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...than ever. No joke: they may one day supplant common mutual funds as the investment vehicle of choice for millions of people. About $500 billion resides in separate accounts. Yes, that's a long way from the $7 trillion in mutual funds right now. But since the middle 1990s, assets in separate accounts, in which your money is set aside as a distinct pool, have been growing twice as fast as mutual-fund assets, in which your cash is commingled. According to estimates by the Money Management Institute, a trade group for private asset managers, separate-account assets should double...
...Friday morning, according to a source who spoke to Farhat. The Free Press story ran the day after Farhat was shot at, but a knowledgeable source said Farhat's name had become a poorly-kept secret in the city after leaking out a month before. "He's an intelligence asset. He was providing information on terrorism, not just who's the local dope sellers," said an outraged congressional aide. Justice officials in Washington and Detroit refused comment...
...employees is destined to become a global titan. In the short term, such suspension of disbelief can be highly profitable, but it can also prove to be an excellent way of losing money fast. "I warn investors to be cautious," says Joseph Lau, a director at Tai Fook Asset Management. "Some of the investors will ultimately be burned...
...company recognizes that its skilled labor is an asset like any other. It wasn't always that way. Duncan Meldrum, Air Products' chief economist, recalls a time when it responded to competitive pressure with across-the-board layoffs, a policy he thinks was a mistake. "It doesn't work," he says. "You may shore up your margins, but you lose an awful lot more than you gain." Now the company looks more carefully at its business during the down times, selling off parts that aren't working--such as gas delivered in cylinders for welding and metal fabrication--and retraining...
...think that timber as an asset class may be mis-priced. We believe we can get an 8-9 percent real rate of return from this investment,” Meyer said...