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...friends and foes alike by calling for direct E.U. taxation. The proposal has already met resistance in France, Britain and Germany. Subcontinental Drift n Bombay's stock market tumbled to a year's low as India and Pakistan ramped up their war threats. When this happened in 1999 the index quickly rebounded to gain 26%, but a fragile world economy may prevent such optimism this time around. B O T T O M L I N E S "Politics at a certain level is pop. You have to get your record on the radio for people to pay attention." ? Bono...
Siegel argued that U.S. stocks have outpaced inflation by nearly 7 percentage points annually with uncanny consistency since 1802. But his early numbers are rife with what statisticians call survivor bias: all the stocks in Siegel's pre-1871 index were winners, typically staying in business for at least 17 years. No flops such as canals or wooden turnpikes--just a couple of dozen profitable banks, insurers and railroads. Imagine calculating recent stock returns without Enron, Pets.com and Global Crossing. Would that give an accurate picture? Siegel says in his defense that survivor bias may overstate his 19th century numbers...
...made up roughly 20% of the world's total. Today the U.S. accounts for half the planetary stock value. That sort of growth is unrepeatable, says Dimson, "unless we discover new life-forms, and the American way gets exported galactically." (Two foreign funds I like: Vanguard Total International Stock Index and T. Rowe Price International Stock...
TIME senior writer Daniel Kadlec questions five pros: Ron Baron, manager of Baron Asset Fund; Eleanor Blayney, a financial planner at Sullivan Bruyette Speros & Blayney; Eric McKissack, a manager at Ariel Mutual Funds; Gary Pilgrim, president of PBHG Funds; and Gus Sauter, manager of the Vanguard 500 Index fund. Our panelists agree that diversified mutual funds are best for those with little penchant for serious stock research. For investors who want to buy individual stocks and are willing to do some homework, our pros offer tips on what to hold--and when to fold...
Instead of decreasing the number of recruits, athletic directors should raise the minimum standards for athletes’ admission to ensure that everyone is fully part of Harvard’s academic community. Under the current byzantine admission guidelines, recruits must have an academic index score—which is composed of class rank and standardized test scores—above a minimum that is far below the average of an admitted Harvard class. Increasing the minimum academic index score required of recruits would ensure that Harvard’s primary mission of education is not sacrificed at the altar...