Commentary/Opinion

It’s never fair to paint all retail investors with the same brush, but it’s also rather fair to say that pretty much all retail investors love themselves a short…

Dear Quentin, I’m in an interesting position that I need some help with. My in-laws live with my wife and I, and have done so for some time. We initially moved in…

A quiet monthslong legal fight between the U.S. National Institutes of Health and drugmaker Moderna over COVID-19 vaccine patents recently burst into public view. The outcome of the…

Meet Jim Churchman. Jim was a teacher and later a school principal. Upon retirement he played a lot of golf, but, in his own words: “Got tired of that pretty quick. I didn’t feel like I…

He retired a multimillionaire after a celebrated business career, but still wears worn-through shoes, and “shops” at the county dump. He is cantankerous and argumentative, and doesn’t…

There was a time when investors who needed income could play it safe by purchasing bonds with attractive yields that were rated investment-grade for credit quality. They…

Stock geeks like me look forward to a special market event four times a year, and it just happened. No, not earnings season. I’m talking about when my favorite fund managers reveal what…

We often hear HR executives and hiring managers claim that they fully support diversity efforts and are committed to hiring the best person for the job regardless of demographic…

As with many areas of the economy, enterprise technology spending was hurt by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to consulting firm Gartner, worldwide IT spending declined 3.2% last year to…

The stock market does not suffer from seasonal weakness between now and Christmas. You may have never heard about a supposed pre-Santa lull on Wall Street. Given…