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...faculty, a senior administrator got so fed up that he circulated a memo proposing to send a dozen roses a day to central administrators until the systems were finally fixed...
Never mind Wall Street; Alan Greenspan wants Main Street to tone it down a bit. Greenspan issued another rate hike on Tuesday, a quarter-percent rise that brings the Fed's short-term interest rates to 6 percent - a five-year high. For a change, neither the NASDAQ nor the Dow flinched; traders have expected the hike for weeks. If Greenspan's plan works, the rate hike (and the two or three additional increases expected in coming months) will have a three-faceted impact on slowing consumer spending, aaccording to a plan outlined last month in the Fed chief...
...shouldn't you empty the vault and buy? You might be too early. Bank stocks will suffer until the first glimmer that the Fed plans to stop raising rates. That's when you'll want to load up. For me, part of the fun of investing is spotting great values in the making and getting ready to pounce at the right moment. Now is the time to do homework. When the bank stocks come back, they'll come back fast...
...easy play will be a bank stock fund because the whole group will move. If you're worried about missing it, start nibbling soon--but not before the next Fed hike. Stock pickers should look for banks and thrifts in growth regions like the South and West and with diverse income streams. Tom Theurkauf, analyst at Keefe Bruyette Woods, likes Washington Mutual and Fleet Boston. Scott Black, president of Delphi Management, likes North Fork and Peoples Heritage. Among larger banks, Chase and Bank of New York look attractive. But beware banks with operating difficulties, like First Union and Banc...
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