FEI Weekly

January 30, 2015

Risk-return boosts capital allocation decisions, U.S. growth investments slow, and DC fiscal fights rage on.

Improving the Capital Allocation Decision-Making Process

CGMA Magazine

Using risk-return techniques to allocate resources across projects or business units can promote more robust decision-making.

Why Are So Few Companies Growing?

Wall Street Journal

U.S. orders for capital goods dropped in December for the fourth straight month, offering another indication many leadership teams have run out of growth ideas.

As New Leadership Takes Over in Washington, Fiscal Battles Resurface

New York Times

The divide between the two parties on fiscal policy may be as stark as at any time since Bill Clinton’s first term.

Manage Your Team’s Attention

Harvard Business Review

We call have the same amount of time, but perhaps the biggest challenge we face as individuals at work, and as leaders, is attention management.

FASB to Give Choice on When Employers Can Gauge Defined Benefit Plan Assets

Bloomberg BNA (FEI Members Only)

FASB moved closer to issuing final rules that would ease the reporting burden for employers that provide defined benefit plans.