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    Europe’s Financial Crisis, in Plain English

    15 january 2013 Much like our own recent housing crisis, the European financial mess is unfolding in a foreign language. It is the lingua franca of financial obscurity — “sovereign…

    How to Become a Bus Driver, Not a Bulldozer

    15 january 2013 Q. You worked for many years as a management consultant. How did that help you prepare for a C.E.O. role? A. As a consultant, I learned that…

    About Ken Fisher

    15 january 2013   Ken Fisher has been writing the Portfolio Strategy column for Forbes for over 28 years. He is the fourth-longest running columnist in Forbes‘ history. Ken Fisher…

    New York Likes to Hang on to the 1% as Long as it Can

    15 january 2013 One of my biggest problems with the “Occupy” movement is that I am not exactly sure who is in the 1%.  Eileen Taylor, who appears in this…

    Asia’s Richest Man Li Ka-shing Discusses Tech, China And The World Economy

    15 january 2013 For the 25th anniversary issue of the Forbes Billionaires List, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to interview one of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs and philanthropists…

    Will The New Mars Rover Save The U.S. Space Program?

    14 January 2013 Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon years before I was born. It was, at the time, the most extraordinary thing that many Americans had ever witnessed, broadcast…

    US banks’ multi-billion dollar payouts to settle housing bust claims

    14 January 2013 American banks struck two multi-billion dollar settlements yesterday to end claims connected to the housing bust which triggered the financial crisis and plunged the US into recession.…

    Fifth Street Finance Corporation Named Top Dividend Stock With Insider Buying and 12.17% Yield

    In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ”DividendRank” report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six…

    From Solar System to Ecosystem: A New Way to Finance Social Entrepreneurs

    Have you ever taken a planet walk? Along a hiking trail, you start with Mercury and Venus, about the size of golf balls, a few meters apart on pedestals. You…

    Don’t Trust The Wise Men Of Finance

    I have my doubts about the the wisdom of our entrusted Wise Men in understanding the past in order to predict the future. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told a George…