In Which I Come Face-to-Face with the American Investor
Is it possible, that at some time in the future, the welfare of the companies we serve could be divorced from the fear, the greed, the feral hysteria of the securities marketplace?
Is it possible, that at some time in the future, the welfare of the companies we serve could be divorced from the fear, the greed, the feral hysteria of the securities marketplace?
Dan Solin | Posted 11.11.2008 | Home
Advisors who want to be honest will tell their clients they have no idea when the markets will "reach the ultimate bottom." All we can realistically do is place the current markets in historical perspective.
Diane Francis | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home
Far be it from me to contradict one of the world's greatest stock sages and business analysts. But I will.
Richard Weiss | Posted 10.08.2008 | Home
The recent rapid succession of major financial failures or near failures has led to a severe liquidity crisis that is clogging the credit markets.
Murray Fromson | Posted 09.23.2008 | Home
At a time when the U.S. economy seemed to be going into the tank, the question no one seemed to be asking the past two weeks was what about the press....
Dan Solin | Posted 05.07.2008 | Home
Do I have a deal for you! You are going to party with the big boys: Pension plans. Normally, this investment is only available to them, but we are going to make an exception for you.
Dan Solin | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home
"Investment professionals" tell you to look at track records as a basis for picking an actively managed mutual fund. When that fund underperforms, they advise switching to another fund. It's a form of three card Monte.
Wayne E. Pollard | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home
To say that you'd have to be stupid to invest in some of these web start-ups just might be an insult to stupid people.
Dan Solin | Posted 04.01.2008 | Home
Many investors fall prey to investment pornography. They believe they have found the path to investment success, but upon examination, their beliefs are more likely to lead to financial disaster.
Wall Street Journal | Brett Arends | Posted 04.01.2008 | Home
What a quarter. Most investors lost a bundle. One of the few who didn't: Bob Rodriguez, veteran manager of the mutual fund FPA Capital. His returns t...
Financial Times | Deborah Brewster | Posted 03.30.2008 | Home
Investors worldwide pulled close to $100bn (€63.3bn) out of equity funds in the first three months of this year - a record shift that accelerates a ...
Reuters Via CNBC | Posted 03.27.2008 | Home
Wealth held by rich investors with assets over $1 million is set to grow 50 percent in the next five years to $75 trillion, according to a report publ...
Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 03.18.2008 | Home
Perhaps Wall Street's ultimate bailout will come when central banks coordinate efforts to save the U.S. dollar.
AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 03.18.2008 | Home
NEW YORK — Wall Street stormed higher Tuesday as investors, optimistic following stronger-than-expected earnings from two big investment banks, ...
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.04.2008 | Home
There are several huge areas of exponential growth on the horizon that, for wise investors, just might represent the next great wave of stupid money.
Dan Solin | Posted 02.27.2008 | Home
One reader believes the entire system is rigged against investors. Another has had enough and is staying on the sidelines. A third is on the cusp, waiting for someone to explain the big picture to him.
AP | JOHN WILEN | Posted 02.19.2008 | Home
NEW YORK — Oil futures shot higher Tuesday, closing above $100 for the first time as investors bet that crude prices will keep climbing despite ...
AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 01.25.2008 | Home
NEW YORK — Wall Street ended a tumultuous week with a sharp decline Friday, backtracking following two days of stunning gains as investors turne...
AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 01.24.2008 | Home
NEW YORK — Wall Street scored its second straight big advance Thursday after economic figures suggested the job market is holding up and as lawm...
BusinessWeek | Peter Burrows | Posted 01.23.2008 | Home
Usually, on days when Apple Inc. (AAPL) reports earnings, giddy investors have a chuckle about the company's famously conservative forecasts and proce...
AP | STEPHEN BERNARD | Posted 01.06.2008 | Home
With credit markets continuing their downward spiral, investors could see their dividends disappearing in 2008. Dividend cuts or suspensions will co...
AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 01.03.2008 | Home
Wall Street closed narrowly mixed Thursday as investors traded cautiously ahead of the Labor Department's Friday reading on December employment. Infla...
AP | Madlen Read | Posted 12.10.2007 | Home
Wall Street advanced Monday as expectations for an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve and an uptick in pending home sales helped offset concer...
Dan Solin | Posted 10.30.2007 | Home
Should you run out and buy Morningstar's five star rated funds? Not if you are interested in superior returns.
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
UPDATE 12/2: Marc Ambinder is reporting that Jeb Bush is considering a run for the Senate to...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on Campaign Trail...
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Last week, Black Friday heralded the unofficial kickoff of the 2008 winter holiday...
Reuters has a Q&A with John Travolta to promote his animated film "Bolt." At the end, they ask him...
President-elect Barack Obama announced Monday that Robert Gates would remain as...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
NEW YORK — Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of...
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns...
CHICAGO — Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes...
Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home