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...less than 19. But some, like power-systems giant Eaton, have become expensive. Even if rates rise, banks like Bank of America and Bank One, which have below-market PEs, should rise as loan demand and credit quality improve. And it may pay to think small. In general, small-cap and mid-cap companies have more attractive valuations. Focus on well-run mutual funds that invest in companies with market values of less than $5 billion. Two solid choices are CGM Focus and Armada Small Cap Value. Remember, eventually stocks will rally...
...when Graham went nuclear himself, publicly threatening to join a campaign by local Democrats to block the shipments with armed troopers. That, plus Graham's reputation as a maverick, got the White House's attention. Rove stepped in, calling Graham two weeks ago and okaying a deal that would cap any fines at $100 million a year, sources say. Graham is now working with Daniels' aides to codify the deal into law. Then the plutonium will move, two Republican Senate candidates will get what they want and so will Rove. --By Michael Weisskopf
...cursory examination of Bush’s much-touted “Clean Skies” initiative confirms the suspicions one should rightly have about the environmental and energy policies of the Bush administration. For instance, many are unaware that the plan—which proudly boasts of a cap to noxious sulfur dioxide emissions—actually rolls back previous restrictions on coal-fired power plants. Moreover, the supposed cap is estimated by environmental groups to be too high to make any meaningful difference and acts instead as a smoke screen to protect heavy polluters. And if this meaningless...
MCKISSACK: A stock like MBNA, the credit card issuer, we've owned for a long time. It's growing from what was a midcap company into the larger-cap space. It has demonstrated 20%-a-year growth and, with its credit review and issuance process, it has an above-average customer in terms of income and payment history. We've also been very successful with SunGard Data Systems and continue to see that as a good long-term opportunity. It provides specialized software into the financial-services market and recently bought Comdisco to make it a larger player in that...
...like Superman against Brown to put Harvard in control of its own destiny, and one day after he twirled a one-run, six-hit gem to keep it there, Crockett was taking a well-deserved day off at Dartmouth yesterday. But before the sweat had even dried on his cap, his team already needed him again...