Dangling Delicious Dividends
After my recent articles on current trends in “returning value to shareholders”, I ran across a couple of news stories this past week that caught my …
Read MoreAfter my recent articles on current trends in “returning value to shareholders”, I ran across a couple of news stories this past week that caught my …
Read MoreIn years gone by, I was required to dissect a tapeworm in high school biology. The fact that I vividly recall the tapeworm (after all these decades) attests to …
Read MoreIn Part I, we reviewed the SEC’s journey toward reforming the regulatory framework of U.S. money-market funds in an attempt to proactively mitigate the …
Read MoreDo you recall the tongue-in-cheek Christmas song classic: “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer”? That is the image that sprang to mind last August when the …
Read MoreForget the NSA scandal. Forget Edward Snowden. The focus has shifted now to war as the White House will seek to arm Syrian rebels following the claim that …
Read MoreFaster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. And able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, …
Read MoreIn Part I, we shared a series of graphs based upon key financial data from the quarterly statements of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A). The objective of the study …
Read MoreJust as children’s literature has provided us with “giants” (Paul Bunyan; the giant from “Jack and the Beanstalk”; etc.) so the investment world …
Read MoreBloomberg European 500 Index down 1.5% is hurting US futures pre-market, but it's the close as always that matters. Courtesy of Bloomberg.com Other pre-market …
Read MoreIt is interesting how effective sarcasm can be. I will never forget the first time I read a critique of an economic prognosticator who had “predicted ten of …
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