Short sellers sell stock they have borrowed, hoping to buy it back later when its price has fallen. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
In the short run, using militias might be the quickest and easiest way to improve order on Iraq's streets and uproot the… — 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
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
Iraq is short on capital, short on electricity, and short on management expertise, but it does not lack economic enthusiasm. — 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
