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...very size of Magellan has helped propel a technology-stock boom that some investors believe is due for a bust. Mutual funds that invest solely in computer and electronics companies have enjoyed returns of as much as 50% to 70% so far this year. But the sound of bursting bubbles echoed last week after Smith Barney technology analyst Jonathan Cohen questioned the high prices of some of the most speculative offerings on the NASDAQ exchange. Netscape, which traded as high as 161 that day, fell 28 3/4 points when Smith Barney said the Internet software company was probably worth...
...strategy was simple: don't worry about daily market fluctuations; reinvest dividends; hang tough. She attended annual meetings of companies whose stock she held and asked questions of their officers. "She was an avid reader of one subject and one subject only: where to invest your money," says her lawyer Benjamin Clark. "She was dedicated to studying various companies she thought might result in a sound investment, and she was right 99% of the time...
...general, investment varies inversely with the interest rate. The higher the interest rate, the more expensive it is for companies to borrow money and invest, therefore, as the interest rate rises investment decreases. The budget deficit drives up the interest rate because as the government tries to borrow more and more money it increases demand in the loanable funds market. Since an increase in demand with no change in supply always causes the price of a good to rise, the increase in demand for loanable funds will produce a higher interest rate which leads to less investment...
...with two sophomore council members who don't fall into the pontificating, bombastic mode that has been the hallmark of the Undergraduate Council for what seems like centuries. It begins with students who will take the council's actions at face value, participate enthusiastically in its worthwhile projects, and invest their trust and commit their voices to a representative and credible organization...
...rich enough to buy NBC," says TIME's Philip Elmer-DeWitt. "But he doesn't make purchases recklessly. He doesn't buy just to get bigger. Everything is part of an integrated plan." That plan may include a partnership with NBC. After a report last week that Microsoft might invest in NBC's planned 24-hour news service, the rumors grew that Gates was after bigger game. A report in Variety said that Microsoft was considering buying as much as 49 percent of NBC in a deal that could cost in excess of $4 billion. A Microsoft spokesman would...