CNBC: What the pros do when they are underperforming (other than panic)
In her latest post for CNBC, Kari touches on what professional investors do in market selloffs. Read the full post on CNBC.com
[VIEW FULL POST]In her latest post for CNBC, Kari touches on what professional investors do in market selloffs. Read the full post on CNBC.com
[VIEW FULL POST]This article was written for CNBC.com. Having more than one decision-maker can only work if the participants can handle the fights and come away scuffed-up but, basically, uninjured. Who has ever made much money buying a stock when everyone agreed that it was fantastic idea? Read the full article on CNBC.com here
[VIEW FULL POST]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
[VIEW FULL POST]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
[VIEW FULL POST]“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…
[VIEW FULL POST]Steven Pinker’s latest book, “Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress,” posits that the prevalence (and allure) of negative news undermines the amazing progress humanity is making. Nowhere is this more true than the public markets, where the most recent bout of volatility focused the minds of investors (and clients alike) more…
[VIEW FULL POST]Why can’t wages climb? Because huge companies buy out competitors and then cap salaries to insure that profitability rises, justifying the purchase price. True in everyone in every industry, including farm-equipment mechanics. Read the full article in The New York Times
[VIEW FULL POST]This article is important but misses something. Not only do CEO’s today need to provide leadership regarding appropriate behavior norms at their companies but they also need to lead by example. Read the full article in The New York Times
[VIEW FULL POST]By Karen Firestone MAY 23, 2017 This article was originally posted in the Harvard Business Review. One of the most interesting findings of a recent HBR article on team chemistry is that the types of people who become leaders within organizations are about 30% less likely than their coworkers to feel stressed out. As the CEO of…
[VIEW FULL POST]By Kari Firestone Just to recap my posting last summer, after quickly self-diagnosing my swollen and bothersome knee as another in a series of tears, I learned from a real doctor that I needed an entirely new knee. His advice was to postpone the inevitable for a couple of years by giving up running and…
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