Word: bullish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Caught between steadily rising costs and an equally steady lag in investor interest, the nation's investment brokers constitute an industry that hardly anyone is bullish about. Last week the Securities and Exchange Commission sought to administer first aid in two forms. For the next six months, brokers will be able to raise their commission charges by 10% on small transactions ($100 to $5,000) and 15% on medium-size ones ($5,001 to $300,000). But after April 30, 1975, the SEC ruled, the investment industry must eliminate fixed commissions altogether, forcing brokers to compete freely with...
Evert does not have to wait long for another big test. It starts next week when the U.S. Open begins at Forest Hills, where she made her first big splash two years ago. Whatever happens at Forest Hills, Evert's future is unquestionably bullish. Chrissie the pro is far more accomplished than Chrissie the amateur, and has time to overcome her remaining flaws: a reluctance to rush the net aggressively, a volley that too often fails and a serve that too seldom overpowers. Over the past two years, she has shot up 3/2 in. and added...
While Merrill Lynch professes to be bullish on America, Donald Regan, chairman of the largest brokerage of all, has more ursine feelings these days about Merrill Lynch. With trading volume fading and profits dwindling throughout the securities business, Regan has pared the salaries of Merrill Lynch's 140 highest executives by 10% to 20%. The cuts are expected to save about $900,000 a year and impress the 20,000 other employees with the need for economy...
...country seems to be moving away from much of its materialism, while Europe and Japan are becoming more like we used to be." With owlish reasons and bullish sentiments, Erdman thinks the U.S. will be a far better place to live in during the '70s. He even believes Europeans will vacation in Florida be cause the water there is cleaner than the Mediterranean...
...Alsop is bullish on Sino-U.S. relations-at least while the Russian threat remains. He claimed that the Chinese are even reconsidering their opposition to a strong U.S. military presence in Southeast Asia, and may come to view it as a force neutralizing Soviet might. "It's known," Alsop quipped, "as singing out of the other side of your mouth, because now you know on which side your bread is buttered...