The Basics The initial way to view the stock market is as a zero-sum game. With any stock trade, one side wins, because it buys a security that increases in price, or because it sells one that ...

I’ve been reflecting lately on the term “zero sum game.” It’s one of those phrases that gets thrown around often in business, particularly in negotiations. The idea is simple: in a zero-sum game, one ...

Many school district administrators and board members across the country say they’ve recently had to cut investments in facilities and instruction to make room for the ballooning cost of pensions for ...