Mark Francis Cohen

• Nobody's Perfect

  By Mark Francis Cohen  |  May 1, 2008

  Making a mistake with a client can fill you with dread like nothing else. CFP Patti Houlihan remembers the horrible feeling that overcame her the...

• Peaceful Invasion

  By Mark Francis Cohen  |  December 1, 2007

  Earlier this year, Intel began building a $1 billion semiconductor plant. At 500,000 square feet, it is expected to be the company's single largest manufacturing...

• Children and Wealth

  By Mark Francis Cohen  |  October 1, 2007

  Last year, Warren Buffett's granddaughter, Nicole Buffett, made a baffling admission. The young woman in the green turtleneck sweater and long silver earrings sat on...

• The ETF Parent

  By Mark Francis Cohen  |  May 1, 2007

  "There are few cases," Edgar Allen Poe once wrote, "in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merits." That's the sort of...

• Forget the Bank

  By Mark Francis Cohen  |  October 1, 2006

  Seven years ago, investors were smitten with margin loans. They borrowed against their securities at a feverish pace and plowed the cash back into the...