VideoRidley Scott's Prometheus will hit theaters almost exactly 33 years after the release of Scott's most famous film, Alien. This is understandably generating a lot of buzz, and I am both extremely optimistic and a little bit trepidatious about the film (which made my top science fiction films to watch in 2012 [...]

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 05:29

In this series we are looking at the Fama-French three-factor model of investment returns. Any model of investment returns tries to predict an investment's returns and volatility by factors that can be measured in advance of investing. The first factor, beta, taught us that the riskier, more volatile stocks on average [...]

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 14:30

Belvedere Vodka tweets an ad featuring a terrified woman being grabbed by a gleeful man with a catch phrase, "Unlike some people, Belvedere always goes down smoothly," implying she will be forced to perform oral sex. This obviously sparked outrage.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 19:23

Cover of Ender's Game (Ender Quartet) In South Carolina a teacher has been placed on administrative leave for reading excerpts of Orson Scott Card's science fiction classic Ender's Game to his middle school students. "The parent that reported him to the school district complained that the book was pornographic," Tod Kelly writes. "hat same [...]

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 20:39

Cover of Ender's Game (Ender Quartet) In South Carolina a teacher has been placed on administrative leave for reading excerpts of Orson Scott Card's science fiction classic Ender's Game to his middle school students. "The parent that reported him to the school district complained that the book was pornographic," Tod Kelly writes. "hat same [...]

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 20:39

St. Patrick's Day has long been a financial boon to pub owners, breweries and purveyors of just about anything green. But until this past decade, there wasn't always a pot of gold awaiting the musicians who provide live Celtic and Irish music for the occasion. Seven-time all-Ireland accordion champion John Whelan explains.

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 20:51

Crafty bosses like Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett don’t let their companies declare dividends. That’s because these payouts get clobbered by taxes. At the moment the federal tax rate on dividends is 15%, but the rate is set to triple next year. Image via Wikipedia The smart way for a corporation to [...]

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 16:03

The more things change the more they remain the same! This month we celebrate the 35th anniversary of The Prudent Speculator, complete with 10 undervalued stock picks.

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 14:56

European stocks rose early in their session, but have retreated a bit this morning. They were set for their first rise three days, but it appears persistent fears about the China growth are weighing on the market. US stock futures are weakening late this morning as well after earlier trading higher.

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 14:28

While calling the unexpected drop in unemployment rate a "welcome" surprise, Bernanke warned that gross domestic product growth has not kept pace.

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 19:26