CNBC: Charles Schwab
Kari was on CNBC’s The Halftime Report to talk about the prospects of Charles Schwab (SCHW) and why she is long the name. Watch the full video on CNBC.com
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CNBC: Why the mixed signals on GDP growth are ‘driving me crazy’
Kari recently wrote a piece for CNBC about the recent divergence between “soft” data (economic surveys and sentiment indicators) and “hard” data (actual economic data points like jobs numbers and the unemployment rate). The data tells two different stories. Read the full article on CNBC.com
[VIEW FULL POST]Boston Globe – From Seattle it came: How Jeff Bezos is taking over the world
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
[VIEW FULL POST]HuffPo: BONFIRE OF THE VAIN ONES
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…
[VIEW FULL POST](NYT) A Trillion-Dollar Question: Why Don’t More Women Run Mutual Funds?
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…
[VIEW FULL POST]WSJ: To Be a Great Investor, Worry More About Being Wrong Than Right
Here is a cautionary take on markets about which we should all be aware. Read the full article in The Wall Street Journal
[VIEW FULL POST]TEDx: Risky Business Becomes a Little Less Risky
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.
[VIEW FULL POST]Video: Kari Firestone at TEDx Beacon Street
This past Saturday, Kari Firestone was a speaker at the annual TEDx Beacon Street Event. TEDx Beacon Street is an independently organized TED talk whereby local communities can hold their own TED events and introduce the TED experience to a wider audience. You can watch the video of her performance below.
[VIEW FULL POST]Kari Firestone Speaks at TEDx Beacon Street
This past Saturday, Kari Firestone was a speaker at the annual TEDx Beacon Street Event. TEDx Beacon Street is an independently organized TED talk whereby local communities can hold their own TED events and introduce the TED experience to a wider audience. Kari spoke about the tenets of Sensible Risk-Taking and how we can apply…
[VIEW FULL POST]What We Can Learn From The Election
Thoughts from Aureus CEO Kari Firestone: We cannot trust polls, surveys, or predictions. How does that translate to my business, investments, which is totally based on aligning expectations with prices? We need to be more skeptical about predictions we hear from Wall Street, from corporations, and, of course, from pollsters. The most surprising thing about…
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