My Two Cents

Every month I get a long list of return numbers from the investment boutique Aronson+Johnson+Ortiz. The latest rows of figures are all positive....

Jim Paulson, head of Wells Capital Management, is always thoughtful. He's been thinking about something I've been wondering about the past few days...

Who said, "Individual investors lose. Mutual fund managers win." Consumer advocate Ralph Nader? Crusading New York State attorney general Eliott...

Healthcare insurance premiums are poised to head higher next year. To be sure, the latest Hewitt Associates study shows that health care cost rate...

Do you think a recession is coming with the downturn in housing? Or are you in the camp that believes the worst is behind us?...

Dartmouth University economist Andrew Samwick has a good post on the dollar on his blog....

The dollar dropped to another record low against the Euro. It also hit a 15-year low against a basket of currencies representing America's six...

Do you feel that you haven't had a real raise in years? There's good reason. Here are some numbers drawn from the latest issue of Business Week. ...

What story is the market telling us? The stock market rallied on the Fed rate cut of half-a-point. So far, so good....

I've been catching up on my reading, and I came across this entry on Bruce Nussbaum's blog. Bruce is Business Week's innovation and design maven. ...