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Why were Weight Watchers and uranium mining stocks up today?
by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 22, 2016
A tale of two stock ticker symbols.
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Forrest Full of Shares
Jun 15, 2016
What's a share? Well, Paddy Hirsch's mom used to say they were like a box of chocolates...
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The all-important exit strategy, explained
by
Paddy Hirsch
May 19, 2015
Smart investors don't put their money into a venture without an exit strategy.
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The complicated formula — and incentives — behind CEO pay
by
Stan Alcorn
Apr 24, 2015
What's the best way to pay a CEO?
The activists are coming!
by
Paddy Hirsch
Apr 21, 2015
Spring is shareholder meeting season — and primetime for activist investors.
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Stock buybacks could be good for investors
Oct 8, 2014
Critics have sounded alarms that companies are pumping up their stock price.
On pins and needles for the next words from the Fed
Sep 15, 2014
Fed watchers are obsessed with two words right now: “considerable time.”
For public good, not for profit.
More people own cats than stock these days
by
Kai Ryssdal
Sep 9, 2014
Stocking up on cats instead of shares? You're not alone.
IPOs - why the frenzy ?
by
Shannon Mullen
and Tony Wagner
Jul 29, 2014
It might be the busiest week for companies going public since August 2000.
Amazon makes a lot of money. But it still loses more.
by
Annie Baxter
Jul 25, 2014
Amazon's stock fell 11 percent this morning following another sad earnings report.