Peter Coy

The annual ritual is a preservation of weak ties that expose you to new ideas and facts

THERE are two kinds of people in the world: people who say, “What a coincidence”, and people who say, “Just a coincidence”. Same facts, different reactions. Are you the “what a” kind or the “just a” k...

GROSS domestic product (GDP) is a great measure of the economy, but it would be a gross exaggeration to say it’s the only one. The Bureau of Economic Analysis also puts out gross domestic income, valu...

PHILIP Jefferson, an economist who joined the Federal Reserve’s board of governors in May 2022, was nominated by President Biden on Friday (May 12) to be its vice-chair. I didn’t write about his appoi...

LAST week I spoke with two people on Wall Street who are planning what to do in case Congress and the White House can’t reach a deal on raising or suspending the debt ceiling. They told me that it’s n...

THE banking crisis may not be over. True, regulators seized First Republic Bank early on Monday (May 1) and sold it to JPMorgan Chase, the United States’ biggest bank. But other regional banks are sti...

Thinking bigger is about assembling old ideas in a new way, says author Sheena Iyengar, who writes that all successful innovators are ‘strategic copiers’

Who should get our money, and can we make a difference?

EARLY in the 20th century, many owners of the iconic companies of the day were women. Before the 1929 stock market crash, female shareholders outnumbered male shareholders at AT&T, General Electric an...

INVESTING in broad-based index funds seems unambitious – a fallback for people who lack the confidence to pick stocks that will outperform the market.