I’d rather have a root canal without anesthesia than negotiate with a used-car salesperson. That was the challenge that two retail electronic executives wanted to tackle. In 1991, they came up with a new way to sell used cars. They wanted to create a buying experience that was pleasant and enjoyable. That’s when Richard Sharp and W. Austin Ligon came up with the idea for CarMax…
In October 5, 2006, McDonald’s shareholders received shares of Chipotle in their brokerage accounts … a mistake Big Mac would soon regret…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is going to propel the Dow Jones Industrial Average to 100,000 within the next decade — maybe even sooner.
The U.S. Federal Reserve holds tremendous power over the U.S. economy. By setting benchmark rates, it dictates the terms for interbank lending — and in turn, the borrowing costs for virtually every business and household in America. But aside from raising or lowering those rates, the Fed has very few meaningful ways to interact with the larger economy (excluding emergency measures, of course). So controlling the flow of information, controlling the perception and expectation of rate cuts, becomes one of the Fed’s most powerful tools.
The Federal Reserve is set to cut interest rates for the first time in four years. And there’s one sector that is about to soar even higher. Even when interest rates were rising, this sector crushed expectations. But now, a new “Echo Boom” is set to drive these stocks even higher…
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