Activist Report: Microsoft should raise its Dividend

Aug 28th, 2010
As a long holder of Microsoft (MSFT), I submitted last week a resolution for Microsoft to significantly increase its quarterly dividend. It's my hope...

Ironfire Capital's Eric Jackson discusses China Opportunities

Apr 13th, 2010
Eric M. Jackson, Ph.D., is Founder and Managing Member of Ironfire Capital LLC, based in Naples, FL. Ironfire is an equity long-biased and corporate governance-focused...

Facebook's Dual Class Shares: Another Reason to Avoid This Company

Dec 3rd, 2009
Facebook announced last week before the Thanksgiving holiday that it has created a dual-class share structure. If you are an existing shareholder, your...

John Paulson's Future Performance: No Guarantees

Nov 26th, 2009
There were two reactions I got to my column last week on Greg Zuckerman's new book The Greatest Trade Ever about John Paulson's $20 billion bearish...

Red Robin Must Start Marketing Aggressively Again

Nov 24th, 2009
One of the more surprising sectors of 2009 has been casual dining restaurants. At the start of the year amid concerns of consumer deleveraging, some analysts...

Gregory Zuckerman's 'The Greatest Trade Ever' Teaches the Lessons of John Paulson

Nov 19th, 2009
If it wasn't clear already that John Paulson had reached the zenith of his hedge fund profession, one only had to watch how fervently the media and blogosphere...

Two Important Yet Overlooked Exec Comp Factors

Nov 18th, 2009
We read a lot about corporate governance and executive compensation these days, in the wake of last year's economic collapse. Many politicians are now...

Four Risks to Las Vegas Sands' Shareholders

Nov 13th, 2009
With its stock price up over 800% since its March lows, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) plans to raise up to $3.3 billion in a Hong Kong IPO listing of its Asian...

7 Steps Towards Real Free Market Capitalism

Nov 12th, 2009
Market commentators and the White House have been quick to blame last year’s economic meltdown on a free market run amok. And they’ve used that false...

What the SEC Should Learn from Raj Rajaratnam and the Galleon Group

Nov 5th, 2009
The government's case against Raj Rajaratnam, founder of hedge fund Galleon Group, on the charge of insider trading, alleges that the hedge fund manager's...

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