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...HAVE A VIEW ON WHO SHOULD SUCCEED ANNAN AS SECRETARY-GENERAL? I have lots of views on lots of things. But the official American position is, we have never accepted any notion of geographical rotation and we favor the best-qualified candidate, wherever that candidate comes from. If the best-qualified person is an Asian, we'd be delighted. If the best-qualified person is from somewhere else, we'd be delighted at that too. Western Europe has had three Secretaries-General, Latin America has had one, Africa has had two, and Asia has had one. Eastern Europe has never...
...point in the economic cycle that tends to favor the biggest of the big. Short-term interest rates are up, which is especially hard on small companies that do not enjoy the same access to cheap borrowing as large ones. As higher rates slow the economy, earnings at small firms should decelerate quickest. And as earnings slow, the dividends that blue chips pay will become increasingly attractive...
...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 Returns 2 year Tocqueville 16.94% 8.76% Neuberger Berman Partners 17.50% 6.87% Cambiar Opportunity...
...there could be many more that scientists haven't yet uncovered. "I worry every day about other surprises," says Oppenheimer. "It would be the height of arrogance to assume that there won't be--as these results prove." Sure, he says, some of the surprises may cut in our favor, but adds, "I'd hate to count on that. We have only one world to play with...
Tradesports.com does not actually accept bets itself, but allows people looking to bet in favor of a particular outcome to find people looking to bet against that outcome...