Yesterday, in the wake of the AIG bonuses scandal, I made an argument for the creation of a Corporate Honesty Index. I continue that theme today by listing a few methods for judging the honesty of publicly traded companies.
It’s Sunday, and the talk shows are all aflutter over AIG’s plans to pay $165 million in bonuses, even as the ink has yet to dry on its $170 billion bailout check. Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says the governments hands are tied. Are our hands tied as well?
After reading Mary Buffett’s excellent book on securities analysis, I summarized the major things that Warren Buffett seems to look for in a stock. That book focused primarily on Buffett’s lessons learned from Benjamin Graham, but Buffett’s investment strategy was also influenced heavily by the lesser-known Philip Fisher.
George W. Bush (remember him?) famously pointed out, early in the economic crisis, that as gas prices rose, fewer people
Two opposing economic theories have driven investment strategy and economic regulation over the past century. Recently a third theory, largely
I’ve led digital change at startups, as well as larger companies such as NPR, Yahoo! and The Washington Post. I
