Ford Motor Chief Executive Alan Mulally finally got the message that the incessant speculation about him departing to become CEO of Microsoft was hurting the automaker. And so he delivered his own...
Last year was a year for stock market record books as index fund buyers added 30% to their nest eggs while many skilled hedge fund managers underperformed. Oddly, many of the smartest investment...
In a market environment where “hot buys” always make the headlines, often the best advice an investor can get is when to actually sell a stock. The following 14 investments are over ripe according...
When news hit in early 2011 that Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) was giving its clients the opportunity to invest in (then private) Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) shares, investors knew something big was afoot. FB...
THIRTEEN MONTHS AGO Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, the richest twentysomething in history, reached out to Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel, who oversees a revenue-less app that makes photos disappear, with an...
There’s no shortage of technology wunderkinds under the age of 30 transforming business, society and our day-to-day lives. We’ve all heard the startup stories behind Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook,...
Venture capital used to be a great place to put money. But in the last 15 years, it has been a lousy investment. 2013 was the strongest year since 2007 for VC and there are promising developments...
As the year draws to a close, let’s take a moment to reflect on some of the less profound statements made in 2013 by technology industry CEOs, entrepreneurs, insiders and other folks who should have...
This is the 17th week and everything is a gamble in the game. The NFL scene is such that the players tussling in the playoffs are rooting for four spots. These are the coveted goals and they are what...