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How to Make a Good Strategic Decision

Making better strategic decisions starts with understanding the four basic types of decisions, and knowing which one you’re facing.

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P/E Ratios: How High Can We Go?

S&P 500 P/E ratios are near dot-com-era highs. So, is there a bubble? Here’s the breakdown of the numbers, the AI factor, and what could go wrong.

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Don’t Worry, Be Happy: The Rise and Risk of Buy Now, Pay Later Services

Buy now, pay later has exploded as a popular alternative to credit cards, but lighter regulation and easy access can make debt pile up quickly.

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So, You Think You’re Smarter Than a Scammer?

It’s Wednesday morning when a call comes through to your cell, with ‘Chase Bank’ showing in the caller ID. Someone from Chase’s fraud department is calling you to inform you […]

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The Dreaded L-Word: Layoffs

No one likes to talk about layoffs — until they happen to them. By one estimate, 40% of all US workers will be laid off at least once in their careers.

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Speculation Nation: Who Ya Gonna Call — Your Broker Or Your Bookie?

The wall between investing and betting is crumbling. Here’s how prediction markets are blurring the line between smart investing and outright gambling.

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Mind the AI Gap, Lest You Fall In

AI is transforming the workplace, but not everyone is keeping up. Here’s how future-built companies are closing the AI skills gap as a business priority.

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When Founders Come Back

What’s a founder to do when the company they’ve built starts to go up in flames under new leadership? For some, it means coming back, cape and all.

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Flying Blind in Uncertain Skies

In 2025, the extended government shutdown and missing jobs data made economic forecasting harder than ever.

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A Unicorn, or a Horse in a Party Hat?

Unicorn startups that turn into the next Google are about as rare as actual unicorns. Yet in today’s AI gold rush era, plenty of startups are now talking up their AI game in a race to stand out.

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