Author Archives: Nicole Volpe

Louise Yamada, Managing Director of Louise Yamada Technical Advisors, talks about Avon’s historical price chart  to demonstrate how technical analysis can allow you to get out of a stock before it drops like a rock, as the makeup company did in … Continue reading →

Ingersoll-Rand CEO Herb Henkel, speaking at the Reuters Manufacturing Summit, talked about being bowled over by soaring metals prices. “For copper, I didn’t think I was going to live long enough to see something going up by these kind of … Continue reading →

  Ingersoll-Rand CEO Herb Henkel says that the development of new golf courses in the U.S. has tapered off in recent years, but that in China, golf is a booming business. Ingersoll-Rand is one of the top makers of golf … Continue reading →

New York Stock Exchange CEO John Thain says he doesn’t think opening a market at 9:30 in the morning is catering to 21st Century hours, and that he plans to look at opening the NYSE earlier. Read the full story … Continue reading →

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange’s Chief Executive Sandy Frucher said on Tuesday he expects the exchange’s options floor to close within the next couple of years as electronic trading takes over. The news, broken at the Reuters Exchanges and Trading Summit … Continue reading →

Philadelphia Stock Exchange’s Chief Executive Sandy Frucher on Tuedsay commented on pursuing two tracks — looking at mergers, and looking at an IPO. “I think everybody prefers to be Pac-Man rather than the dot, but the reality is there is … Continue reading →

Gotham Capital Founder and CEO Joel Greenblatt says that some of the best bargains might be hiding in plain sight – the more visible large-cap companies such as Microsoft and Dell. — Listen to the audio here (2 minute mp3 … Continue reading →

Kevin Conway, managing Partner at Clayton Dubilier and Rice, spoke at a Reuters Hedge Fund and Private Equity Summit in New York this week. The fund led the investor group that agreed to buy rental company Hertz from Ford. He … Continue reading →

John Bader, chief investment officer and co-chairman of Halcyon Asset Management,  spoke at a Reuters Hedge Fund and Private Equity Summit in New York this week. The fund has $3.6 billion under management. He covered a number of topics in the … Continue reading →

WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell talking about Google at last week’s Reuters Summit.