandora's Box."
Larry Gellman | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business
Those of you who are waiting for the economy to get "back" to normal will probably be waiting for the rest of your lives.
Grant Cardone | Posted 04.13.2009 | Business
Every household in America needs to take heed of Mr. Buffett as he embraces selling as a survival skill for creating the future you want.
Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 03.11.2009 | Living
I look at blessing as an investment in our world. What I bless increases. Bless the economy. Withdraw your projections of fear on our world fiscal system. Bless the economy.
Dan Solin | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business
The existing 401(k) system is a scam far greater than anything Bernie Madoff could have conceived. But a new website may change everything.
John Graham | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
Congress should follow the President's lead in creating a stimulus package that is a combination of short-term measures and longer-term infrastructure investments.
Saskia Sassen | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business
The shadow banking system is not illegal or clandestine. It is in the open, but it has thrived on the opaqueness of the investment instruments, facilitated by their complexity.
Lesley Jane Seymour | Posted 02.12.2009 | Style
She's certainly not carrying a flashy $26,000 "It Bag" (which she could afford if she wanted to, which makes her disdain all the more inspiring). Her look is sensible, serious and efficient.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics
Bernard Madoff built a major investment shop largely on smoke and mirrors -- convincing investors that his fund was a safe and consistent return when ...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 01.11.2009 | Style
You'd better watch out/ And heed what I say/You'd better protect your 401(k)/Nasty times are coming to town.
Larry Gellman | Posted 01.11.2009 | Business
Call me stupid, but I think we are at one of those moments in time where excitement ( aka fear) is causing investors to overlook great opportunities.
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business