For chat-room tyros who expect to make their first million day-trading by age 27, paging through the Sunday newspaper with a pair of scissors just to save a couple of cents on Cheetos seems so, well, old economy. Alex Berenson agecentchat share on social
Financial news services and other media organizations get press releases 15 minutes before they are distributed to the general public, fueling a furious competition among the news services to rewrite them for their subscribers during their window of exclusivity. Alex Berenson competitiondistributeexclusivity share on social
Investors have been too willing to buy stocks with strong reported earnings, even if they do not understand how the earnings are produced. Alex Berenson buyearningsinvestor Change image and share on social
Climate change might be disastrous, but does that mean we want carbon taxes that raise the price of a gallon of heating oil to $10? And how exactly will those taxes affect economic growth? Alex Berenson affectcarbonchange Change image and share on social
The lower spreads mean lower costs for investors, because Nasdaq investors generally do not trade directly with one another. Instead, they usually buy and sell from market-makers, brokerage firms that flip shares between buyers and sellers and keep the spread for themselves. Alex Berenson brokeragebuybuyer share on social
Predicting the market is always tough. Alex Berenson marketpredicttough Change image and share on social
Big companies, which spend tens of billions of dollars annually on 'call centers' to take orders and provide customer support, increasingly rely on speech recognition not just to handle requests for information but to process customer orders. Alex Berenson annuallybigbillion share on social
Even so, sometimes I wish I did have a little bit more flair in my language. Alex Berenson biteflairlanguage Change image and share on social
African runners regularly work out in the United States and Europe, and the International Olympic Committee sends some of the cash from the Games to Olympic committees in poor nations, which use the money to finance their own programs. Alex Berenson africancashcommittee share on social
America Online, of course, is a master of the hard sell, from stuffing mailboxes with free trial offers to forcing subscribers to click through ads before they can get their e-mail. Alex Berenson americaclickforce Change image and share on social
