Investors have been too willing to buy stocks with strong reported earnings, even if they do not understand how the earnings are… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
In general, investors prefer companies to reward executives for producing recurring income, not one-time gains. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Big banks have long had private equity divisions that put up capital for deals too complex or risky for individual shareholders to… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
The Fed's ability to raise and lower short-term interest rates is its primary control over the economy. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
For decades, Wall Street has charged companies a standard fee of 7 percent to sell their shares to the public. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Short sellers sell stock they have borrowed, hoping to buy it back later when its price has fallen. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Publicly traded United States companies report sales and profits to investors every quarter. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Trust the Canadians to produce a game about mutual funds that is actually more boring than the real thing. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
While Wall Street firms typically underwrite offerings in teams, the lead underwriter, or manager, of the offering has primary responsibility for selling… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Many newly public companies are able to post a year or two of strong sales growth off a small base, but their… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Some companies use off-balance-sheet partnerships to raise money or to buy assets without ever telling their shareholders in their financial statements. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Big fund companies have many ways to increase the returns of young funds that they want to promote. And at least one… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
The lower spreads mean lower costs for investors, because Nasdaq investors generally do not trade directly with one another. Instead, they usually… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Big companies, which spend tens of billions of dollars annually on 'call centers' to take orders and provide customer support, increasingly rely… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
At any moment, one company stands in the spotlight of the middle ring in the stock market's never-ending circus. It may not… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
The biggest profit center for investment banks is the hefty fees they charge for underwriting stock offerings and giving financial advice, and… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Fannie Mae is owned by shareholders but operates under a federal charter that exempts it from paying state or local taxes. As… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Hedge funds try to produce above-average investment returns using tactics ranging from traditional stock-picking to complex derivative and arbitrage plays. High minimum… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
The thing to do with mutual funds is to buy a couple of decent ones, set up an investment plan and then… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
On the New York Stock Exchange, all buy and sell orders are routed through a single 'specialist,' guaranteeing that most small trades… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
At the end of 2000, most investors were optimistic that a return to quick gains could not be far off. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
As they grow, companies saturate their markets, become more complex and difficult to manage, and face larger and more entrenched competitors. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Accounting rules give financial institutions flexibility about when they choose to recognize venture capital profits. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Volatility may be rising simply because investors must digest more information every day. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Fannie Mae has never publicly disclosed how much money it could lose if interest rates rose 1.5 percentage points in a very… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Don't expect Barton Biggs to be offering his market insights on 'Bloomberg News' anytime soon. His plumber, maybe. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Normally, banks record profits on loans only as they are repaid, whether they securitize the loans or hold them on their books. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Insider trading is hard to prove. To be convicted, a person must have bought or sold a stock based on material information… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Rising interest rates are considered bad for stocks because they raise the cost of doing business and depress corporate earnings and because… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Business cycles lengthened greatly during the 20th century, as central banks learned to manage national economies by raising and lowering interest rates. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
It's one of the fundamental principles of the stock market: When interest rates go up, stocks go down. And along with financial… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Although not well known outside Wall Street, Freddie Mac and its corporate cousin, Fannie Mae, are two of the world's largest financial… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Lower interest rates are usually considered good for stocks because they lower the cost of borrowing and make bonds a less attractive… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
It has been said that the Fed's job is to take the punch bowl away just as the party gets going, raising… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Of course, the discounting of future earnings should hurt all stocks. But it should hurt technology stocks more than others, because so… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Traditionally, companies have made major announcements before or after the close of trading so that all interested investors and analysts are apprised… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
For investors who do want to speculate in high-yield bonds, one alternative may be a junk bond mutual fund, which can offer… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
One of the Internet's highest-profile companies, Priceline once dreamed of transforming the way consumer goods are bought and sold by offering customers… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Bigger spreads mean bigger gaps between what buyers pay and sellers receive. For example, a spread of 10 cents a share means… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
One of the Internet's highest-profile companies, Priceline once dreamed of transforming the way consumer goods are bought and sold by offering customers the chance… — Alex Berenson Copy Share
As they grow, companies saturate their markets, become more complex and difficult to manage, and face larger and more entrenched competitors. — Alex Berenson Copy Share
“If stupid people didn’t insist on thinking they were smart, the world would be a lot simpler.” — Alex Berenson Copy Share
For chat-room tyros who expect to make their first million day-trading by age 27, paging through the Sunday newspaper with a pair of scissors… — Alex Berenson Copy Share
“Rosette disappeared onto the dance floor. Wells sat in silence for a minute, watching the dancers. The worldwide cult of fast money spent stupidly.… — Alex Berenson Copy Share
In general, great companies prefer to grow 'organically,' as Wall Street likes to say. That is, from the inside out, by finding new markets… — Alex Berenson Copy Share
Trust the Canadians to produce a game about mutual funds that is actually more boring than the real thing. — Alex Berenson Copy Share
The market always, in theory at least, looks ahead. And it's always trying to take in every bit of information that it can as… — Alex Berenson Copy Share
Mr. Snowden did not start out as a spy, and calling him one bends the term past recognition. Spies don't give their secrets to… — Alex Berenson Copy Share
As the Nasdaq soared in 1999 and early 2000, demand for many offerings far exceeded the supply of shares available at the initial offering price. — Alex Berenson Copy Share
Wal-Mart does not do big mergers, though it will buy much smaller competitors in so-called 'tuck-in acquisitions.' — Alex Berenson Copy Share
Many newly public companies are able to post a year or two of strong sales growth off a small base, but their growth almost… — Alex Berenson Copy Share
Business cycles lengthened greatly during the 20th century, as central banks learned to manage national economies by raising and lowering interest rates. — Alex Berenson Copy Share
