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...long-term investor, the up-front A shares are cheapest. Wake Forest economist Edward O'Neal has proved that over a period of more than seven years, no other load structure can outperform A shares. And if you invest $25,000 or more, most load funds will give you a discount on the up-front sales charge--making A shares the best choice even in the short run. Those discounts, which are not available on B or C shares, are called breakpoints...
...Vance Lesseig of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Thomas Smythe of Furman University, just over half of the 530 brokers queried said they would recommend B shares for short-term investors, while 53% favored B and C shares for clients with more than $25,000 to invest. Smythe calls this "very disturbing evidence" that brokers are either as fee-befuddled as their clients--or blatantly self-serving. I call it proof that the only investing watchdog you can rely on is yourself. Here's how to avoid a load of trouble...
...technology was not up to the task. And much of it still isn't, even though IT security is a $20 billion business. In a recent survey by Deloitte & Touche, 39% of financial firms questioned said their computer systems had been compromised in the past year; 45% expect to invest in the kind of encryption technology made by Ncipher in the next 18 months. "My taxi-driver test has changed," says Alex. "Six years ago, when I said I ran an IT-security firm, they said, 'What?' Now they...
...want to invest in the distressed, doing it through mutual funds will limit your risk. Among those seeking profit in turnarounds are junk-bond funds and such value funds as Longleaf Partners, Third Avenue Value Fund and Excelsior Value and Restructuring Fund. Or you can wait for the reorganized company to issue new common shares. Because by then the old ones will be dead fish...
...Today, we are all here to say we will invest in young people’s future,” Menino told the assembled group of youths and organizers from the 16 HASI programs. “I want to thank President Larry Summers and Harvard for really stepping up to the plate to help our summer programs...