David Moon

Will Rogers suggested that investors should buy good stocks and hold them until they go up, then sell them. "If they don't go up," the humorist extolled, "don't buy them." That sounds great in theory — and plenty of people ...

Comedian Henny Youngman once noted that he read so much about the evils of drinking that he decided to give up reading.

About five years ago, investment analyst Jeremy Grantham was speaking to a group of quantitative geniuses — mathematics PhDs — about common algebraic logic flaws.

Other than religion and the long-running Ginger vs. Mary Ann debate, few things evoke as much disagreement as politics. When you add money, the debate can get emotionally ugly.

After The Wall Street Journal published a piece last summer in which a number of business professionals suggested that Facebook was worth up to $234 billion, I chuckled and wrote that it was likely worth closer to zero than $234 ...

A recent Wall Street Journal column by Trend Macrolytics' Donald Luskin warned of stocks falling as much as 30 percent next year.

It's hard to believe, but JP Morgan's $2 billion loss on a trading hedge isn't a massive amount of money — at least to JP Morgan. In absolute terms the number has shock value, but in perspective, the relative size ...

Last Sunday'ss Greek elections threw that country into parliamentary chaos, with the electorate delivering a no-confidence vote to the two traditional ruling parties in the country, Socialist PASOK and New Democracy. If those two powers cannot join forces with the ...

Within only days of the birthday of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, the News Sentinel reported details of two local investment frauds — one of them a two-time defrauder. The details were both fascinating and frustrating.

When Mega Millions lottery winner Merle Butler accepted his ceremonial $218 million check a few weeks ago, the 65-year-old retiree said what all lottery winners say. He and his wife anticipate little change in their lives as a result of ...

In announcing a series of executive actions and legislative proposals aimed at stopping speculators from manipulating oil prices, President Obama this past Tuesday said "we can't afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the ...

In explaining risk to a group of reporters, former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld differentiated between types of known and unknown risks, noting that the most dangerous risks are those about which we are incapable of even knowing exist.

During arguments before the Supreme Court about the constitutionality of the individual mandate portion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Chief Justice John Roberts challenged the logic of forcing citizens to engage in commerce by comparing the forced ...

By now you've read or heard of Radio Shack's $633 billion takeover offer for Apple — an offer the Apple board appears eager to accept now that Steve Jobs is no longer an obstacle.

Today's employees are not satisfactorily saving for retirement. They have unrealistic expectations about when they will retire and how much they will earn working part-time jobs during retirement. Most have practically no external savings or investments.