Monthly Archives: September 2013

To BHAG, or not to BHAG…

In 2001, the bestselling book on business was “Good to Great”, by Jim Collins.  That book was a field study of 11 companies who fit certain criteria for being “great” that Collins proposed.  One can quibble with his definition, but … Continue reading

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Long-term investing: the next 10 minutes…

It used to be that “institutional” investors were the paragons of long-term investing.  The entities included in that title ranged from pension funds (defined benefit), to custodians and money managers of 401(k) plans (defined contribution), to insurance companies and others.  … Continue reading

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