One of the reasons that “official” interest rates are staying low is that the shadow lending economy has so much available cash to finance deals that traditional banks won’t. PE firms are big players in the game now too. Read the full article in The Wall Street Journal
[VIEW FULL POST]In this article The Economist details how the U.S. tech giants are making life difficult for start-ups. Read the full article in The Economist
[VIEW FULL POST]If Facebook or Google test us – give us access to you or you can’t use our sites – what will happen and when will governments step in? Read the full article in The Wall Street Journal
[VIEW FULL POST]This morning, the WSJ article had a piece similar to our most recent Investment Perspectives on market timing and the impact to investor returns. There is a lot of overlap between the two pieces but there are a few stats in the WSJ article that were interesting, particularly about which types of funds’ investors “market…
[VIEW FULL POST]Citing Census Bureau information, politicians and media pundits often claim that Americans are no better off than they were 30 years ago. However, as detailed in this Economist article, a new report by the Congressional Budget Office disputes this claim, painting a rosier picture of American prosperity. Read the full article in The Economist
[VIEW FULL POST]Kari was featured on CNBC’s Closing Bell segment Friday afternoon on which she discussed the stock market winners and losers of the week. Watch the video on CNBC.com
[VIEW FULL POST]The recent Facebook “crisis” over user data is just the latest chapter in the long history of corporate crises. In this article, The Economist analyzes the impact of such crises on long-term shareholder value. Read the full article in The Economist
[VIEW FULL POST]Healthcare has been a great sector in which to invest for many years now. But as The Economist lays out in this article, there are factors in place that may change the source of those high returns, especially for some participants in the industry. Read the full article in The Economist
[VIEW FULL POST]Index funds are risky for a variety of reasons. Left to their own devices, investors in passive vehicles tend to underperform the market given their penchant to enter and exit equities at exactly the wrong time. Read Kari’s full article on CNBC.com
[VIEW FULL POST]Kudos to Maura Healey, whom I know and respect, for investigating how Facebook sold/offered/handed over or otherwise were convinced to share member data with a “company” or “researcher” with unclear and unexplained motives. Read the full article in The New York Times
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