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Utilities Plugging Away
By Staff WriterOver the past few years, the dull utilities sector has been turning heads with stock market performance that's been anything but boring. Through the first quarter...
May 01, 2007
Tech True Believers Hard to FindTech stocks have been in a three-year funk, having come out of the late 1990s dot-com bubble with little more than a thready heart beat. With a slew of important product updates this year, including the Microsoft Vista operating system, I figured that this was the time to commit to...
April 02, 2007
Deal or No Deal?There tends to be a financial crisis every ten years or so, and subprime loans seem to be the current one. As nearly everyone knows,...
April 01, 2007
Mid-Cap SPDRs Get Strong StartCould this be the year that mid-caps outperform? After lagging in 2006, mid-cap stocks are on the rise. As of mid-February, the Mid-Cap SPDR (Amex:MDY) was...
April 01, 2007
Behind the Numbers, with Lincoln AndersonSo far this year, LPL's chief investment officer, Lincoln Anderson, has not made any changes in his recommended asset allocation, keeping the highest percentage in...
March 20, 2007
High-Net-Worth Investor StudyMost millionaires use a financial advisor, according to the High Net Worth Investor Study released March 19 by Boston-based Fidelity Registered Investment Advisor Group (FRIAG). The study profiled how millionaires use financial advisors, and assessed their confidence in the current economy and the economy a year from now.
March 08, 2007
IRA, 401(k) Savers Have Similar Investing Styles: EBRIRetirement account owners make similar asset allocations in stocks and interest-earning assets whether investing in IRAs or 401(k)-type plans, a new study finds.The study by ...
March 08, 2007
IRA, 401(k) Savers Have Similar Investing Styles: EBRIRetirement account owners make similar asset allocations in stocks and interest-earning assets whether investing in IRAs or 401(k)-type plans, a new study finds.The study by ...