Word: boom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...opened Shanghai to foreign investors during his three years as mayor, starting a boom that lasts to this day, and displayed his no-nonsense approach to the business of doing business. According to Gareth Chang, who was head of a McDonnell Douglas joint venture in Shanghai, Zhu cut official banquets from 12 dishes to four because "first of all, most of us couldn't eat that much, and second, he thought the longer meals were a waste of time." In 1991, Zhu was recalled to Beijing, where he became Vice Premier and successfully curbed China's rampant inflation. Last year...
...called for a plan "to combat the unfair imports" that have resulted from the economic crisis, saying "the U.S. should not be forced to unilaterally take in a massive global import surge." Such a move would be one of the most dangerous actions we could undertake. Removing the booming U.S. economy from the world scene would make recovery far more difficult, as well as probably end the boom. Also on Thursday, the Labor Department noted that trade had kept inflation low even as unemployment stayed at record-low levels...
...life is said to retard attempts at campus integration by separating men from women and excluding traditionally underrepresented groups. One wonders where thoughts of these goals are when pushing drinking into more exclusive and unsafe dorm parties or arranging housing based on ethnicity. As part of the aging Baby Boom, university administrators have turned free speech into speech codes and integration into self-segregation, while also becoming increasingly antsy about allowing the "fun" that they had while in college...
...recent woeful results stand a couple of basic premises on their ear: namely, that high dividend yields (around 7.5%) make REITs an anchor in choppy markets; and that the mere existence of dozens of publicly traded real estate companies will somehow smooth the industry's masochistic boom-bust cycle--making REITs less volatile. Wrong...
...expect that REIT shares will remain under pressure until the market sees more evidence that public ownership of real estate companies really does put a leash on the boom-bust mentality. The good news is that such evidence is building, as last fall's pullback suggests, and that REIT shares are so depressed--many trade below their breakup values--that they represent a real buy. If you're looking for a way to hedge your com bets, consider quality names like Boston Properties and Equity Office, or a REIT index fund, including Vanguard...