I always enjoy learning more about the reclusive investing great Edward Lampert and this article was no exception.  While it is clear that Lampert has made some mistakes in his management of SHLD, I believe that the media severely underrates some of the good moves that he made.  Sears did not have a much stronger...Read More

There is no doubt that BP blundered tremendously with the Deep Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico but the fraudulent claims following this are truly disgraceful.  This type of gaming of our legal system serves to enrich lawyers while hurting just about everyone else in society, particularly business.  I just can’t imagine a self-respecting...Read More

This is an excellent article outlining the political climate in China after the fall of Bo Xiliai. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-02/the-great-fall-of-china#p1 INVESTING IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS INVOLVES RISKS. OPTIONS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL INVESTORS.Read More

Amazon (AMZN) reported extremely strong earnings last week aided by improving margins.  I believe that Amazon has one of the widest moats of any business, as infrastructure investments over the last 15 years, have built a distribution model that cannot be emulated.  Amazon is one of the all time category killers impacting retailers of all...Read More