Image credit: Joseph Mallord William Turner, “Snow Storm — Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth,” 1842, Tate Britain By Jason Zweig | Apr. 20, 2016 12:41 pm ET Goldman Sachs Group’s earnings announcement on Tuesday called our attention to a word that is blowing through corporate earnings calls like a zephyr from buzzword hell:...
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Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | Apr. 15, 2016 11:16 am ET By the time you finish reading this sentence, an electronic high-frequency trader can send out thousands of buy or sell orders. Why, then, does it take up to three days — and occasionally far longer — for investors to receive cash when they sell and securities when they buy?...
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Image credit: “Loop the Loop, Luna Park, Coney Island,” photograph, ca. 1903, Library of Congress By Jason Zweig | Apr. 14, 2016 2:14 pm ET The latest newsletter from Matarin Capital Management, a Stamford, Conn.-based firm that runs about $700 million in assets, offers a simple visual reminder that investors often perceive the stock market...
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By Jason Zweig | April 14, 2016 Image credit: Early 1920s radio and horn speaker, Charles William Taussig, Wikimedia Commons I recently went on Hsu Untied, a podcast hosted by Richard Hsu, an attorney with Shearman & Sterling who brings on a sparkling array of guests from entrepreneur Mark Cuban to Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit and...
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Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | Apr. 1, 2016 1:02 pm ET The “Panama Papers” didn’t come out of nowhere. Ever since ancient Rome imposed tax burdens on the wealthy, the wealthy have been trying to squirrel assets away from the reach of local law. The more than 11 million emails, corporate records and financial spreadsheets leaked this week...
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