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Investor Influence
By Staff WriterAs part of our interview with Michael Carmen, we asked if there's been an investor who has been a particular influence or mentor in his...
January 01, 2008
Want financial success? Quit reading.I was going through some old magazines I had saved for one reason or another when I came across an article in the Aug. 14, 2000 issue of Fortune, entitled "10 stocks to last the decade." The timing of the article was interesting. We were five months
January 01, 2008
Deep in the Heart of TexasAt least seven different financial advisory firms vie for business in wealthy little Corsicana, Texas -- population 25,000 -- where ample oil profits have made...
December 31, 2007
Want financial success? Quit reading.I was going through some old magazines I had saved for one reason or another when I came across an article in the Aug. 14, 2000 issue of Fortune, entitled "10 stocks to last the decade." The timing of the article was interesting. We were five months
December 03, 2007
Why the Subprime Bounce Will be Short-LivedBanks, brokerage firms, and other sectors that are linked to the moribund housing and mortgage industries got a much-needed lift last week when the Treasury announced plans to extend teaser rates on a number of troubled loans.
November 01, 2007
Teaching Investors to Tell TimeProf. Bodie combines the easy charm of an accomplished public speaker with the intellectual vigor and clarity of exposition of a Harvard-MIT-trained professor. He is...
November 01, 2007
Dow Jones/Barron's Launch BenchmarkDow Jones Indexes and Barron's have unveiled the Barron's 400 index, which tracks the performance of highly liquid U.S. stocks, highlighting America's most promising companies...
October 01, 2007
Like Bananas, Big News Comes in BunchesOne of the most prominent features of the U.S. economy in the last two decades has been a consistent decline in volatility. Recent volatility, however, points to a potential increase of the metric to more historical levels.