May 25, 2019
Tesla, the self-appointed visionary for the future of electric vehicles (EVs), has not been having a great year. Recent PR blunders and financial setbacks have taken the shine off the futuristic brand. CEO Elon Musk’s business leadership …
May 24, 2019
While the S&P 500 has fully recovered from last October’s selloff and has reached record highs, its smaller counterpart, the Russell 2000 small cap index, remains almost 9% below its zenith from last August. Due to several factors, small caps …
May 23, 2019
About a quarter of Amazon deliveries are delivered within 24 hours. Preexisting delivery systems such as UPS and FedEx expedite the process. Yet the e-commerce giant struggles delivering to its consumers in rural and remote areas in the same timely …
May 22, 2019
Target-date funds (TDFs) provide an investment mix whose objectives vary over time. TDFs are marketed as a way to ensure risk is allocated appropriately. Risk-tolerance should be carefully reexamined against any fund’s investment objectives. …
May 21, 2019
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a dean at the Yale School of Management, has come down heavily on the flamboyant Tesla CEO Elon Musk, holding him directly responsible for the electric car maker’s first-quarter loss. Terming the loss as “catastrophic,” …
May 20, 2019
A vacation is usually an exercise in spending too much money through design or ignorance, like buying a pricey souvenir that gets thrown into a closet once it’s brought home. Consider that the average American comes home from vacation with over …
May 19, 2019
Chris Hughes, who co-founded Facebook in 2004 along with Mark Zuckerberg, now says that Facebook is becoming a powerful monopoly with no accountability that must be broken up by the government. Hughes expressed his views in an opinion piece for the …
May 18, 2019
The dawning digital age, a boon to e-commerce businesses, has been a bane to the traditional brick-and-mortar retail industry. Scores of businesses are preparing to shutter more than 6,200 physical locations this year. About 100 million square feet …
May 17, 2019
Got a cellphone? Get read for a flood of bill collector texts. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing changes to the 1977 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act The changes will allow debt collectors nearly unlimited ability to …
May 16, 2019
In response to anticipated earnings announcements, the price of Apple’s stock has moved precipitously in either direction since last October. For those interested in purchasing the stock, a few observations may prove helpful in making an informed …
