Fleming Meeks

The ignominious collapse of Quibi on October 21st, just eight months after going live with its short-form video service for mobile phones, is a classic example of the dangers of too much arrogance and too much start-up money. Founded by former Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman and movie mogul and animation whiz Jeffrey Katzenberg, Quibi raised $1.75 billion from the likes of NBCUniversal, Disney and Sony to revolutionize Hollywood for short-attention-span millennials.

In a lot of family businesses, there's no real distinction between family and business. That wasn't the case with Warren Stephens, CEO of Little Rock, Ark.-based Stephens Inc., the highly regarded investment bank and private-equity firm founded by his Uncle Witt and later run by his father, Jackson. "I didn't know what Stephens Inc. did...

Our cover story, Trump: The Art of Baloney, brought a swift response from Barron’s readers. While opinion was clearly split, Trump partisans were in the majority, their comments often laced with anger, like the following from subscriber Frederic Longabard: “I want someone who will stand up for this country even if he is a lout.” In all, we’ve received nearly 100 letters and online comments. Feel free to add your voice. Below, a sampling:...