The Supreme Court's ruling in favor of Janus Capital Group is a blow for shareholders' rights advocates.
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In his new book, Oaktree Capital's Howard Marks takes issue with the traditional definition of investment risk as tied to volatility.
New York Times: Celgene (CELG) shareholders on InvestorVillage are frustrated with how much Celgene executives make while their returns on the stock lag.
Questions on the laptop from Fabrice Tourre, written about by New York Times' Louse Story and Gretchen Morgenson.
Tim Harford produced a brilliant one-scene dialogue between a father edifying his son on the eternal, universal power of compound interest and his confused offspring, seeking in vain the interest necessary to apply the principle. Excerpt: “I learnt about Albert Einstein.” “Aha! A fascinating fellow. And an economist, too, in […]
Chris Dixon points out one of the key reasons Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) became one of the great contemporary business success stories. There’s a lesson here for contrarian investors of any stripe. – – – When Google released its search engine in 1998, its search results were significantly better than its […]
Have a hard time waking up in the morning? Try this alarm clock, which begins shredding a dollar bill (your choice of denomination) from the time the alarm goes off. Be careful, though – Mashable reminds us that willfully destroying American currency is a federal offense. Source: “Money-Shredding Alarm Clock […]
The Australian satirical comics Clarke and Dawe take on the European debt crisis and the fragile world economy: Source: “Clark and Dawe: Lending merry-go-round” YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D0VhS8qXT0