During his summer break from college, my son tried to sell me on the merits of the popular TV series, Burn Notice. In this TV drama, Jeffrey Donovan plays Michael … Read more →

The bestselling book “Freakonomics” chronicles the search for the hidden incentives behind all sorts of behavior. It characterizes the field of economics as the study of incentives – how people … Read more →

In competitive pursuits, there are established and transparent measurement systems to determine not just performance but how performance is achieved. In professional sports, a variety of statistics are used to … Read more →

For some, The Candy Man is a fun ditty from the 1971 movie “Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory.” The phrase, however, has its origins in a much more sinister … Read more →

A few weeks ago BP CEO, Tony Hayward, felt the heat of America’s ire for his “I want my life back” gaffe. This week, BP Chairman, Carl-Henric Svanberg, may have … Read more →

Just when we thought we were through hearing about the Wall Street hooligans and their criminal vices our “untouchable” friends at Goldman Sachs made the news twice. The Wall Street … Read more →

Have you ever been a part of one of those trusted conversations where you become privy to information that is so powerful it would disrupt the status quo? Think of … Read more →

In one of this week’s articles Wall Street Journal writer Jason Zweig, reports that an investor, Philip Eberlin reportedly put 80% of his assets in CDs and fixed annuities because: … Read more →

The veil over how Wall Street works is slowly being lifted. Wall Street’s real mission isn’t to help you make what the markets return, rather it’s to keep your money … Read more →

The news about retirement portfolio investing this week has been a little light, so we start with the lighter side. Kiefer Sutherland’s misfortune is not funny, but we’ve watched our … Read more →