A friend emailed me recently.  She wanted to increase her contribution to her IRA but her broker didn’t return her calls.  What should she do?  Well, since the market had dropped 2,000 points that day, I suggested she send him a box of chocolates.  Of course, no one should try t

The stock market is going through a hiccup phase, a series of ups and downs which, I suppose, is better than the plummet of 2008. Still, constant fluctuations are nerve-racking, so when I saw an article on investing by the “Oracle of Omaha,” Warren Buffet, I gave it my attention.

In his essay supporting the rise of women in the business ranks, Warren Buffet, head of Berkshire Hathaway and one of the richest men in the world, offers two explanations for why it’s been difficult for women to rise to positions of leadership. The first is a male reluctance to dou