Word: stocke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...respond to the stuff, and they have," says Jack Feldman, who with Jim Wolrod and Fred Schneider (former singer with the B-52's) owns Form and Function in New York City. The store, open since June, is a gallery of chaste-but-playful pieces from the era. "We stock pieces from California designers like Greta Grossman that most people have never heard of, but who designed for the Case Study houses, and they've been flying out the door," he says. Even failures from the period are being revived. Telstar, a tiny start-up company in Milwaukee...
...your favorite CEO really in charge? Sandy Weill has engineered a tenfold stock gain while at the helm of Travelers Group and its predecessor companies since the mid-'80s. But last month Travelers merged with Citicorp to form Citigroup. Weill now serves as co-CEO with John Reed in an unwieldy structure that is slowing the integration of the two companies and frustrating top deputies. Underscoring that point, Weill protege and presumed heir Jamie Dimon was forced to resign last week. The co-CEO thing won't last, and my bet is that Weill will emerge...
...great managers today are switching companies more often. Buying a stock for its management has become a bit like picking a restaurant for its chef. You need to check in once in a while to make sure old Pierre is still there--and that he isn't suddenly trying to cook Chinese. Here are four questions to ask when reviewing the management menu...
Everyone from Peter Lynch to your barber will tell you that before you invest in a company's stock, you should make sure it has great management. The best managers are agile enough to steer through trouble and exploit new opportunities. That's how Jack Welch at General Electric became a star and why GE perpetually trades at a higher multiple of earnings than the average stock. Welch is proven. You can buy his stock and throw it in a drawer. Ditto Charles Knight at Emerson Electric and Lawrence Bossidy at AlliedSignal...
...management suited to the task at hand? "Chainsaw" Al Dunlap drove Sunbeam's stock up fourfold last year by doing what he had done so well at Scott Paper and other firms: slashing costs. But Sunbeam's share price collapsed when he tried to push the business's growth. Two weeks ago, when CBS tapped Mel Karmazin to be CEO, replacing Michael H. Jordan, CBS stock jumped. But it wasn't so much a bet on Karmazin as a sigh of relief that Jordan was leaving. Under Jordan, CBS has run last among the big networks. But can Karmazin...