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Meet The World's Newest Billionaire, A 36-Year-Old 'Surfer Dude' Named...
Nick Woodman is the 36-year-old founder and CEO of GoPro, a wearable camera produced by Woodman Labs that can capture footage for athletes as they whiz down a mountain or surf 6-foot waves.Last week,...
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The Three Things That Every Man, Woman, And Child Needs To Know About The...
Bill McBride at Calculated Risk packs more Fiscal Cliff knowledge into one paragraph than almost every other Fiscal Cliff explainer we've seen.A few obvious points on the "fiscal cliff": 1) It is about...
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The Most Read Wall Street Journal Article Of 2012
The Wall Street Journal put together a list of its top 10 articles of 2012.#1 — Why French Parents Are Superior, by Pam Druckerman published back in February.Here's the Druckerman's basic point...
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David Rosenberg Made A Chart Notorious In 2012, But He Left It Out Of His...
In his August 27 Breakfast With Dave note, Gluskin Sheff's David Rosenberg scared everyone with a chart plotting the year-over-year trend in 3-month moving core capital expenditure orders. This...
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THE TRUTH ABOUT GUNS IN AMERICA: If We Want To Be Safer, We Need To Change...
Only drastic gun control could make a big difference. Small measures can help a bit.ON DECEMBER 14th maniacs in America and China unleashed the horror in their heads on the most innocent of targets. In...
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A Firm That's Been Investing With SAC Capital Since The 90s Just Pulled Out...
Titan Advisors, a wealth management firm that's been investing with SAC Capital is ending their relationship with the hedge fund, The Wall Street Journal reports.Clients told the Journal that the firm,...
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JIM CHANOS: Investors Need To Be Careful Of Companies That Fall Right Off A...
Jim Chanos has been a golden boy of the short-selling game since his Baldwin Piano call in 1983. So when he started dishing to Barron's about his observations about the value investing game over the...
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The Most Important Chart Of 2012
Matthew O'Brien at The Atlantic was nice enough to solicit our contribution for their roundup of the best charts of 2012.We gave him: The Italian 10-year bond yield.The explanation:On June 26, with...
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THE WEEKEND IS OVER: US Futures Are Falling, And The Yen Is Sliding Again
It was a quiet weekend, but in terms of the global economy, there were probably two main stories:Continued concern about the Fiscal Cliff fallout from last week.Japan's incoming PM Shinzo Abe...
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Burger King Has Made Its Triumphant Return To France
PARIS (AP) — For the first time in 15 years, Burger King served its flame-grilled Whoppers in France, a country better known for its gastronomy than fast food.Burger King Worldwide opened a restaurant...
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The Post-Election Stock Market Looks A Lot Better If You Ignore One Bad Apple
We are scheduled to interview on Bloomberg TV at 9:15 AM, Monday, December 24 with anchor Betty Liu on “In the Loop.” Our discussion will likely include markets and factors like the fiscal cliff and...
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57 Behavioral Biases That Make Us Think Irrationally
We all view the world through different lenses. This has to do with our upbringing, our collective experiences, and our subconscious behavioral biases. Until we take a deep look into why we see the...
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Fracking Keeps 44,000 New Yorkers Employed Even Thought It's Banned
New York's legislature continues to dither over whether to allow fracking in the Empire State.According to a new report from research group IHS, the process is already keeping more than 44,000 New...
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Champagne Sales Are Tanking In 'Gloomy' France
Even the pop of a champagne cork can't pull France out of a national funk.According to The Financial Times, champagne sales in France were down 5 percent in the first 10 months of the year, and the...
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The Market Is Cracking...
Dow fading a little bit going into the final several minutes of the day (HT: Bespoke). Still not much news or anything. Seems dicey to try ascribing it to anything, even the Cliff.Please follow Money...
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The Best Investments Of 2012
There were undoubtedly a few major stories that dominated financial markets in 2012.The formation of a recovery in U.S. housing is definitely one of them. Another is ECB President Mario Draghi's...
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BARCLAYS PRESENTS: The 60 Best Stock Picks For 2013
Barclays has released its Global Top Picks 2013, a collection of 156 stock selections from its analysts across the world, 60 of which are listed on U.S. exchanges.Stu Linde, Head of Equity Research,...
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STOCKS FALL: Here's What You Need To Know (JCP, HLF, CVX, SPY, DIA)
The fiscal cliff stalemate weighed on stocks today.First, the scoreboard:Dow: 13,139.708, -51.76, -0.39%S&P 500: 1,426.66, -3.49, -0.24%Nasdaq: 3,012.60, -8.41, -0.28%Now, the top stories:As we...
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Mark Cuban's Novel Income Tax Proposal Is The Exact Opposite Of What Most...
Typical economic policy is fairly straightforward: Spend more and cut taxes when the economy is weak. Hike taxes only when we've recovered.During a Reddit Ask Me Anything session, billionaire Mark...
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The Best Of Everything In 2012
We're almost at the end of the year 2012, and what a year it's been.Facebook finally went public, private spacecraft entered outer space, and humans broke the sound barrier without the aid of machines...
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