Kari wrote an op-ed for CNBC today. In it she describes a useful set of principles that anyone can utilize in this new age of market unpredictability and bizarre presidential Tweets. Read the full article on CNBC.com
[VIEW FULL POST]The US government again helps Amazon by limiting whomever might be able to be a real competitor. As long as prices fall, the US doesn’t seem to care about anti-trust issues. Read the full article in The New York Times
[VIEW FULL POST]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
[VIEW FULL POST]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]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]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]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]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]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]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.
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