Word: chartes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some bears counter that the reverse spread between stock and bond yields (see chart) will cause a shift in money from stocks to bonds. They argue that in the past, when bond yields have far exceeded those of stocks, the market has tumbled. But investors in today's market have shown little interest in getting highly taxed dividends; most are seeking capital gains, which are not only lower-taxed but are a hedge against inflation. Those who have shifted over the past year have had heavy losses, because prices of bonds have fallen-although their yields have risen accordingly...
...probably formulated some rough notions about the influences of the College; in general, one would expect the atmosphere of the University to exert a "liberalizing" or more questioning attitude toward the legacy of opinion that the student possesses when he arrives in Cambridge. But we have tried to chart these effects on different groups among the undergraduates and to isolate the causes more accurately...
Since 1957, Government budgeting for manned aircraft has slid from $8.4 billion to $6.6 billion; missile procurement soared from almost nothing a few years ago to $3.9 billion this year (see chart). Within five years, the split will be fifty-fifty...
...half of 1959, and a jump in consumer credit have added to the competition for funds. Following the surge, interest rates on bank business loans in 19 major cities went from 4.17% in 1958's second half to 4.87% in June -and are expected to go higher (see chart...
...sector of the market showed the need for adjustment more than the electronics stocks. They have risen more than four times as much as the market as a whole since January 1958 (see chart), have outpaced every other stock group. The average ratio of price to earnings among electronics stocks is more than 25 to 1, and some have been selling at up to 100 times earnings. Fairchild Camera soared from 91½ in April to 205 within three months, before dropping back to 142¾, where it is still at 50 times earnings; Texas Instruments has risen from...