This article was written by Karen Firestone and appears in the most recent issue of Barron’s. A few years ago, I was invited to appear on CNBC as a commentator for shows like Squawk Box and Half Time Report. Then, in 2018, I began to sense a shift. Producers began to actively recruit women for…
This article was written by Karen Firestone for CNBC. Many years ago, I learned from an older fund manager that, at 4:00 p.m., you need to wipe that day’s action and performance clean, mentally releasing the self-congratulations and the self-incriminations. Read the full article on CNBC.com
While the stock market has shocked us back to the reality that markets don’t just go up all the time, we have seen the logical buying of very oversold stocks and improvement of international markets that hit extremely low valuations compared to the US. That’s all generally good news for orderly markets. Read the full…
All those cynics who, for years, have predicted the end of the longest bull market in history, have finally been correct. Click here to read my new piece on CNBC.com
One of the favorite pastimes of market watchers is predicting the next seismic shift in investor preference. The latest trendy forecast goes something like this: We’ve had a major pivot from the digital darling FAANG stocks to the rejuvenated “Blue Chips” of 2018. However, finding evidence of this type of leadership swap in history is far from…
“Last year I decided it was time to shake things up at our investment management company. After 12 years as president and then CEO, I thought it was time to shift some of my responsibilities to my partners.” In my most recent HBR post, I discuss the difficult process of preparing Aureus for an eventual CEO transition. Read…
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