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Those are solid, fundamental reasons to give big stocks another look. But the most compelling argument has to do with how fads come and go on Wall Street. Large-cap companies (generally defined as those with a market capitalization, or value, of more than $10 billion) have been all but forgotten. The S&P 500 (big firms) is down 13% since the end of 1999. Yet since then, the S&P small-cap index is up a breathtaking...
...minimum, now is a good time to rebalance: sell some of your small stocks or small-stock funds that have done well and beef up your exposure to large caps. But be careful: not all big stocks are bargains, no matter how far they may have fallen. GM, for example, could end up in bankruptcy. And be patient: stocks that are out of favor rarely turn on cue. But they do turn. The trick is being there when they do. [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] Large-Cap Funds Worth a Look Fund Returns 1 year...
...half, [Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith] said that they just couldn’t hit any more shots and we couldn’t miss any more.” Penn built a 21-11 lead on forward Jennifer Fleischer’s layup with 10:14 remaining to cap off a 16-6 Quakers run. After Fleischer’s steal resulted in a Joey Rhoads layup at 2:41 to push the Penn lead to 11, the Crimson put together its only sustained offensive run of the first half with an 8-4 finish to close the frame...
...cap it all off, it had four players on the floor who were shooting better than 73 percent from the line, including captain Matt Stehle and junior guard Jim Goffredo, who entered the game hitting 84 and 89 percent of their shots from the stripe...
...which the Crimson shook off early deficits of 10-2 and 20-11 to start the game. Harvard took its first lead soon after the intermission, pulling ahead 31-30 on a fast-break bucket from senior swingman Mike Beal off a feed from Stehle. Beal then put a cap on a dominant 16-3 run with a steal and a breakaway dunk that opened the lead...