It’s not often that celebrity home-buying sprees give me insights into the stock market. However, when I read last Friday about Ellen DeGeneres’ purchase of a $49 million house in Montecito, California, I realized that this behavior helped me understand the current exuberant state of the stock market. Read the full article on CNBC.com
[VIEW FULL POST]I knew the day was coming, even if an effective vaccine would be announced shortly (which it was), my most “normal” activity, playing tennis, was, again, going to succumb to Covid-19 protocols. The virus has been surging in my state, with daily cases up over tenfold compared to where they were in June. Finally, the…
[VIEW FULL POST]Kari was mentioned in this recent CNBC Pro article The utilities sector isn’t exactly known for exciting investors. These companies aren’t going to see their shares shoot up in a heartbeat, like some names in the high-flying technology sector. Nor are they household names that consumers know and love. Read the full article on CNBC.com
[VIEW FULL POST]Premiums and discounts are fascinating for investors. Nine months ago, you couldn’t give away a huge house in most suburban neighborhoods outside major U.S. cities. Now, those same houses sell at a huge premium to their 2019 prices, and penthouses on the 60th floor in Midtown Manhattan have slipped to a steep discount from their…
[VIEW FULL POST]On the morning of Sept. 3, the market began to fall, led on the descent by the same technology stocks that had captained the gravity-defying charge upward since late March. Despite being bullish for months, my partners and I appraised the August surge more as a feeding frenzy than the thoughtful recalibration of improving valuations….
[VIEW FULL POST]What seemed like a few decades ago, I mean in February, people used to occasionally ask “How’s business?” Despite usually responding, “Fine, thanks,” I would often think of the inquiry as two-part. One, and probably most important, was about our investment performance, but the other concerned our operations, particularly new business. Read the full article…
[VIEW FULL POST]Recently, Kari spoke at SALT Talks, an ongoing series of digital interviews with the world’s foremost investors, creators and thinkers. Watch the full video on YouTube here
[VIEW FULL POST]In a time of Covid-shaming, it’s difficult to publicly embrace a rising market that ignores increasing deaths, unfathomable unemployment, massive business failures, a possible 40% to 50% drop in economic activity this quarter and huge federal deficits. Read the full article on CNBC.com
[VIEW FULL POST]I think that acts of charity, compassion, and creative generosity may resonate with investors increasingly drawn to socially responsible investing when the pandemic comes to an end. Read the full article on CNBC.com
[VIEW FULL POST]Karen Firestone offers her thoughts on the bailout being offered to the travel and leisure industry. In comparing the bailout to the Great Recession in 2008/2009, she thinks this one should come with strings attached. Read the full article on CNBC.com
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