Word: assets
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...keep in mind that your most valuable asset--your career--also is linked to the health of your company and industry. While you should invest enough in your 401(k) to receive any match that your employer offers, it's generally a mistake to voluntarily buy more of your employer's stock--no matter how bright you consider its prospects. Rough times can hit a company or an entire industry without warning. A portfolio diversified among five or more industries, including some that are sensitive to the ups and downs of the economy (airlines, builders, equipment makers) and some that...
...that Charlie has given generously of his talent, time and energy and I am most grateful. It is true that Charlie has an unusually low tolerance for cant, double-talk and hypocrisy. But it is precisely these eccentricities that make him a good friend and an invaluable asset to the University. PETER BERKOWITZ Jan. 12, 1999 The writer is associate professor of government 13/01/1999 Editorial 10 Letters Tenure System Needs Review To the editors...
First, what is Stern's value as a corporate asset? Not much, according to CBS, which bought Infinity in 1996 and sold 17% of it in a public offering earlier this month. Nowhere is Stern mentioned in a 183-page prospectus that is supposed to be the best source for valuing a newly traded stock. The bottom line is that Stern's continued success "is not a material issue" to the health of Infinity, says CBS spokesman Gil Schwartz. O.K. We all know that Stern's image is larger than his impact. Yet he's easily the company's most...
...Elliott at Citibank was not so much what she did but whom she did it for--at least in the view of the Mexican authorities who have brought criminal charges against Raul Salinas. In addition to getting Salinas Broadway theater tickets and managing his portfolio, she employed sophisticated asset-concealment techniques on his behalf. These techniques are used quite legally by wealthy individuals--say, a surgeon who wants to secure her life savings from potential malpractice suits or an estranged husband. Elliott was helping Salinas conceal his large transfers out of the country ostensibly because, as she explained...
...Market timing doesn't work. Selective plumping and pruning is one thing. I heartily advocate yearly or quarterly rebalancing of your portfolio: selling some of the asset class that has done best and buying more of the one that has lagged to maintain your desired mix of stocks, bonds and cash. I even endorse shifting among assets with part of your portfolio--no more than 20%--to try to take advantage of specific conditions every so often. Early this year I suggested tilting toward bonds because stocks were overvalued and lower interest rates seemed likely. Some wags would call that...