http://finance.yahoo.com/rss/blogs/daily-ticker/ en-US Copyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved Fri, 24 May 2013 12:30:39 -0400 5 http://finance.yahoo.com/rss/blogs/daily-ticker/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/brand/purplelogo/uh/us/fin.gif When Steve Jobs died, Occupy Wall Street was in full effect. Yet those who were fighting for wealth equality and the end of the banking oligarchy held a moment of silence in honor of the Apple co-founder, who had a net worth of $7 billion. Jobs “didn’t believe in charity," writes Joel Kotkin in The [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/tech-titans-masters-universe-afraid-kotkin-123439718.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:39 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/tech-titans-masters-universe-afraid-kotkin-123439718Hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones is making headlines after talking about “baby’s lips on a girl’s bosom” as a career-stunting “killer” for female Wall Street traders. Speaking at a symposium, he went on to discuss why he thinks being a mother makes it more difficult to become a successful trader in an ultra-competitive and [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/billionaire-investor-says-babies-divorce-both-kill-focus-154924158.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 11:49:24 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/billionaire-investor-says-babies-divorce-both-kill-focus-154924158Four years ago, Bob McDonald declared himself “honored” to be succeeded by A.G. Lafley as chief executive of Procter & Gamble Co. (PG). McDonald called Lafley “one of the greatest CEOs in P&G history.” In the same December 2009 press release, Lafley said, “I am retiring with confidence in Bob McDonald and his team. This [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/bill-ackman-strikes-again-p-g-mcdonald-lafley-144843072.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 10:48:43 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/bill-ackman-strikes-again-p-g-mcdonald-lafley-144843072Corporate America is in the midst of an obsession with "shareholder value." This narrow measure of company performance holds that what's good for a company's stock price is also what's good for the company and its customers and employees. So, for better and worse, many of today's CEOs are judged primarily by their stock prices. [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/top-ceos-ranked-lousy-stock-performance-131950658.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 09:19:50 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/top-ceos-ranked-lousy-stock-performance-131950658It’s the conventional wisdom that students and parents do their research on colleges and costs before making any commitment to attend a particular institution. A public college or university will cost close to $9,000 a year for tuition and fees for in-state students and $21,000 for out-of-state students, according to the College Board. A private [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/five-college-myths-122820482.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 08:28:20 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/five-college-myths-122820482By Justin Maiman America has a long tradition of embracing thrift. It’s been drilled into generation after generation as a sign of high moral standing. But could excessive and ongoing government-backed thriftiness (here and around the world) be pushing the economy into a sinkhole? Glenn Hubbard doesn’t think so. The former chairman of George W. [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/glenn-hubbard-put-thrifty-back-economy-hmmmm-175351702.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 13:53:51 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/glenn-hubbard-put-thrifty-back-economy-hmmmm-175351702Graduation season is here! But instead of planning for a year abroad or embarking on exciting new careers, many new grads are instead paralyzed with fear over a weak job market and crushing debts. “I am a slave to my student loans and I cannot take it," says Flickr user Rhiannon. She's a 27-year-old graduate [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/america-student-loan-crisis-generation-o-u-161708633.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 12:17:08 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/america-student-loan-crisis-generation-o-u-161708633Investors are learning - the hard way - that when something seems too easy, it almost certainly is. For most of this year, the idea of riding stocks higher - even buying successive new highs in the U.S. indexes – has been viewed as a path to effortless gains, supported by central banks’ easy-money resolve [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/why-today-selloff-healthy-markets-145725242.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:57:25 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/why-today-selloff-healthy-markets-145725242The U.S. Energy Department announced that Tesla Motors (TSLA), the electric car company founded in 2003 by PayPal creator Elon Musk, had repaid its $465 million loan nine years ahead of schedule. The Energy Department provided the financial resources to Tesla in 2010 as part of the Obama Administration’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing program. Tesla [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/tesla-pays-back-washington-know-anyone-drives-one-145415881.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 10:54:15 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/tesla-pays-back-washington-know-anyone-drives-one-145415881Millennials will be graduating from college with thousands of dollars in student debt, but still must start saving right away, says Karen Wimbish, director of retail retirement at Wells Fargo. “Whether you have a lot of debt or not, you have to keep plugging… looking toward your goals and trying to make sure you’re achieving [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/message-millennials-most-aggressive-investors-wells-fargo-wimbish-193700665.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 15:37:00 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/message-millennials-most-aggressive-investors-wells-fargo-wimbish-193700665As college students across the country graduate from universities or get ready to, student loan bills will await many of them. Related: Yes, Despite the Student Loan ‘Crisis,’ College IS Worth It For the millennials that have already passed this milestone, paying off student loan debt is the top concern. Number one. That’s according to [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/student-loan-debt-biggest-financial-worry-millennials-wells-183009631.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 14:30:09 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/student-loan-debt-biggest-financial-worry-millennials-wells-183009631The housing market appears to have recovered from the depth of its decline. Toll Brothers (TOL) reported a whopping 46% jump in its latest earnings report and Home Depot's (HD) earnings soared 18%. Today the National Association of Realtors reported that April existing home sales surged to their highest level in more than three years. [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/housing-recovery-legs-michael-santoli-154117250.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 11:41:17 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/housing-recovery-legs-michael-santoli-154117250The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and S&P 500 Index (GSPC) are starting Wednesday at new record highs. Tuesday’s close marked the Dow’s 19th consecutive session of positive gains. “It’s hard to say [Tuesday’s trend] is just a fluke and statistical noise,” says Yahoo! Finance’s Mike Santoli. This bull market has been “incredibly well behaved [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/bernanke-speaks-anything-slow-down-market-140146405.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 10:01:46 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/bernanke-speaks-anything-slow-down-market-140146405By Justin C. Maiman Apple (AAPL) put a fork in the traditional music industry. Then introduced the iPad, kicking off the demise of the PC market. So, could the corporate income tax system be next? CEO Tim Cook hopes so. He went to Washington Tuesday to defend his company’s use of tax-haven subsidiaries in places [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/apple-corporate-income-tax-bill-killed-pulitzer-prize-125744062.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 08:57:44 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/apple-corporate-income-tax-bill-killed-pulitzer-prize-125744062In recent years, the “growth vs. austerity” debate has been raging in academic and policy circles. In recent weeks the growth crowd have been claiming victory, citing: Research showing Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff’s seminal work on debt-to-GDP levels contained numerous errors and was not so conclusive as originally believed. (Related: Did Harvard Economists Make [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/larry-kudlow-bernanke-wrong-inflation-173721194.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 13:37:21 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/larry-kudlow-bernanke-wrong-inflation-173721194If you think of the typical American suburb as a refuge from the bustling city next door, you may want to think again. According to a new book from the Brookings Institution, the suburbs are changing and are becoming home to a larger number of poor people. The result: more poor people now are living [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/more-poor-people-now-living-suburbs-cities-brookings-151547437.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 11:15:47 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/more-poor-people-now-living-suburbs-cities-brookings-151547437Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook is going to get raked over the coals by Congress for the company's spectacular tax-dodging techniques. No one is suggesting that any of these techniques are illegal. No one is suggesting that Apple is doing anything that any number of other massive multi-national companies aren't doing. And no one is [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/apple-tax-dodging-bigger-scandal-congress-knew-says-133333028.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 09:33:33 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/apple-tax-dodging-bigger-scandal-congress-knew-says-133333028UPDATE: According to CNBC, the vote to split the CEO and chairman roles was defeated in a narrow vote. More updates to come. JPMorgan (JPM) shareholders will reveal their true opinions of CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon on Tuesday, but it won’t be the first time. At the bank’s annual shareholder meeting last year, 40% [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/jamie-dimon-shareholder-vote-why-could-hasten-dimon-111138026.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 07:11:38 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/jamie-dimon-shareholder-vote-why-could-hasten-dimon-111138026Silver prices have slumped to their lowest level since September 2010 and gold prices are down 18% year-to-date leading many market observers to declare that the super-rally in commodities is over. Jim Rogers, the legendary investor and Chairman of Rogers Holdings, says the commodities bull market continues. He calls the latest slump in prices a [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/jim-rogers-commodities-bull-market-still-181115200.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 14:11:15 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/jim-rogers-commodities-bull-market-still-181115200Yahoo! (YHOO) announced this morning that it is buying social blogging company Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. Tumblr is a six-year old company based in New York. It is run by a charismatic 26 year-old entrepreneur named David Karp, who will pocket hundreds of millions of dollars on the deal and has therefore become [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-buys-tumblr-her-boldest-150522231.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 11:05:22 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-buys-tumblr-her-boldest-150522231