If you’ve recently watched sixty seconds on any financial news network or read the business section of any publication, you’ve now heard about the vicious “rotation” occurring this week in the stock market, from growth to value, momentum to cyclical, or any other two dissimilar groups that would suggest an intentional trade by millions of…
[VIEW FULL POST]Written by Kari Firestone We all know, deep down, that there is no “free lunch.” The most obvious case of this are the lunches that all buy side investors are invited to featuring the management of companies that are going public or already public. If you are not a client of the hosting firm, you…
[VIEW FULL POST]We all make mistakes–we’re human, after all. But, what happens when we ignore the mistakes our coworkers and the people who work for and with us make? Read the full article in Inc. Magazine
[VIEW FULL POST]The countries who have tended to focus on their protectionism – US, England, several European countries, definitely not China – seem to be the ones where there is a fear, real or induced by politicians, that the working class is losing out because of globalization. This fear is either due to “foreigners” that are taking…
[VIEW FULL POST]Vanguard, the non-profit financial giant that single-handedly revolutionized the investment management world, reportedly wants to join the private equity party train. Is this another market that it intends to overhaul by passively managing and micro-pricing index fund offerings to the masses, or is Vanguard worried about missing a possibly overheated market that its clients find sexier than…
[VIEW FULL POST]In her latest post for CNBC, Kari touches on what professional investors do in market selloffs. Read the full post on CNBC.com
[VIEW FULL POST]Equinox is branching out of its expertise, opening its first branded hotel and investing in a real estate project that will include co-workspace and apartments, all in Manhattan’s newest and hippest location, Hudson Yards. Industrious, a venture-backed WeWork-like developer, with an enviable name, will be its partner. I am as amazed by the ambition and…
[VIEW FULL POST]Kari Firestone and Jill Carey Hall of Bank of America Merrill Lynch discuss the markets on CNBC’s “Closing Bell.” Watch the full clip on CNBC.com
[VIEW FULL POST]Karen Firestone, Aureus Asset Management CEO, joins “The Exchange” to discuss why women are making gains in labor market, but not in finance. Watch the full video on CNBC.com
[VIEW FULL POST]As the Massachusetts gaming commission began hearings last week to decide if the Wynn Co will retain its license to operate the first major urban casino on the East Coast, I walk through many sectors that have dramatically changed since I began my investment career. Read the full article on CNBC.com
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