Tag Archives: Capitalism

In his annual letter to CEOs this year, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink urged other chief executives to harness the “power of capitalism” to influence society and serve as a catalyst for positive change. Progressive Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a democratic socialist, has a very different view on the nature of capitalism. In a new interview with Yahoo Finance taped on Jan. 27, Ocasio-Cortez suggested that people often have different definitions of terms like socialism or capitalism. “When… Source link

A group of financial firms at the COP26 climate summit on Wednesday pledged $130 trillion to facilitate the transition toward a sustainable global economy — the latest in a string of commitments made by business officials in recent days. But hedge fund billionaire Tom Steyer says the private sector must also reckon with the role capitalism has played in pushing the world to the “brink of climate disaster” in the first place.  A different, mission-oriented version of capitalism can drive… Source link

The capitalist system is in the biggest need of reform in America, said Ford Foundation President Darren Walker. A former banker, Walker said he is “a believer that there is no better mechanism to organize an economy than capitalism. But I also, as an advocate for capitalism, have to acknowledge its shortcomings— and the reality that in the United States, we have actually never given real capitalism a chance. What we need is a new form of stakeholder capitalism that recognizes the… Source link

We think all investors should try to buy and hold high quality multi-year winners. And highest quality companies can see their share prices grow by huge amounts. Just think about the savvy investors who held Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) shares for the last five years, while they gained 338%. If that doesn’t get you thinking about long term investing, we don’t know what will. On the other hand, the stock price has retraced 6.1% in the last week. But this could be related to the soft market, with… Source link

Long term investing can be life changing when you buy and hold the truly great businesses. And highest quality companies can see their share prices grow by huge amounts. Just think about the savvy investors who held Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) shares for the last five years, while they gained 315%. And this is just one example of the epic gains achieved by some long term investors. Also pleasing for shareholders was the 51% gain in the last three months. The company reported its financial… Source link