Andy Serwer

Andy Serwer

Editor at Large

LATEST ARTICLES

Ken Burns on What He Will and Won’t Allow When Financing His Films

Ken Burns on What He Will and Won’t Allow When Financing His Films

The filmmaker on his new documentary, ‘The American Revolution,’ and why he steers clear of HBO and Netflix.

3 minute read

Coke Keeps Beating Pepsi. And Warren Buffett’s Still a Fan.

Coke Keeps Beating Pepsi. And Warren Buffett’s Still a Fan.

New Berkshire CEO Greg Abel has called Coke one of its “core four” investments, along with Apple, Moody’s, and American Express. It’s beating the S&P 500 this year.

Long Read

Jane Fraser Turned Citigroup Inside Out. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Jane Fraser Turned Citigroup Inside Out. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Under the CEO, the beleaguered bank is in its 13th restructuring. Can Citi’s stock shed its longstanding reputation as an absolute dog?

Long Read

Not So Fast, Texas. This City Manages Far More Money—and It’s Not NYC.

Not So Fast, Texas. This City Manages Far More Money—and It’s Not NYC.

Dallas, called Y’all Street, has new trading posts like the Texas Stock Exchange. But Boston has old money—and plenty of it.

Long Read

The Highest-Paid CEO Is a Furniture Salesman

The Highest-Paid CEO Is a Furniture Salesman

The median annual pay of large company CEOs hit $29.4 million last year, a record high, up 23.2%. It’s still one big fat guessing game.

Long Read

America’s Next Great Business Oracle May Not Be American. Meet the Next Warren Buffett.

America’s Next Great Business Oracle May Not Be American. Meet the Next Warren Buffett.

Filling his shoes is almost like replacing a combination of Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and Wayne Gretzky.

Long Read

AI Agent OpenClaw Will Do Your Trades. Should You Try It?

AI Agent OpenClaw Will Do Your Trades. Should You Try It?

The red-hot AI agent is managing the investments of some hearty souls. You don’t need to go all in, but you should understand it.

Long Read

The Epstein Files Are Filled With Suspect Financial Acts—and Time Is Running Out

The Epstein Files Are Filled With Suspect Financial Acts—and Time Is Running Out

No individuals in the Jeffrey Epstein files have been called to account for financial wrongdoing.

Long Read

How Bain Capital Is Scouring the Globe for Excess Returns

How Bain Capital Is Scouring the Globe for Excess Returns

Managing partner David Gross touched on a bit of everything in a sitdown with Barron’s Andy Serwer.

3 minute read

NFL Kicks Off Mega-Deal With American Express

NFL Kicks Off Mega-Deal With American Express

Amex is replacing Visa as the NFL’s official credit card partner in a seven-year deal possibly worth over $900 million.

4 minute read

He Was Warren Buffett’s Protégé. Now He’s Running Money for Jamie Dimon.

He Was Warren Buffett’s Protégé. Now He’s Running Money for Jamie Dimon.

Todd Combs left Berkshire Hathaway, where he was a top investment manager and the CEO of its Geico unit, at the end of last year. He opens up for the first time about his new role at JPMorgan Chase.

Long Read

Jamie Dimon Sees End on Horizon. But Not Just Yet.

Jamie Dimon Sees End on Horizon. But Not Just Yet.

After two decades, JPMorgan Chase’s CEO says he has three or four more years on the job—or maybe more. But even he’s talking about what comes next.

Long Read

A Fund Manager Gets a Fatal Diagnosis. What Life Has Taught Him.

A Fund Manager Gets a Fatal Diagnosis. What Life Has Taught Him.

Guy Spier has brain cancer. He decided to bare it all in a letter to his investors. Their response was overwhelming.

Long Read

How the Mag 7 Became the Lag 7—and What’s Ahead for the Stocks

How the Mag 7 Became the Lag 7—and What’s Ahead for the Stocks

Sure, the tech biggies had a great run. But they were overpriced, free-spending—and, as it turns out, vulnerable to AI.

Long Read

How Greg Abel’s First Letter to Berkshire Shareholders Is Different

How Greg Abel’s First Letter to Berkshire Shareholders Is Different

This year’s letter comes in at 18 pages, significantly longer than Buffett’s letters, which tended to run 10-15 pages.

Long Read

AI Will Lead to Economic Collapse—Just Like the Y2K Bug and Peak Oil Did

AI Will Lead to Economic Collapse—Just Like the Y2K Bug and Peak Oil Did

A doomsday report predicts artificial intelligence will bring down the global economy. Wake us up when it’s all over.

4 minute read

CoreWeave’s CEO Explains Why This Is Not Your Father’s Tech Company

CoreWeave’s CEO Explains Why This Is Not Your Father’s Tech Company

CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator is not your typical tech company executive—but then again, CoreWeave isn’t your typical tech company.

Long Read

The Druckenmiller Connection: Meet the Man Behind Bessent and Warsh

The Druckenmiller Connection: Meet the Man Behind Bessent and Warsh

The hedge fund manager is in the unusual position of having mentored two of the most powerful financial leaders in Washington.

Long Read

Trump Ushers in the ‘Big America’ Era—Around the World and at Home, Too

Trump Ushers in the ‘Big America’ Era—Around the World and at Home, Too

New measures from the White House touch on countless facets of our economy and society. And then there’s the president’s many forays overseas.

Long Read

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