Herb Greenberg

1 week ago | herbgreenberg.com | Herb Greenberg

I’m still back on what I wrote last week about the latest crop of Chinese IPOs in my report about the increasingly silly art of spin…It’s quite possible you would have missed it if you didn’t click the link in the email and read to the end. And if you’re a free subscriber, well, even if you did it was behind the paywall.

1 week ago | herbgreenberg.com | Herb Greenberg

On the Agenda…With the market wobbly, age-old financial engineering may be starting to backfire. Such things as stock-based compensation and overpaying for acquisitions to mask slowing growth may finally get the respect they’re due. Companies at risk: Even with the cover of tariffs, which may provide a one-time “Get Out of Jail Free” card, some may have pushed one financial lever too many to clean up their own messes. Ten companies to watch, including one that hits the trifecta of trouble.

2 weeks ago | herbgreenberg.com | Herb Greenberg

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2 weeks ago | herbgreenberg.com | Herb Greenberg

I don’t’ need to be another voice opining on what’s going to happen in the market for the simple reason: I have no idea... Based on my conversations with others this weekend, neither does anybody else. And by the time you read this, it may not matter. Things are moving that fast. Or not!Yes, I do market commentary from time to time, but if we’ve learned nothing else it’s that when the story changes, so does the narrative. And the narrative here could change before this even it’s your inbox.

3 weeks ago | herbgreenberg.com | Herb Greenberg

I always marvel at how Apple can have so much cash yet so many things seemingly somewhat suddenly don’t work right... No, not the constant bugs every time they push a new iOS upgrade. (Though, every time – really?)Or the fact that for the first time in nearly 20 years of owning an iPhone the screen on my latest, bought a year ago, scratched within the first few weeks of owning it.