How to profit from magical thinking
Superstition pervades finance, real estate, and corporate settings. Managers and marketers can use it to their advantage.
Sell! Buy! Markets hate complex headlines
Investors pay less attention to long and complex headlines, and that has an effect on markets.
Surprising numbers behind start-up survival rates
It can be difficult to make general statements about the survival or failure rate in any particular industry.
Where China’s stimulus program went wrong
Most of the money in China’s Great Recession stimulus plan went to state-controlled companies that were less productive than privately owned businesses.
What target should the Fed be shooting at?
The conventional wisdom on interest rates may be wrong.