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Gillett's riches-to-rags-to-riches story is a perfect proxy for the way capital has snowballed down Wall Street in the past two decades--and by the way, don't expect a moral to this tale. In the 1980s Gillett was busy building a billion-dollar empire based...
Midway through last week, the Dow 10 had returned 16.9% this year, vs. 22.9% for the Dow. The high yielders underperformed in two of the three previous years as well. Say it ain't so, Mike. But he won't. In fact, he's one of the first to note...
And that brings me to O'Higgins' new strategy: beating the Dow with bonds. O'Higgins sold all his stocks in 1993--missing some great years. For most of that time, though, he was invested in 30-year zero-coupon Treasury bonds, which also did well. This year, for example...
3. We have also told you that the Social Security Trust Fund was an asset, but it is not; there is nothing there which will help you pay off future social security payments. The "Trust Fund" owns nothing but U.S. government bonds which you will have to raise the money...
If we would have bought German Bonds or stocks there would be value in the fund, but we bought U.S. government bonds so we could add it to your credit card. Like the man who knew seven languages but had nothing to say in any of them, it is all...