Economy & Markets
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Rooting Out Treasures
By Alexei BayerDonald Putnam is a dream lunch guest. He is worldly, affable and articulate, with a fine gift of turning a quick aphorism. --- Who: Donald H. Putnam,...
August 27, 2008
Boomer earnings2015 - Estimated earnings peak for early boomers, compared with 2025 for late boomers. $90,000 - Estimated peak earnings for early boomers, compared with...
August 27, 2008
Durable goods do some goodSmall victory, we know, but we'll take it. Investors took heart this week from better-than-expected data on durable goods orders, in spite of a rise...
August 21, 2008
Changing savings strategies58%: Percentage of independent registered investment advisers who expect the S&P 500 to rise in the next six months. 57%: Percentage who attribute that rise to falling energy prices in the second half of the year. 71%: Percentage
August 20, 2008
High-Yield Dividend Stocks: The Silent Winner (Commentary)In a quest for protection from increasingly volatile markets, investors have yanked a page out of legendary value investor Benjamin Graham's tome, The Intelligent Investor, and are persistently seekin
August 11, 2008
Economist: America's "knowledge revolution" fadingThe high growth and innovation that have been the hallmarks of the nation's economy for the past two decades are coming to an end, Wells...
August 06, 2008
Going Japanese, I really think soThe Financial Times reports the Japanese government on Wednesday conceded that the country's longest post-war economic expansion may be over as it reported a drop...
August 01, 2008
Market Volatility AboundsOver the last four decades, the S&P 500 Index has posted an average of 58 days per year with an up or down movement of greater than 1%. From October 1, 2007--the S&P 500's historical high point--through July, 2008, the index has posted 83 such days, implying an annual rate...