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SKARBECK: Biglari's pay plan is raising eyebrows
October 16, 2010
Ken SkarbeckUnfortunately, if BH thought it was breaking ground in the field of executive compensation with this plan, it has fallen short.
MoreSKARBECK: Short sellers maligned, but play a useful role
October 2, 2010
Ken SkarbeckTrue professional short sellers are typically intelligent, above-board investors who often alert the markets and investors
to overvalued securities and, in some cases, to fraud.
MoreSKARBECK: Expect more battles over public pensions
September 18, 2010
Ken SkarbeckThis year, 15 states have enacted legislation to reduce future public pension obligations.
MoreSKARBECK: Cheerleaders and analysts share optimistic outlooks
September 4, 2010
Ken SkarbeckA recent report from the consulting and research firm McKinsey & Co. detailed the propensity for investment firm analysts
to repeatedly issue excessively optimistic earnings forecasts.
MoreSKARBECK: Investors may miss mark by switching to bonds
August 21, 2010
Ken SkarbeckIt seems more likely that bond investors today are making the same mistake stock investors made back at the peak of the stock-market
bubble.
MoreSKARBECK: U.S. will someday have to deal with debt
August 7, 2010
Ken SkarbeckAfter years of easy borrowing that helped boost economic growth, governments around the globe are dealing with evil twinsâ??high
levels of debt and shrinking revenue to repay.
MoreSKARBECK: Financial overhaul law leaves much uncertainty
July 24, 2010
Ken SkarbeckThe public, to no surprise, is skeptical that the new regulations will succeed. A Bloomberg poll shows nearly four out of
five Americans have little confidence the measures will prevent a crisis.
MoreSKARBECK: Short-term sizzle can't beat consistency
July 10, 2010
Ken SkarbeckTo achieve outsized returns, whether in mutual funds or individual stocks, investors must avoid the hype and reliance on past
outperformance.
MoreSKARBECK: Even investment stars have losing periods
June 26, 2010
Ken SkarbeckMost investors have heard the cautionary statement “past
performance is not indicative of future results.” This oft-repeated caveat reveals its truth time and again in the investment
industry.
MoreSKARBECK: Municipal bond defaults might be next crisis
June 12, 2010
Ken Skarbeckfor decades, politicians have regularly boosted public pension benefits to score election gains, while neglecting the long-term
costs to municipal budgets. Now the bills are coming due.
MoreSKARBECK: Why do Fannie, Freddie deserve a free pass?
May 29, 2010
Ken SkarbeckOne crisis that continues to simmer under the public radar is the endless taxpayer support needed to prop up Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac.
MoreSKARBECK: Exchanges' proposed fix for glitch is ludicrous
May 15, 2010
Ken SkarbeckIs investing becoming a technology-rigged game for computerized gamblers who rent stocks for seconds or minutes and whose
objective is to repeatedly skim small profits?
MoreSKARBECK: Diversifying not sure fix for Lilly Endowment woes
May 1, 2010
Ken SkarbeckLilly Endowment has been a substantial Lilly stockholder for 73 years, so to focus on the past decade is a mistake.
MoreSKARBECK: Finding one last lesson in Grace's amazing tale
April 17, 2010
Ken SkarbeckGrace held her investment through many ups and downs in the stock market. But most important to her was that Abbott as a
business continued to thrive, despite the swings in its stock price.
MoreSKARBECK: How Grace stayed patient under pressure to sell
April 3, 2010
Ken SkarbeckWhen we left, we were trying to imagine a few of the many obstacles Grace might have encountered as her initial investment
grew into $7 million over 74 years.
MoreSKARBECK: Amazing patience paid off for Grace
March 20, 2010
Ken SkarbeckBack in 1935, she invested $180 in Abbott Laboratories stock and never sold it. This one decision became the entire investment
career of Grace Groner.
MoreSKARBECK: Financial reform should start with derivatives
March 6, 2010
Ken SkarbeckAt the very least, regulators need to get control of derivative trading—transactions need to be more transparent and
carried
out on an exchange.
MoreSKARBECK: Economic Greek tragedy could play out globally
February 20, 2010
Ken SkarbeckFears that Greece may default on its government debt have kept global markets on edge.
MoreSKARBECK: Biglari's ambitious, but he's no Buffett
February 6, 2010
Ken SkarbeckWhile Sardar Biglari's effort to duplicate Warren Buffett is clear, some of the Steak n Shake chief's moves have been superficial.
MoreSKARBECK: Stocks that pay dividends can provide yield, safety
January 23, 2010
Ken SkarbeckThese are challenging times for savers who demand a high level of safety from their investments.
MoreSKARBECK: Looking at stocks, 10 years at a time
January 9, 2010
Ken SkarbeckDuring this century's first decade, investors had to cope with the uncertainties surrounding 9/11; huge corporate failures
including Enron, Worldcom, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Lehman Brothers; and volatility wrought by both the tech and housing
bubbles.
MoreHICKS: Civic perceptions and economic development
January 9, 2010
Mike HicksThere is certainly plenty of anecdotal evidence that what folks believe about a community matters for its economic fortunes.
MoreSKARBECK: What we need is a tax on stock transactions
December 26, 2009
Ken SkarbeckThe word “tax” tends to immediately raise the blood pressure of most Americans. And while the purpose of most
taxes is to raise revenue for the assessing government body, taxes can also be targeted toward changing individual and corporate
behavior.
MoreHICKS: Short-term thinking won't yield long-term payoffs
December 12, 2009
Ken SkarbeckMacroeconomic forecasting is a tough â??science.â?? One may have the economy completely right, but that doesnâ??t mean it
will make you any money as an investor.
MoreSKARBECK: Even more investigations increase market cynicism
November 28, 2009
Ken SkarbeckAs if Wall Street needs another black eye, an expanding probe into insider trading threatens to elevate public cynicism
over whether there’s a level playing field in public markets and raise skepticism about the ability of regulators to
police them.
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So, am I now eating at Patachou or a Shake Shack?
Does the IBJ have any fact to backup their assertion that Steak n Shake is changing their branding? Or are trying to compete with the Star on how many stories they can get incorrect??
The NCAA has the authority to sanction an entire school if a single player is caught receiving unauthorized gifts. In the case of Penn State an assistant coach was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of numerous felonies on campus, and members of the administration have been charged with covering it up. To suggest that the NCAA had no reason to get involved is laughable.
This image is of a trade show booth, not a retail store. I'm sure no one in their branding brain trust would really make their retail stores look like a second-label jeans brand from JCPenney. I would bet it's done at way so attendees know the ownership of the updated concept. (I have to say, tho, glad they appear to be losing affinity to the 50's drive-in idiom they were toying with post-Young & Laramore...)
I absolutely love the new sign. I've hated Steak N Shake for years now, but this new sign will make me eat there frequently!