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Forget Stocks or Bonds, Invest in a Lobbyist (NPR)
By Staff WriterIn a recent study, researchers Raquel Alexander and Susan Scholz calculated what has heretofore been a nearly impossible thing to track: the return on investment companies get from working with a lobbyist.
December 29, 2011
Stark Advice on Risk Avoidance From Leading AcademicZvi Bodie has long been a lone wolf in the financial services industry. The Boston University finance professor and veteran risk avoidance advocate, has himself risked being pelted with eggs, or worse.
December 26, 2011
A Warren Buffett ETF?We know that financial product developers have thought about introducing a Warren Buffett ETF, not because the investing public really needs it, but because theres no shortage of dubious ideas. Interestingly, though, financial marketers might not have to invent a Buffett ETF because one already exists.
December 23, 2011
Stocks Rise; S&P Turns Positive for 2011Stocks rose in quiet, pre-holiday trading Friday. The S&P 500 index turned positive for the year.Traders were relieved by news that Congress extended a payroll tax holiday for workers and emergency unemployment benefits.
December 23, 2011
Stocks Rise; S&P Turns Positive for 2011Stocks rose in quiet, pre-holiday trading Friday. The S&P 500 index turned positive for the year.Traders were relieved by news that Congress extended a payroll tax holiday for workers and emergency unemployment benefits.
December 19, 2011
Outlook 2012: Value Investing — A Glimmer in the GloomLike value investment gurus Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham, today's stock pickers believe that investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike.
December 19, 2011
Vanguard Switches Benchmark, Drops Fee for World FundThe fund giant moves its Total World Stock Index Fund to the FTSE Global All Cap Index
December 19, 2011
Kim Jong Il’s Death Unnerves Asian MarketsAsian markets reacted to the death of Kim Jong Il of North Korea with trepidation on Monday, with both stocks and the South Korean won falling.