The Grinch Will Set you Straight About Holiday Retail Sales
Thanksgiving is next week. Along with the family and turkey and fixin’s comes the annual — and historically terrible —...
Uneven Recovery, Noise & Ignorance: Why People Missed the...
View Why So Many Hate This Recovery There are three main reasons for the pessimism. Bloomberg, November 16, 2015. \There...
Buybacks Are Overrated
Why Management Loves Share Buybacks Share repurchases are a backdoor way to pay executives. Bloomberg, November 11, 2015 ...
The Latest Cognitive Dissonance: Weak Recovery is all Dodd...
Don’t Blame Dodd-Frank for the Slow Recovery The law isn’t perfect, but it hasn’t hurt small-business lending....
Oh, No! Disclosure is Going to Mess Up Housing Sales!
Starting Saturday, the real-estate industry will be subject to new disclosure rules, courtesy of the Dodd-Frank law and the Consumer...
401Ks Should Not be Complicated or Expensive
Over the years, I have been critical of the way 401(k)s are created, administered and managed. They can be expensive and filled with...
Investors: Time Is Your Ally, Not Your Enemy
Time Is an Investing Ally, Not an Enemy Doing nothing might produce better returns. Bloomberg, August 13, 2015 Today’s...
Oh, No! The Death Cross! (Never Mind . . . )
A Market Indicator That Predicts Nothing Its predictive value is minimal. Bloomberg, April 29, 2015 One of the...
Housing Market Takes Wandering Path to Recovery
How Healthy Is Housing? High-end real estate is doing great; the rest so-so. Bloomberg, June 18, 2015 For...
CEO Compensation is Broken
Executive Pay Gluttony Maybe big institutional investors could make a difference. Bloomberg, April 30, 2015 ...