D. Marie MarketWatch rounded up 10 of its most interesting articles published over the past week.
1. Looking into the minds of crooked executives
Silvia Ascarelli interviews Eugene Soltes, the author of “Why They Do It; Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal.” Soltes, a Harvard Business School professor, spoke with dozens of very well-known executives who had been convicted of criminal activity and noted a “remarkable lack of remorse for their actions.”
2. How Samsung’s fires can help Apple
After Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphones began to explode, the company tried a recall to fix the phones before deciding to halt production. It also told consumers to stop using the phone, even replacement units.
Jennifer Booton looks at how much that could boost sales at Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.63% At the same time, there’s a reason for Apple to worry.
3. Stumpf’s golden parachute and what major investors think about executive pay
After taking his lumps in congressional hearings, over the bank’s years of cross-selling efforts that led to the creation of millions of fraudulent customer accounts, Wells Fargo & Co. WFC, +0.07% CEO and Chairman John Stumpf resigned on Wednesday, walking away with up to $137.1 million. But most institutional investors lack confidence in corporate boards’ abilities to design effective compensation policies for executives, as Brendan Sheehan, managing director of corporate governance at Rivel Research Group, explained before Stumpf resigned.
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4. The ‘Amazon effect’ on holiday sales
Yes, it’s that time of year again. Tonya Garcia previews the 2016 holiday shopping season. Here are four things to watch.
5. What you need to get a job
Quentin Fottrell lists skills that are becoming ever more important in the U.S. job market.
6. How one of the world’s biggest mutual funds sees the market
Ed Perks, who manages the $80 billion Franklin Income FKINX, -0.45% talked to MarketWatch about the major shift for the fund this year after a plunge in high-yield bond prices, and how the technology sector is now a bright spot for investors looking for dividend stocks.
7. Dire stock-market warnings
The S&P 500 SPX, +0.12% trades for a weighted 18.1 times the past 12 months’ earnings per share, according to FactSet. Here’s how the trailing price-to-earnings ratio has increased over the past five years:
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Tomi Kilgore illustrates a “technical breakdown” that could presage a major fall for stocks. Mark Hulbert lays out arguments for an against a bear market, based on levels of margin borrowing by investors.
8. The case for gold
Barbara Kollmeyer interviews Raoul Pal, who predicted the 2008 financial crisis while managing money for Goldman Sachs. He now expects a global recession and suggests buying gold.
9. What happens when central banks stop printing money?
Matthew Lynn expects great turmoil in the traditional banking industry as well as changes in investors’ expectations and improved emerging-market economies as central banks curtail their economic their stimulus programs.
10. An argument for open markets
Caroline Baum disagrees with Donald Trump’s view that the U.S. needs to take a more adversarial approach when negotiating trade agreements with other countries.
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Published at Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:48:52 +0000
