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APPLYING PRACTICAL INSIGHT TO
COMPLEX FINANCIAL CONCEPTS

Karen Firestone has spent over thirty years honing skills applied to
the investment world, while at the same time navigating a path through the work/familyscape. She considers many issues from an unusual angle, including stock market movement, factors facing professional women today, and how to think in simple terms about some complex financial structures. Karen shares her observations in posts that also appear in the Harvard Business Review and Huffington Post. As the CEO of Aureus Asset Management, a former fund manager at Fidelity Investments, and the mother of four grown children, Karen has a rare perspective into which she injects humor and some irreverence.

HBR – Case Study: An Office Romance Gone Wrong

Kari was featured as an Expert in one of Harvard Business Reviews’ case studies on office romance. Read the article as well as her commentary by following the link below. Read the full article in The Harvard Business Review here.

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HBR: Questioning Claims That Are Too Good to Be True

This article was originally posted on The Harvard Business Review’s website. By Kari Firestone One of the tenets of sensible risk taking is to be skeptical of promises and projections. Yet this is hard to do in practice. We’re surrounded by people (and companies) exaggerating their skills or knowledge or features — and we’re often…

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Halftime Report: Karen Firestone

Kari joined The Halftime Report last week to talk about a couple of new stocks that may be interesting for long-term investors. The Halftime Report traders weigh in on her new names.

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Some Good News for Investors: The Bull May Still Have Spring in Its Step

By JEFF SOMMER AUG. 26, 2016 The bull market in stocks has been supported by two fundamental pillars: high corporate earnings and low interest rates. Both of these mainstays appeared wobbly early this year. Fortunately for investors, there is now some good news for both of them. Read the full article in The New York…

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Richer Life Lab Podcast featuring Kari Firestone

Kari joined the Richer Life Lab podcast to talk about her book “Even the Odds” with Laura D. Adams. Laura and Kate explore with Karen how to assess risk around money, career and relationships. In addition, their website has a few tips and some advice for taking risk sensibly. Listen to the podcast on their website…

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How to Rely on Our Knowledge if We Misjudge What We Know

By Karen Firestone One of the tenets of sensible risk taking, the topic of my recent book, “Even the Odds,” is relying on own knowledge and experience.   The more I describe that principle, the more I realize that it needs a footnote. Often, we do not have a solid grasp on what we do and…

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CNBC Halftime Report with Karen Firestone

Kari joined The Halftime Report for the entire hour to talk about Facebook and Amazon in the wake of their earnings reports last week. Click on the links below to watch two of her clips. Clip 1: Facebook (she starts around 3:45) Clip 2: Amazon

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NYT: Why Is the Stock Market So High? Ask the Bond Market

By JEFF SOMMER JULY 30, 2016 This seems so obvious but the experts keep marveling that the market has continued to go higher.  Other than a mattress, it’s not easy to find a place to put your money where you can get it back quickly. Read the article in The New York Times here

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