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Gentlemen: I must confess serious doubts about the efficacy—or even the integrity—of the “classic” exam period editorial, “Beating the System,” you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called “Donald Carswell ’50” of being rather one of Us—the Bad Guys—than one of you. If your readers have been following Mr. Carswell’s advice for the last 11 years, then your readers have been going down the tubes...
...popular centrist policies. After years in the wilderness, the rival Tories have rallied behind Cameron, 39, who is stressing ecology, international development and the promotion of women and ethnic minorities instead of old Tory standards like immigrant bashing and tax cutting. A recent survey shows the Tories would beat Labour if a general election were held now, 37% to 31%. "Blair's legacy is also Cameron's Conservatives," says Sunder Katwala, general secretary of the Labour-affiliated Fabian Society. "The Tories' shift is really New Labour's moment of victory...
They studied the three-month period leading up to either a World Cup or a European championship title match, dating back to 1992. Their portfolio of 11 stocks beat the market six out of seven times--by as many as 19 percentage points and as few as 7 percentage points. Only once did the portfolio produce a loss, falling 1.8% while the benchmark Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) world index eked out a 1% gain. On average, the UBS portfolio rose 9% in the three-month periods while the MSCI index fell 1%. That's a whupping...
...three Zurich-based analysts at UBS Wealth Management Research believe they have hit on a pattern that will help you handily beat the market between now and the title match of the World Cup soccer tournament on July 9. "It began as a fun exercise," says Tim Gorle, who co-wrote a report on the pattern with colleagues Oscar Andreu and Hans Sanders. "But we got some very positive data, or we wouldn't have gone ahead...
...murders come just days after three skinheads beat up a French citizen of African origin in the Flemish city of Bruges. Racial tensions were also evident last month when the whole country was transfixed by the murder of 17-year-old Joe van Holsbeeck, killed in Brussels' central train station by two assailants who were after his MP3 player. For days, witnesses told the media that the perpetrators had been youths of North African origin. But after ten days, police fingered two Poles for the murder, one of whom has fled to Poland and awaits extradition...