The expression "quid pro quo," Latin for "something for something," is used to describe when two parties engage in a mutual ...

This is the 10th article in the Behavioral Finance and Macroeconomics series, exploring the effect behavior has on markets and the economy as a whole and how advisors who understand this relationship ...

Change tends to be difficult. This is true whether the change in question is something as personal as a New Year's resolution or as impersonal as updating a business procedure or law. Nevertheless, it ...

The list goes on and on. Once, category leaders, all these companies saw their success decline due to the all-too-familiar adversary that was once the reason for their initial growth: the status quo.

The “status quo” in the South China Sea is a slippery concept that does little to advance a rules-based order. As East Asia’s maritime disputes continue to bubble, concern with the “status quo” is ...

We have always done it that way. It worked so well in the past. Why would we ever want to fix something that isn’t broken? That way of thinking is what kills organizations. When we do things because ...