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The Federal Reserve Explained In 7 Minutes Chair Janet Yellen grabbed everyone’s attention this year when she implied that the Federal Reserve, aka the Fed, may raise interest rates for the first time in six years. The markets have been responding ever since, once again proving that the Fed holds a lot of the cards when it comes to the U.S. economy. But what exactly is the Fed? And how did it become so powerful? ...
It has been a month of tragedy and upheaval in Paris as a result of the terrorist attacks that killed 129 people throughout the city. What are the main points of the “Paris Outcome”? There are three elements, say London-based analysts E3G: The Paris Agreement: An enduring, legally binding treaty on climate action which contains emission reduction commitments from 187 countries starting in 2020. It will ...
McDonald's will not spin off its real estate through a real estate investment trust, the company said on Tuesday at its annual investor meeting. McDonald’s, which already has a heavily-franchised model, also announced on Tuesday that it aims to be 93% franchised by 2018, up from a previous target of 90%. In the long run, it wants to become 95% franchised. Additionally, it’s raising its dividend by 5% to 89 cents per share and upping its ...
Most of us have read classic value investing books such as the "The Intelligent Investor" by Ben Graham and "The Most Important Thing," by Howard Marks. We've enjoyed reading those classics and learned tremendously from them. Also bumped into a few unconventional books, however, that I think are worthwhile to read. Some of them are not necessarily directly value investing-related, but they certainly helped me in terms of better thinking as an investor. Here is the list and a brief summary of why ...
At Baron Capital's annual investment conference star musicians and comedians were overshadowed by Tesla's Elon Musk. Each year investors in the Baron Funds spend a day listening to corporate executives and portfolio managers, interrupted only by blockbuster musical and comedy acts. The 2015 edition lived up to its predecessors Friday with the likes of Steve Martin and Martin Short, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, Michael Buble and Alicia Keys, ...
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