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...MUTUAL FUNDS Actively managed gold funds invest in the stocks of gold-mining companies, so the same considerations apply. A more direct approach is to invest in an exchange-traded fund that owns gold bullion. There are two: StreetTracks Gold Shares and iShares Comex Gold Trust...
...second varsity avoided the turbulent water, it certainly had its finest competition to date in Northeastern’s second boat.The Crimson had yet to see contact with another boat after the 1,000-meter mark this season, but a formidable, undefeated second varsity from Northeastern posed the most direct threat to Harvard’s undefeated dual record. “We were prepared for that—we knew it as going to be a hard race,” sophomore stroke George Kitovitz said. “But I guess we came...
...First, my words were a technical violation of a long-standing protocol: A diplomat friend tells me that while it is appropriate to say, "All options should remain on the table," the direct mention of nukes - especially any hint of the first use of nukes - is, as Stephanopoulos correctly said, "crossing a line." If George had asked, "What about nukes?" the diplomatic protocol would have been to tapdance: "I can't imagine ever having to use nuclear weapons," or some such, leaving the nuclear door open, but never saying so specifically. In truth, I was trying to make the same...
...Like Nixon, Lay's face naturally falls into a frown. On the stand, his brows drew together. His tongue flicked back and forth hitting the corners of his mouth. He tried to win the jury over during direct examination by talking about the three paper routes he had growing up and summers laboring on farms in Missouri. Lay, once a multimillionaire, also testified that he now drives a 13-year-old car and all his savings are gone...
...real reason the Administration is reluctant to hold direct talks with Iran is more simple: while its own Iran policy tilts towards regime change, the diplomatic strategy being promoted by the Europeans requires that the U.S. essentially give up that goal by renouncing any intention of attacking Iran. That division virtually ensures that the crisis will remain at a stalemate, at least...