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Merrill Forecaster Optimistic About 2005
By Jim ConnollyThe U.S. economy should do fine this year.[@@]A top executive at Merrill Lynch & Company Inc., New York, gave that assessment here this week ...
January 01, 2005
South American Funds Turn NorthLatin American stocks and mutual funds focused on that region have had a resurgence over the last two years. That's largely because of China's strong...
January 01, 2005
Behind the Numbers, with Lincoln Anderson"I'm staying with it," says lpl financial's chief investment officer of his 2005 allocation strategy, which is the same one that he used to usher...
January 01, 2005
Fair Weather AheadIt's not likely that any of them will start belting out choruses of "Happy Days Are Here Again," but if the members of Investment Advisor's...
December 23, 2004
Fund in Focus: AIM Global ValueDec. 22, 2004 -- The AIM Global Value Fund/A (AWSAX) can buy companies in the U.S. and all over the world, but lately its managers...
December 23, 2004
Mark Mulholland of Matthew 25 FundS&P Rank: 5 Stars Keeping His Investment Lamp Trimmed
December 23, 2004
Don't Slip Playing On OilDec. 20, 2004 -- Crude oil prices, which recently corrected from a peak of nearly $56 per barrel in late October, have remained at lofty...
December 10, 2004
Vanguard Debuts Another Primecap OfferingDec. 9, 2004 -- Vanguard Group on Thursday debuted another fund managed By Primecap Management Co., which runs two of Vanguard's top performing funds. The new Primecap Core Fund invests in growth stocks and undervalued shares and buys companies of any size, although its "emphasis" will be on "larger-cap stocks,"...