Business Pundit

  It’s fun to watch futuristic movies where all transactions are performed via a chip embedded deep beneath your skin — until you realize that that type of science fiction fantasy is slowly becoming our reality. Many people have stopped using… Read more

When people think investing, the first name that comes to mind is Warren Buffett. Buffett is a legend and has been a huge role model for thousands of value investors over the years. Besides his success, perhaps the biggest reason people gravitate… Read more

Usually get-rich-quick plans seem a little unrealistic, and they should. It most cases, you can’t decide to participate in a financial strategy that immediately gets you a ton of money. Some people have this misconception about foreign exchange… Read more

Sometimes I learn new facts that surprise me, and in this infographic called All The World’s Gold from the website Number Sleuth there were quite a few things that I learned. Here are some of the more interesting facts about gold that we learned… Read more

Finance careers, once few and far between with the economic landscape how it’s been, are now abundant for those who are qualified. If you’re looking to relocate, or even in one of these 7 cities below, consider yourself lucky to score a finance job… Read more

The financial crisis is undeniable in the United States, and other countries around the world have faced their own as well. But who are the people who have contributed to these fiscal problems? The team from the Credit Score Site helps us find… Read more

Economic bubbles have been around since the birth of currency. Created by a wide range of factors, from excessive monetary liquidity to plain old human greed, exuberance and stupidity, they can be described as a trade in products or assets valued… Read more

Private equity firms Leonard Green & Partners (which is behind Petco, Whole Foods, and Sports Authority, among many others) and TPG Capital (Nieman Marcus, Sabre Group, Midwest Air) have bought out J. Crew for $3 billion. From the Wall St…. Read more

Could nursing home REITs become a new investment trend? Image: LOLren/Flickr Ventas Inc., the nation’s biggest owner of senior housing, bought Nationwide Health Properties, a real estate investment trust specializing in senior housing and… Read more

Deutsche Boerse and the New York Stock Exchange have merged, creating the biggest stock exchange in the world. Reuters has more about the $10 billion deal: The new company, which has yet to be named and will be incorporated in Amsterdam,… Read more

As part of a continuing crackdown, federal prosecutors are charging four hedge fund employees–three portfolio managers and an analyst–with insider trading. Former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio managers Noah Freeman and Donald Longueuil are… Read more

A hedge fund has created a trading model that lets investors gauge the stock market’s mode via Twitter. Bloomberg has the story: The Derwent Absolute Return Fund Ltd., set to start trading in February with an initial 25 million pounds ($39… Read more

This is a post by Minyanville.com. ‘Tis the season for year-in-review stories. Here’s our contribution to your reading and viewing lists: a look at the funniest moments in business and finance. 10. Tim Geithner Still Can’t Sell His… Read more

From the White House, no less: Here’s a chart found on The American depicting the proportion of taxes the top earners in the US pay, barring any fancy accounting using C-corporations, I assume. Hat tip to Roark:… Read more