Singing The ETF Bubble Blues
ETFs have come to play an outsized role in the markets and like virtually anything that Wall Street touches, they became prone to excess and unintended consequences.
ETFs have come to play an outsized role in the markets and like virtually anything that Wall Street touches, they became prone to excess and unintended consequences.
Donald Trump begins his presidency without the soaring rhetoric of past Presidents, but with a clear anti-establishment, populist vision. Above all, Trump seeks to put control of the government in the hands of the American people.
A roundup of everything that happened this week in the credit card industry.
University of Oregon football athletes were essentially tortured during off-season conditioning drills resulting in hospitalization for three of the football athletes. This article examines a hidden culture of college sports that needs to change and can change through effective leadership
If you're looking for a way to improve your business, and improve yourself in the process, take the challenge to write an article every day.
Wine sales direct from producers to consumers grows inexorably.
While anticipated policy changes may provide some economic improvement, tightness in the labor markets will likely restrain any strong surge of growth.
Lately I find myself fielding inquiries about internal customer service almost as often as external, as a consultant and speaker on customer service. Here are ten internal customer service best practices, principles for transforming your company culture.
Will the demand for developers continue to increase over the next decade? This question was originally answered on Quora by Ken Mazaika.
Philip Morris’ place in the Indian tobacco space may be under threat. Foreign investment in cigarette makers has been outlawed in India since 2010. However, tobacco firms are still allowed to invest through technology collaborations, licensing agreements, and trading companies. This may change.
Ray Kroc's story as the purported founder of McDonald's is crisply told in this excellent biopic. Along the way Kroc provides bracing insights into a controversial business style.
And note that the macroeconomic effect is broadly neutral if you cut both taxes and spending at the same time. Now, I would argue that Trump ought to bulldoze straight ahead here. I think a smaller Federal Government would be a good idea
In theory, thanks to the Investigatory Powers Act, Donald Trump will have access to more data on British citizens than on his own people.
Russian-based World of Diamonds Group, which introduced the Jane Seymour Blue Diamond ring, has created what may well be the world's most expensive swizzle sticks at just over $20,500 each. The set of 50 stirrers -- made of 18-karat gold and diamonds-- carries a value of $1 million.
Taste is not fixed. Deliciousness is even more subjective than we think. And making ourselves self-conscious about our food choices can help us reduce temptations by making those temptations less tempting.
Destiny is now entering year three of its lifespan as a sequel looms on the horizon for (allegedly) this fall. But the fact remains that Bungie has revealed what’s going to be another content drought for the foreseeable future.
A trade treaty should just be an agreement to allow people to buy and sell. However, a lot of the trade treaties of the past seventy years have led to a substantial loss of national sovereignty, and transfer of power to supra-governmental autocratic institutions.
Forrester makes a case for investing in CX.
Australian born, Atlassian cofounder and co-CEO, Scott Farquhar has a maniacal attention to culture, which the colorful Farquhar summarizes as “Don’t f#*k the customer.” This is the story of the company's founding and Farquhar's journey to becoming a billionaire entreprenuer.
Bridgestone is at the bottom end of a crowded golf club market, but the company is coming out with a new line of premium drivers, fairway woods and iron this spring, looking to tap into a niche for high-end, fitted equipment.
In Hardy vs Commissioner, the Tax Court held that a surgeon's interest in an LLC generated passive income that was not subject to Self Employment tax. This is an issue that affects many small business taxpayers who have interests in pass through entities.
Donald Trump says that one of his first priorities will be to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Congressional Republicans say they want to repeal Obamacare but that they want to replace it with something else later. Looks like that will leave millions of people in a lurch. Cartoon by Joe Heller.
Yes it was a horrible recession. Yes, there was massive economic pain. But I do think that the Fed has handled all of this rather well. They certainly did better then their predecessors in the 1930s, whose mistakes turned the Crash into the Depression
The Atlanta Hawks have discussed, albeit briefly, trading Dwight Howard. Does that mean he is available? Is Dwyane Wade's future in Chicago in question? What's the latest on Suns forward Pj Tucker? SportsMoney gets you up to date on the latest.
(Kitco News) - Gold and silver prices are near unchanged to just slightly lower in early U.S. trading Friday, on mild corrective pullbacks and some more profit taking following recent gains that saw both markets hit two-month highs earlier this week.