Jeff Bezos figured out that the typical connection between company value and EARNINGS was not sacred. He promised innovation with “lowest price” with no or little profit and investors made him and Amazon among the richest in the world. Read the full article in The Boston Globe here
Smartphones is the new drug of choice for young people. Because they are legal and ubiquitous, the risks are different and perhaps more insidious. Read the full article in The New York Times
This article was originally posted in The Harvard Business Review Each January brings a renewed desire to challenge ourselves and learn something new. But by February the energy starts to wane. Becoming proficient at something takes too much time, we lose motivation to practice, we struggle to pay attention in class after a long day…
Kari was on Halftime Report today to talk about an attractive discount broker that should benefit in a rising interest rate environment. Watch Kari Firestone on Halftime Report
This piece was recently featured in The Huffington Post Sometimes I am sitting in a meeting and suddenly Tom Wolfe’s great 1987 novel, “Bonfire of the Vanities” pops into mind. It happens in the presence of a “Master of the Universe,” that deliciously described symbol of Wall Street success. He (almost always a “he”) is a…
This article explores the question of why there are not more women in the mutual fund industry (in America). From the article: “In fact, a paltry 9.4 percent of American mutual fund managers are women, according to a 2015 report by Morningstar. That’s lower than in the rest of the world, where one in five…
The benefits to pro-business policies result from coordinated and thoughtful design and implementation, not just intent. Read the full article in The Wall Street Journal
Kari spoke at the TEDx Beacon Street event this year about how everyone can better think about risk-taking in their own lives. Watch the new (edited) video below and visit TEDx Beacon Street to see additional videos of other presenters from this year’s event.
By Kari Firestone Just to recap my posting last summer, after quickly self-diagnosing my swollen and bothersome knee as another in a series of tears, I learned from a real doctor that I needed an entirely new knee. His advice was to postpone the inevitable for a couple of years by giving up running and…