Word: bracketing
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...well as bonds convertible into stock fit here too, offering decent yields and, in the case of "converts," a shot at capital gains if the market shoots higher. Consider the Northern Income Equity fund. Some blue chips now offer dividend yields of 5%. For those in the top tax bracket, short-term tax-exempt municipal bonds and bond funds are a steal today, yielding an after-tax equivalent of 7% plus...
...freshman duplicated his winning ways against the Bantams in the No. 3 slot during the NISRA championships, beating national No. 7 Lefike Ragontse in a grueling five-game match. Blumberg went on to claim the Pool Plate as the winner of the ISA consolation bracket to close out his season. His phenomenal rookie campaign merited him a No. 8 national ranking to finish the year...
Following a disappointing 6-3 loss to Yale, the team began the NISRAs with another easy win over Williams. But the Trinity squad overpowered the Crimson again, sending Harvard into the consolation bracket...
Harvard fell to Washington, 4-2, in the loser’s bracket of the NCAA Regionals on Saturday to end its season. A day earlier, the Crimson dropped its opener to national No. 4 seed Rice, 8-3. Harvard’s appearance in the double-elimination playoff had been its first since 1999, when the Crimson (20-26) also fell in two quick games to higher-seeded competition...
...start against the team he almost beat in March when Crockett struck out six in a close 2-1 loss to the Owls. But Harvard Coach Joe Walsh elected to throw sophomore Marc Hordon against Rice, leaving Crockett to dig the Crimson out of the loser’s bracket on Saturday...