With 2026 around, I am refining my inflation-focused asset allocation model that performed well in 2025. Check out the major ...

Target Corporation’s TGT capital allocation strategy reflects a careful balance between investing for future growth and preserving financial resilience. Despite ongoing softness in discretionary ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the Kester and Brynes Professor at Columbia Business School and a Chazen Senior Scholar at the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for ...

For the individual investor, analyzing a company’s financial statements often feels like a checklist: What’s the P/E ratio? How high is the debt? Are revenues growing? These are vital questions, but ...

Capital allocation is where and how CEOs use excess profits. Effective capital allocation increases a firm’s efficiency and maximizes profits for shareholders. Generating free cash flow is important ...

We briefly discuss the importance of capital allocation decisions by executive officers. We take a close look at 3M’s capital allocations over the past 10 years. We highlight those that we believe ...