CNBC: Smart Money Value Picks
Karen Firestone was recently on CNBC’s Halftime Report to discuss how her top picks coincide with the consumer’s strong balance sheet. Watch the full video on CNBC.com
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CNBC: Markets Focus on Global Concerns Not Rates (Video)
Karen Firestone, Aureus Asset Management, and Alison Deans, AA Deans Advisory, talk about global market concerns, interest rates, and increased M&A activity.
[VIEW FULL POST]What to Do When You Almost Have Inside Information
I have spent my career in the investment business and have participated in thousands of meetings or calls with managements of public companies. A few times, I have received inside information, and I guarantee that you know when you’ve got it. When I worked at a large mutual fund company, we had ample instruction on…
[VIEW FULL POST]THE JOY OF RUNNING IN THE DARK
This morning, I did something that I have done at least once and often four or five times a week for nearly 30 years; I went out running in the dark. This has been a particularly challenging winter with tons of snow, and, more important, lingering ice on the street, but I have my secret…
[VIEW FULL POST]Making the Gradual Retirement of a Co-Founder Work
Most people look forward to retirement. They can’t wait to play more golf with their pals, travel, hang out with the grandchildren, perhaps spend more time on non-profits, and generally pursue a more relaxed lifestyle. But some of us don’t really want to retire. Like my partner, with whom I co-founded our finance services company….
[VIEW FULL POST]Would You Play Golf on a Weekday Afternoon?
Last summer, I was invited by a few friends to meet at 4 o’clock on a weekday to play a few holes of golf on a sunny afternoon. As I got out of my car, a guy I know waved and said, “Hey, great to see you, but don’t you still work?” (Yes.) Over on the driving…
[VIEW FULL POST]Why the Market Keeps Going Up and Why It Might Matter to You
I work in the stock market, although I have never written a “market” piece in this venue. So why now? Because the broad indices have steadily climbed higher for almost five years and, until recently, no one outside of those of us trading stocks all day, seemed to notice. Now I have to be careful…
[VIEW FULL POST]Steroids, Stocks and Too Good to be True
What can investors learn from the sagas of Lance Armstrong or Roger Clemens? Are there lessons from observing the spectacular career heights and precipitous declines of some of our most celebrated athletes? We exalt in the extraordinary because it makes us feel closer, as humans, to grandiosity ourselves.
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