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...government is not responsible for imported products; the companies that import them are. If a firm buys the cheapest products and imports them to the U.S., the firm should place its honesty and reputation on the line. If a company sells a questionable product, it should be held responsible in court, and any risk to the public should be prosecuted quickly. Our safety is in the courts, not in a governmental agency. George Tyler, Delton, Michigan...
...sweater company out of a spare bedroom in her Lexington, Mass., home and marketing her designs online instead of paying the rent on a bricks-and-mortar boutique. An added perk: she's deep-sixed the 2-hr. daily commute she had when she worked for a sportswear firm in downtown Boston...
...money managers at Dodge & Cox have heard the adage that a camel is a horse designed by committee. They politely disagree. Their horse, you see, keeps winning. Each of the firm's four mutual funds has from nine to 18 portfolio managers, and every one gets equal say in which stocks and bonds to buy and sell. "The investment business is permeated with the lore of the individual. We think that's a bad way to manage money," says CEO John Gunn, one of many decision makers. "There are a zillion independent variables, and it's very hard...
...might sound iffy--decisions made with no one in charge--but Dodge & Cox has the track record to show that peer review works. The firm's three mainstay funds--Stock, Income and Balanced--all beat more than 95% of similarly invested funds over the past 10 years, according to investment tracker Morningstar. The International Stock fund has sported a similar track record over its shorter lifetime and is one of the 10 hottest-selling retail funds in any category; over the past 18 months, assets have more than tripled, to $45 billion...
Dodge & Cox is used to being popular. After the late-'90s tech-stock bubble, investors disillusioned with momentum plays grew hip to the firm's strategy of buying out-of-favor companies and patiently waiting for them to rebound. Although Dodge & Cox doesn't advertise and shies from almost all publicity, word spread. In the wake of scandals involving some fund firms giving preferential treatment to big-time investors, money poured into Dodge & Cox, which consistently wins top grades on corporate governance from Morningstar and often appears in commentary pieces like "Our Favorite Sleep-at-Night Funds." (Disclosure: Through...