Silicon Valley

The mental aspect is one of the most overlooked and underappreciated facets of trading. It is also one of the most important. Success in the stock market, as well as in business, is largely dependent on a person's psychological toughness and their ability to “roll with the punches.” Sometimes you...

From Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE: HPQ) battle for 3Par to Texas Instruments' (NYSE: TXN) $6.5 billion acquisition of National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM), Frank Quattrone has been an influential figure. As the leading investment banker in Silicon Valley, Quattrone has...