

Keeping Calm During a Panic Selloff (FAQs)
What is causing the market volatility? Following a remarkable rise in stock prices up until February 19, the rapid spread of a new...
Michael Livian
Mar 13, 20206 min read


The Impact of Surprises and Security Selection
Nobody’s 2020 forecast included the coronavirus outbreak. In his hit television show of the early 2000s, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen posed...
Martin Fridson, CFA
Feb 13, 20202 min read


Fracking: Proposed Ban and Investment Implications
The Question Elizabeth Warren has vowed to ban all hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the United States. Bernie Sanders also favors...
Martin Fridson, CFA
Dec 2, 20193 min read


You’ve Got to Ac-Cen-Thu-Ate the Positive (*)
Longstanding baseball fans fondly remember Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro. The great knuckleballer had a strong motivation for making...
Martin Fridson, CFA
Sep 5, 20192 min read


Avoid "Cliches" Like the Plague!
Bloomberg Opinion contributor Barry Ritholtz recently tweeted about his dislike of financial clichés that reflect badly on the speaker...
Martin Fridson, CFA
Jul 12, 20191 min read
















