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...there?s one word Wall Street loves these days, it?s "tame." That?s the best way to describe Tuesday?s report that the Consumer Price Index had risen a reasonable 0.3 percent in July (and an even more reasonable 0.2 percent excluding volatile food and energy prices). The morning news sparked a comfortable little rally based on a comfortable little assumption: When the Fed meets on August 24, Alan Greenspan will nudge up interest rates by a quarter point, and just a quarter point. "If you look at the general slope of the numbers, it?s apparent that inflation...
...couple of points bear mentioning. First, Internet stocks are still up for the year--again of 24%, as measured by TheStreet.com Internet index. Second, Net investors who have been at the game longer than six months may still have sizable profits. The carnage has been largely confined to pure Internet stocks--such retailers as Amazon.com and eBay; communities like iVillage.com and TheGlobe.com media companies Marketwatch.com and TheStreet. com; and portals such as Yahoo and America Online. Many stocks that benefit from the Internet but don't depend on it to sell their goods have held up well...
...ceremony it was furnished simply. Two white hydrangea flower arrangements sat on either side of the altar on the floor. To gain access, almost every guest--from Senators to George magazine staff members to Kennedy White House veterans--had to show an invitation about the size of an index card with the guest's name printed on it. The family was so set on privacy that not even the church staff could attend the service...
...experienced some of the world's fastest economic growth from 1949 to 1991, the land where "better, faster, cooler" products are a national obsession. But frankly, the Japanese are not enjoying the financial ride they are on at this moment. Since the start of the year, Japan's Nikkei index has gone up nearly 30%. (In the U.S., the Dow has risen 19%.) The country's economy, which had been given up for dead by most of the world's leading economists, astonished analysts with a first-quarter annualized growth rate--nearly 8%--that is almost three times what...
...small. The average micro-cap fund surged 19.8% in the first six months of 1999, up from last year's measly gain of 1.4%. That's almost double the return of the average diversified stock fund. Micro-caps are even beating out the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Micro- caps' relatively low price-to-earnings ratios have made them increasingly attractive. And they continue to be. Analysts say there is still plenty of value out there even though micros are back on the market's radar screen...