Keith Gilabert Pled Guilty. That’s A Fact.
I do guest-blogging occasionally to promote my books. When Hedge Funds for Dummies came out, I wrote a post for the Hedge Fund Implode-o-Meter about some of the hedge fund scandals of the day. Here’s what I wrote on that site in 2007: Keith Gilabert, who operated the Capital Management Group Holding Company that managed [...]
Some Challenges with SRI on Campus
A friend of mine serves on the sustainability committee of his alma mater, a large state university. At a recent meeting, he suggested that the committee look into sustainable investments for the endowment, and the committee representative from the board of trustees got upset. My friend asked me if I could send him information that [...]
Guest Post: Mike Scanlin of Born To Sell on Covered Calls
Annie here: Today, I have a guest post on covered calls. As always, no trading or investment strategy is right for everyone, and past performance does not indicate future results. With that in mind, if you want to learn more about covered calls, Mike has some ideas for you. Covered Calls: Earn 1.5% Per Month [...]
Two T’s in Buffett, Two E’s in Steel
Yesterday, I was looking up some articles about hedge funds in Fortune Magazine’s archives, and I had to use microfilm. Microfilm! The magazine’s web archives only go through the 1980s, and EBSCO’s only through the 1970s. (That’s an electronic database available through larger libraries.) I had forgotten how to use a microfilm reader and had [...]
Emerging Markets Update: Egypt
Egypt has always been a frustrating market for emerging markets investors. With 80 million people and a tradition of education, it is larger and more established than most nations in the Middle East and Africa. Investors have long had the expectation that Egypt would be the Next Big Thing. The country has been independent of [...]
Day Trading Simulation Games
Someone asked me the other day about day trading simulations, giving me an idea for a post. Hurray! There are a few options out there. Most brokerage firms that deal with traders offer simulation trading for their customers, but you usually have to open an account to access those features. More than one trader has [...]
Emerging Markets Update: Bahrain
In Emerging Markets For Dummies, I have a summary of each of the markets in the MSCI Emerging Markets and Frontier indexes. Since publication in January, no markets have changes as much as those of the Middle East and North Africa, so I’m writing updates. The first installment: Bahrain. Type of government: Constitutional monarchy Major [...]
Ever-Changing Africa
For decades, investors have been hearing that the Next Big Thing will be Africa. I wonder how many people missed out on inflection points in India and China because they were looking at Africa? No matter. Africa, of course, is a continent. The Republic of South Africa has as much in common with Sudan as [...]
Copywriting, The Junior League, And The Help
I’m a member of the Junior League of Chicago, which has been a fun way to meet great people, learn new skills, and contribute to the community. Over my years in the League, in Chicago and in San Francisco before that, I’ve had the chance to be part of a lot of really interesting and [...]
Sorting Through Some Stamps
A while ago, I was at a shop on the North Side of Chicago called Transistor, looking for presents for a few people on my list. I saw some great jewelry featuring sections of old stamps made by a company called Foxglove Accessories. When I was a kid, I collected stamps, and I had some [...]
