Wall Street Reform May Not Go Far Enough
The financial reform bill has passed both houses of Congress and is whizzing its way to the White House for the President’s signature as fast as it can get there. Though its changes are many, in at...
View ArticleBP’s Hayward Stokes The Executive Pay Fire
BP CEO Tony Hayward is out with a pay package the Times of London is reporting at $18 million. That’s not huge by some recent exit standards, as noted in a post at the Washington Post’s PostLeadership...
View ArticleWhy Warren Buffett Was Right: “Diversification is Protection Against Ignorance”
The volatility in the broad stock market has shaken investors’ belief in the true value of portfolio diversification. The problem is that many of the people who believe that diversification no longer...
View ArticleFrom the Portfolioist Book Shelf: Freefall by Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz received the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics and shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Intergovernmental Panel on climate Change (IPCC). He is a professor of...
View ArticleStocks and Shocks: What to Do?
Guest Post by Contributing Editor, David Kotok, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Cumberland Advisors. How do we avoid walking into a “left hook” in the markets? That was the discussion this week...
View ArticleSocially Responsible Investing Going Forward
If you’re one of the growing number of people who expect their investment dollars to make the world better and not worse, you’re already involved in socially responsible investing (SRI). The term...
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