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...Numbers 2,726 days Amount of time it took the Dow Jones Industrial Average stock index to rise from 11,000 points to 12,000, a new record it hit last week 24 days Amount of time it took the index to go from 10,000 to 11,000 during the Internet bubble in March...
...second annual National Leadership Index, a study commissioned by U.S. News & World Report and the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, revealed falling confidence in the nation’s leadership, as well as growing concern that politicians are not in touch with the people’s needs...
...having poor gestational outcomes,” said Assistant Professor of International Nutrition Eduardo Villamor, one of the study’s lead researchers. “A relatively modest increase in weight between pregnancies could lead to serious illnesses.” The researchers calculated body mass index (BMI), which is a measurement based on weight and height, at the first prenatal visit for each of the consecutive pregnancies. They compared increases in BMI with the frequency of complications in the second pregnancy. Results showed that a gain of only one or two BMI units—equivalent...
...native New Englander with a love of the outdoors (he's a past president of the National Gardening Association), Robinson eschews the index-like mentality of many green funds and opts for small, fast-growing companies that are "green or clean." One such holding is Fuel Tech, which supplies pollution control and cleaning equipment to those nasty coal-fired power plants. Robinson also maintains stakes in the healthy-living sector, owning companies like Whole Foods Market and even the controversial HerbaLife, a maker of nutrition and weight-loss products. He's not averse to financial, biotech or telecom stocks either...
...bottom line. Consider Winslow Green Growth, a small-cap fund that, as its name implies, specializes in globally eco-friendly companies. Winslow has returned an average 16.39% over the past five years, according to Morningstar, beating both the average SRI fund and market benchmarks like the Russell 2000 growth index and the S&P 500. Winslow president Jack Robinson is also earning a reputation as a savvy stock picker, green or otherwise. In its annual survey of equity funds, Barron's/Value Line ranked him the top manager in the aggressive-growth category and the ninth best overall this year--quite...