Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise crew — is that the word “sabotage” comes from “sabot,” a French word for shoes or clogs. During the Industrial Revolution, protesting workers threw their wooden sabot into machines designed to replace them, intending to destroy the machines. (A Vulcan crew member — played by a pointy-eared Kim Cattrall, long before “Sex and the City” made her a star — shared this piece of wisdom.) Sabotage is often associated with subtle methods of destruction, although throwing shoes into a machine isn’t particularly subtle. Sabotage can even take place in your finances. You might even be perpetrating financial sabotage on your… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise crew — is that the word “sabotage” comes from “sabot,” a French word for shoes or clogs. During the Industrial Revolution, protesting workers threw their wooden sabot into machines designed to replace them, intending to destroy the machines. (A Vulcan crew member — played by a pointy-eared Kim Cattrall, long before “Sex and the City” made her a star — shared this piece of wisdom.) Sabotage is often associated with subtle methods of destruction, although throwing shoes into a machine isn’t particularly subtle. Sabotage can even take place in your finances. You might even be perpetrating financial sabotage on your… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise crew — is that the word “sabotage” comes from “sabot,” a French word for shoes or clogs. During the Industrial Revolution, protesting workers threw their wooden sabot into machines designed to replace them, intending to destroy the machines. (A Vulcan crew member — played by a pointy-eared Kim Cattrall, long before “Sex and the City” made her a star — shared this piece of wisdom.) Sabotage is often associated with subtle methods of destruction, although throwing shoes into a machine isn’t particularly subtle. Sabotage can even take place in your finances. You might even be perpetrating financial sabotage on your… Read More

I’ve never made a dime buying a stock. And neither, I’d be willing to bet, have most of you. The catch? Simply this: If there’s a profit to be had from the… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s run by university endowments. These often multibillion-dollar endowment fund portfolios tend to be managed in a cautious way and rarely make drastic moves. When you see much of this segment of the smart money make a big move away from a certain asset class, you had better take notice.#-ad_banner-# So, when I read an article in the Financial Times that detailed the recent flight out of U.S. government debt by university endowments, it grabbed… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s run by university endowments. These often multibillion-dollar endowment fund portfolios tend to be managed in a cautious way and rarely make drastic moves. When you see much of this segment of the smart money make a big move away from a certain asset class, you had better take notice.#-ad_banner-# So, when I read an article in the Financial Times that detailed the recent flight out of U.S. government debt by university endowments, it grabbed… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s run by university endowments. These often multibillion-dollar endowment fund portfolios tend to be managed in a cautious way and rarely make drastic moves. When you see much of this segment of the smart money make a big move away from a certain asset class, you had better take notice.#-ad_banner-# So, when I read an article in the Financial Times that detailed the recent flight out of U.S. government debt by university endowments, it grabbed… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s run by university endowments. These often multibillion-dollar endowment fund portfolios tend to be managed in a cautious way and rarely make drastic moves. When you see much of this segment of the smart money make a big move away from a certain asset class, you had better take notice.#-ad_banner-# So, when I read an article in the Financial Times that detailed the recent flight out of U.S. government debt by university endowments, it grabbed… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s run by university endowments. These often multibillion-dollar endowment fund portfolios tend to be managed in a cautious way and rarely make drastic moves. When you see much of this segment of the smart money make a big move away from a certain asset class, you had better take notice.#-ad_banner-# So, when I read an article in the Financial Times that detailed the recent flight out of U.S. government debt by university endowments, it grabbed… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s run by university endowments. These often multibillion-dollar endowment fund portfolios tend to be managed in a cautious way and rarely make drastic moves. When you see much of this segment of the smart money make a big move away from a certain asset class, you had better take notice.#-ad_banner-# So, when I read an article in the Financial Times that detailed the recent flight out of U.S. government debt by university endowments, it grabbed… Read More