For those of you that like the feel of pulped wood in your hands, a list of some of the most recommended business books of 2008. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life A Sense of Urgency The Brand Bubble: The Looming Crisis in Brand Value and How to...
Look at the Exit poll numbers again and tell me it was the financial crisis. 18-29 All Races Bush deficit: 1.5 McCain deficit: 6.1 Blacks (over 29) Bush deficit: 6.2 McCain deficit: 9.1 Latino (over 29) Bush deficit: 0.45 McCain deficit: 1.4 Asian/Other (over 29) Bush...
CEO –Chief Embezzlement Officer. CFO— Corporate Fraud Officer. BULL MARKET — A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. BEAR MARKET — A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife...
To, continue the conversation…. Joe, like you I have an imperfect understanding of the situation. I don’t have an overall theory as to why things occurred as they did. Here’s a few factors that I think at least contributed… I think there was a...
Even prior to the financial crisis, it was not unusual for politicians and pundits to assert that government spending is out of control. That government just keeps growing and growing and growing. Did you ever wonder if it was true? Last year the U.S. GDP was $13.8...
A friend asked me to jot down some thoughts on The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002, commonly called SOX was enacted in 2002 in response to a number of major corporate and accounting scandals...
