Column Archive
Fortune Magazine The Deal by Allan Sloan
8:17am: To avoid another big spike in gas prices, raise the gas tax and let market forces go to work. (more)
Nov 7: GM said Detroit would go under unless it could buy Chrysler. Then it had second thoughts. (more)
Oct 13: Sometimes having the right manager is more important than picking the right investment category. (more)
Oct 6: Borrow the money now, don't trade cash for trash, and other sensible ideas the government is unlikely to follow. (more)
Sep 26: Don't be surprised if the cure conjured up by Washington fails to solve the market's woes. (more)
Sep 2: Why, after years of measured silence, has Greenspan morphed into the great communicator? (more)
Jul 30: When it comes to tax loopholes, there are few better than Sam Zell. Will he strike again with the Cubs deal? (more)
May 12: How two big, long-term investors, Bill Miller and Gordon Crawford, played a short-term game with the Yahoo/Microsoft deal and stumbled. (more)
Apr 14: High-income folks like me don't qualify for rebate checks. But we're getting so much more. (more)
Mar 19: Because the trust fund is invested in Treasuries, the real problem starts not in 2040, but a decade or so from now. (more)
Mar 10: It shouldn't work this way, but it's true: Tax-exempt mutual funds are today yielding more than Treasury funds. Is it time to swap your portfolio? (more)
Feb 18: Steve Miller's autobiography is a must-read if you want to understand business - and businesspeople. (more)
Feb 4: Wall Street heavy hitter Joe Rosenberg says the Yahoo bid doesn't make any sense for Microsoft shareholders. (more)
Jan 11: Brace yourselves, taxpayers of America. You're going to help Bank of America finance its $4 billion buyout of Countrywide. (more)
Dec 31: Two things stand out from 2007 -- the peak of the private equity craze, and panic about debt markets. (more)
Dec 27: You don't know whether we're in a recession until months after it starts. But investing successfully requires looking forward, not backward. (more)
Oct 19: Even a skeptic like Fortune's Allan Sloan admits that sometimes - as with banking stocks and rating agencies - it's hard to see financial holes until it's too late. (more)
Oct 16: A close-up of one deal shows how subprime mortgages went bad, says Fortune's Allan Sloan. (more)
Oct 3: Longtime Forbes editor James W. Michaels was the best of the best, recalls Fortune's Allan Sloan, who worked with him for decades. (more)
Sep 28: The reckless are getting relief from Bernanke while the prudent are paying the price, argues Fortune's Allan Sloan. (more)
Sep 24: A little-noticed provision of Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones takeover allows the Bancroft family to defer taxes. Fortune's Allan Sloan opens up the books. (more)
Sep 7: In all the anxiety over turbulent markets, it's easy to lose sight of what has and hasn't changed. Fortune's Allan Sloan spotlights two eternal financial verities. (more)
Sep 4: You're about to hear that the budget deficit is falling. Don't believe it, warns Fortune's Allan Sloan. The deficit is much, much bigger than you think. (more)
Aug 22: When Wall Street fails, it inevitably asks for a handout. Fortune's Allan Sloan says there must be a better way. (more)
Aug 1: Because of the share structure, the family had less control than owners of the New York Times and Washington Post. And guess what: The same thing could happen to Murdoch. (more)
Jul 30: A triple-digit change in the Dow means... almost nothing. Fortune's Allan Sloan explains the math, and why you shouldn't panic in tough times. (more)
Jul 23: Blackstone's IPO was even sweeter for its founders than you thought, says Fortune's Allan Sloan. (more)
| Company | Price | % Change |
|---|---|---|
| Yrc Worldwide Inc | 2.19 | 40.38% |
| Foot Locker Inc | 5.39 | -29.36% |
| Visteon Corp | 0.36 | 28.57% |
| Sprint Nextel Corporation | 1.75 | 27.74% |
Nov 21 3:57pm ET †
| Index | Last | % Change |
|---|---|---|
| Dow Jones | 8,046.42 | 6.14% |
| Nasdaq | 1,384.35 | 5.18% |
| S&P 500 | 800.03 | 6.32% |
| 10yr | 104 22/32 | Yield: 3.19% |
Nov 21 4:07pm ET †
| Company | Price | % Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sprint Nextel Corporation | 1.75 | 27.72% |
| Unisys Corporation | 0.48 | 26.32% |
| Sanmina Corp | 0.32 | 19.85% |
| Lam Research Corporation | 17.68 | 14.29% |
Nov 21 3:59pm ET †



