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...Those who like to pick stocks should stay with themes that have worked well this year. Stocks that tend to benefit from a recovery have risen, including industrials such as Boeing, Bandag, Cooper Industries and DuPont, all of which have trailing PEs of 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...
...South San Francisco, a master designer of drugs. Another major information-services firm, Incyte Genomics, based in Palo Alto, Calif., laid off 400 employees from one of its gene-analysis services to focus resources on drug development. Late last month Incyte's founder hired a pair of veterans from DuPont Pharmaceuticals as CEO and chief scientific officer...
...better times. The rise in long-term interest rates indicates that bond traders expect higher demand for credit in the next six to nine months as consumers and businesses resume spending. The stock market too tends to rise ahead of the economy; led by cyclical stocks like Alcoa and DuPont, the Dow is up 21%, closing last week at 9960, a decisive shift that qualifies as a new bull market...
...money diminished, the aura around the old, revered families dissipated. Now, unless you’re a Kennedy, nobody cares. Just look at Harvard’s student body. Although we still have students from pedigreed families, most students cannot trace their lineage back to Rockefeller or DuPont. Instead, students are much more racially, geographically and economically diverse...
...Mueller was born in New York, where his father worked for the DuPont corporation. After attending St. Paul's, an elite New England prep school, he graduated from Princeton in 1966. He attended New York University graduate school the next year and earned a Masters in International Relations...