Economy & Markets
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Positive Outlook
By Staff WriterCompanies in a variety of biotech and health-care sectors should see sales and development progress in 2007, analysts say. Edward A. Tenthoff Piper Jaffray & Co. 212-284-9403 [email protected] Area of...
February 10, 2007
Earnings: Prudential, Lincoln, OthersStronger investment division results helped Prudential Financial Inc. post higher profits for the fourth quarter of 2006.Prudential, Newark, N.J., is reporting $1 billion in net ...
February 03, 2007
Earnings: Aflac, Genworth, OthersAn increase in the number of licensed sales representatives helped Aflac Inc. expand U.S. insurance sales in the fourth quarter of 2006.Aflac, Columbus, Ga., is ...
February 01, 2007
Don't Count Out Bonds (Yet)Although the Treasury market followed energy prices lower throughout January, that correlation isn't likely to continue indefinitely. A combination of stifled inflation anxiety and solid economic growth is as good as it gets for investors. However, it should be noted that any deviation from the good news that market participants...
February 01, 2007
Defining StyleAn investment style is the way a manager goes about analyzing, buying, and selling stocks. Elements are the specific aspects of the stock and/or company...
February 01, 2007
Through Thick and ThinBalanced funds provide investors with diversification within the confines of a single investment vehicle by holding a portfolio of highly uncorrelated asset classes. Such funds...
February 01, 2007
The Next Economic CrisisAfter graduate school, I went to work for maverick Wall Street economist A. Gary Shilling. Gary was a follower of the Kondratieff Wave Theory, which...
February 01, 2007
Behind the Numbers, with Sam Stovall"Our investment policy committee has a benchmark for the average balance investor of 60% of their money exposed to equities and 40% exposed to fixed...