Gwen Moritz
Arkansas Business
Big Rock Township, AR, United States
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Magical Thinking (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
From the Western District of Arkansas, a cautionary tale about income taxes and making a bad situation much, much worse. → Read More
Lessons From SBF and FTX (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
The collapse of FTX brings to mind valuable lessons about investing, regulations — and fraud. → Read More
Societal Long COVID (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
We're starting to see proof of the toll COVID has taken on our society. → Read More
UA Fends Off Auburn's Attempt to Hire Yurachek
He's getting another contract extension that raises his salary and includes deferred compensation from private funds. → Read More
Evolve Overtakes Simmons in Trust Assets
Stephens Inc. remains No. 1 on the annual lists of Arkansas' largest broker-dealers and largest money managers, but Evolve takes the top spot in trust departments. → Read More
LifePlus: A $200M Batesville Company Is Growing Again
After 30 years, Batesville manufacturer LifePlus finally plans to focus on the U.S. market. → Read More
Just a Bailout, Not a Solution (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
While it may help short term, Biden's student loan forgiveness plan does nothing to fix the underlying reasons for the student loan crisis. → Read More
Bank Deposit Growth Settles Down After COVID
Statewide deposit growth slowed to 5.5% after two consecutive years in which COVID stimulus cash fueled unusually strong deposit growth. → Read More
An American in Paris (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
My husband and I finally made the trip to Europe we had been dreaming of for more than 30 years. It was the first for both of us, but I'm determined it won't be the last. → Read More
2021: A Good Year for Big Private Companies
For most of the businesses on this year's list of Arkansas' 75 largest private companies, top-line revenue in 2021 was significantly better than in 2019, before any of us had heard of COVID-19. → Read More
So Much Fraud (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
There's always a lot of fraud. But there really has been more of it lately. → Read More
Is Bad Email Hygiene Costing You Business? (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
A company that recognizes that email continues even after an employee has departed is a company that knows how to facilitate continued contact with its clients. → Read More
Opacity and Obstinance (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
A recent report on the percentage of Arkansas residents with medical marijuana cards required vastly more effort than previously. → Read More
The Question That Must Not Be Asked (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
Let me tell you, there are some questions one simply must not ask. One of them is whether there's any real evidence that legalizing marijuana reduces abuse of opioids. → Read More
Medical Marijuana Cards Prized in North-Central Arkansas
Data from the second fiscal year of medical marijuana sales in Arkansas confirms a trend spotted after 2020: Residents in north-central Arkansas are most likely to seek out the ID cards allowing them to buy the stuff. → Read More
A Bedtime Story (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
"Beanie Mania" teaches modern investors an old and obvious lesson. → Read More
Love, Gen Z (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
Generation Z is young but not naive. → Read More
Journalist as Dupe (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
Journalist Roger Parloff is paying penance for the cover story he wrote for Fortune magazine, praising Theranos and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes. → Read More
RIA That Lost Client Falls as Others Rise
The pandemic years have been good for registered investment advisors, with most of the top RIAs based in Arkansas posting increased assets under management since Arkansas Business' last list of money managers appeared a year ago. → Read More
'Unfortunately We Can't' (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
As a human, you should think about minimizing stress on your survivors. As an executive, you should also think about whether your business is as helpful as possible when a customer or client dies. → Read More