To finance deficits, the government must sell bonds to investors, competing for capital that could otherwise be used to invest in stocks… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
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
Enron had already collapsed and filed for bankruptcy protection by the beginning of 2002. But despite complaints from short sellers that corporations… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
For value investors, General Motors is a tempting target. The company's share of the North American auto market has steadily declined for… — 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
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 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
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
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
Volatility may be rising simply because investors must digest more information every day. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
From 1983 to 2000, William Goren stole more than $30 million from investors on Long Island and in Queens. His favorite targets… — 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
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
Publicly traded United States companies report sales and profits to investors every quarter. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Robert M. Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney, has seen a few financial schemes in his time. As the lead local prosecutor in… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
It's no secret that big institutional investors have a lot of advantages on Wall Street. They get the first chance to buy… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Every public company depends to some extent on the trust of its investors. — 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
To economists, prices serve as crucial signals to producers and consumers. In a regulated market, the state sets prices high enough for… — 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
Electronic communications networks match trades between investors directly, without using a market maker or specialist as an intermediary. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
In a Ponzi scheme, a promoter pays back his initial investors with money he has raised from new investors. Eventually, the promoter… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Like many other banks and finance companies, Green Tree used a process called securitization to resell its home loans to outside investors.… — 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 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
“If stupid people didn’t insist on thinking they were smart, the world would be a lot simpler.” — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
