Topic: Financial Markets

Did the Venture Capital Crunch Force Zappos-Amazon Deal? [Updated]

Amazon's purchase of online shoe retailer Zappos was surprising and interesting news all by itself, but now comes a twist: reports that this marriage made in e-commerce heaven may have been a shotgun wedding forced by Zappos' ...READ»

Hacker. Dropout. CEO.

When Mark Zuckerberg showed up in Palo Alto three years ago, he had no car, no house, and no job. Today, he's at the helm of a smokin'-hot social-networking site, Facebook, and turning down billion-dollar offers. Can this kid be for real?READ»

Investors Running Out Of Places To Hide

"Bill Walsh, Chief Executive of Hennion & Walsh, an investment-services company, said the modest improvement in bond prices--which lowers yields--was a flight to safety spurred by data released Wednesday showing that the U.S. job market weakened October."READ»

Shawn Brennan, Brennan Capital Group

Shawn Brennan, Brennan Capital GroupREAD»

(No) Exit Ahead?

A leading venture capitalist offers a tough-love survival guide: How to keep your company afloat when the IPO market has dried up. Plus, six words you should never use when raising money.READ»

The Reinvention(s) of Sophia Collier, Part 2

Sophia Collier wrote her autobiography at age 21, founded her first company a few years later, and then took on the mutual-fund industry. Now she's set her sights on the cable-TV power structure. Why can't this woman sit still? And what can you learn from her entrepreneurial journey? A two-part feature.READ»

Hennion and Walsh on CNBC: Tax Free Municipal Bonds

Hennion and Walsh President, Bill Walsh, tells CNBC viewers that while tax free municipal bonds may not be a sexy investment, they can be an appropriate investment, along with the reasons why.READ»

CEOs in the Slammer

This year, a record number of CEOs were ousted. Some were fired, some retired, and some even died. But a great number were also sent to prison, like the CEOs of Enron and WorldCom. What happens to company leaders when they run roughshod over their corporations?READ»

Hennion and Walsh News: Is Cash You Keep at Your Brokerage Safe?

"'With any brokerage firm you have to pay attention to what the sweep is going into,' says Bill Walsh, president of money-management firm Hennion & Walsh Asset Management"READ»

Investors Take To T-Bonds Amid Uncertainty

"'You still have a yield curve that makes sense,' said Bill Walsh, chief executive of the investment services firm Hennion & Walsh, since the shortest maturity still has the lowest yield. From a historical perspective, however, Walsh said the yield curve was pretty steep as a result of the usual pressures such as supply and demand and the flight to quality--bond markets are considered a safe place to park money."READ»

Trucost Details Carbon Impact of Top U.S. Mutual Funds

Trucost, an environmental data provider, released a report late yesterday detailing the carbon footprints of top U.S. mutual funds with a combined value of $1,551,067 million. The Carbon Counts USA report examines 75 of the top ...READ»

Shawn Baldwin from CMG at the CME in Chicago on CDS's

Economic dissertation and analysis of the CME's CDS clearing mechanism READ»

Stock Futures

Jerry Putnam is working to build an alternative to the Wall Street trading establishment. He's a maverick, but he's not a wild-eyed revolutionary. And his backers include some of the biggest names in finance.READ»

Shawn Baldwin from CMG Interviews Dr. Christopher Geczy of the Wharton Wealth Management Initiative

Shawn Baldwin from CMG discusses private wealth management and the economy with Dr. Christopher Geczy for the Critical Capital Management SeriesREAD»

Are We Out of Options?

They were the currency of the American dream. Now they are worthless paper -- a symbol of CEO greed. What went wrong with stock options? Where do companies go from here? Our only option: Visit one of the world's leading authorities on employee ownership.READ»

CEOs Who Should Lose Their Jobs

It's the new era of accountability: Most of the nation's worst-performing bosses have been shown the door. But what about the guys who just won't go? Meet the Teflon CEOs. Poor results, declining stock prices, and strategic blunders just seem to slide right off them.READ»

Sharia

Shawn Baldwin from CMG (Chicago) in 2009 writes on Sharia for the Critical Capital Management seriesREAD»

Chatter

Googlemania!READ»

Googling for Courage

With their daring IPO, Larry Page and Sergey Brin are fighting the Wall Street cartel.READ»

CEO See-Ya! Anniversary Special!

How are five bosses faring a year after we said they should get the boot?READ»

Hennion and Walsh News: Dow Jones Newswires - 11/14/2008

TIP SHEET: SmartGrowth Funds Bet On ETFs, Short S&P 500 "A U.S. recession isn't pretty for most companies, but portfolio managers at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management are betting on a universe of roughly 240 exchange traded funds to beat the worst bear market since the Great Depression."READ»

Hennion and Walsh News: When the stock and bond markets look scary, cash seems like a safe bet. But is it?

"While bank savings accounts, CDs and money markets can help you sleep better at night, 'they are terrible long-term assets because they are certain to depreciate in value over time," says Bill Walsh, president of Hennion & Walsh Asset Management in Parsippany, N.J.'"READ»

Made to Stick: The Myth of Mutual Funds

Why we don't always believe the truth.READ»

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The Stock Exchange of Stock Exchanges

Members of the New York Stock Exchange are pressuring the Big Board to go public. Meanwhile, BusinessWeek calls on the NYSE to lower barriers to trading -- suggesting that the NYSE stifles competition from electronic markets like ...READ»

Overthrowing Overtime

This March, Linda Tischler posted an FC Now entry about a controversy over overtime at Electronic Arts. Today's Wall Street Journal reports that the company has agreed to settle the lawsuit. (Subscription required.) So doing, EA ...READ»