Capital Beat by Dave Beal

Dave Beal

Time to Refocus

Forget the stock market: the bond market and, more broadly, the debt market have become the center of the action.

June 2009

Dealing for Dollars

The irony is hard to miss. Spineology was struggling in 2006 while the economy was rolling along. Now, it’s prospering in a recession.

May 2009

Small Is Beautiful

Just as the securities markets around the world were plunging, Tonka Bay Equity Partners scored another triumph.

April 2009

While America Slept

Could the key to staving off the next economic crisis be financial literacy?

March 2009

Cash Is King

In most years, the markets reward companies for growth. Not now. Today, there is a new mantra: liquidity—cash and cash flow.

February 2009

No-Go IPOs

The IPO market is all but comatose. Will it ever be revived?

January 2009

Out Performing the Pros

How St. Thomas MBA students have turned the Aristotle Fund into a winner.

December 2008

Presidential Puzzle

When it comes to market performance, which political party yields the best returns?

November 2008

It's Different This Time

Will today’s foreign investors retreat like the others before?

October 2008

Fiscal Rarity

The Minneapolis-St. Paul unique fiscal-disparities arrangement escaped unscathed from the Mall of America and the Minnesota Legislature.

September 2008

Credit Crunch Visionary

Few investors and money managers predicted the credit mess Jim Kragenbring saw looming.

August 2008

Cluster Buster

Let's give Minnesota's financial services sector proper recognition. Its growth has meant a lot for the state's economy. But can the industry keep it up?

July 2008

Message from MoneyGram

MoneyGram dipped into the subprime mortgage market, seeking higher yields and almost putting its very existence in jeopardy.

June 2008

Fiscal Follies

How bleak is America’s fiscal picture?

May 2008

On The Bubble

Are bubbles a boon or a bust for the U.S. economy?

April 2008

From Toast to Toasted

How the Stifel Financial Corporation went from dead to flourishing amid a dwindling handful of peers.

March 2008

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