Word: investor
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...shiny and red, but several financial firms are offering a holiday gift idea for kids--youth-oriented growth funds. The funds generally have low entry fees ($250 to $700) and offer educational features such as newsletters describing how companies in the funds generate revenue. The Stein Roe Young Investor Fund, for example, features kid-familiar stocks such as the Gap, Disney and AOL, with descriptions of things corporate and breakdowns of industry performance...
...important to look beyond the election, though, because its bizarreness is merely masking a market that is already more confused than a Palm Beach voter. Equally ambiguous are readings of the economy, dollar and investor psychology...
...investor psychology, it has turned circus-freak ugly. Not a serious buyer in sight. Cash is piling up in money funds, which stand at a record $1.8 trillion. Cash at stock mutual funds equals 5.3% of assets, up from 4% in March. Yet to bulls, these stockpiles represent buying power ready to push prices higher. "I've never seen so many people on Wall Street talking to so many other people on Wall Street trying to figure out what's happening," confesses John Manley, a market strategist at Salomon Smith Barney...
...women's sites are condescending. In case you don't understand the meaning behind the name PinkBull.com you will find out that pink refers to the feminine side and bull to the financial markets in general. Duh! One of the "experts" on Oxygen Media's ka-ching.com is a novice investor who encourages women to "come learn with me." Would you go to a cardiologist who advertises her ignorance? At ivillagemoneylife.com an ad for a $300 camcorder ran on the same page as an article titled "Deep in Debt." Mixed message, perhaps...
...years ago to help care for her daughter's children, she didn't know a soul there outside her family. With no old friends in the city to reconnect with, she took the next best route. She joined the Unitarian Church, a book club, a co-counseling group, an investor's club, a senior center, even a Japanese singles club--though she herself is ethnic Chinese. "I guess I'm a groupie," she says with a laugh. "I look for activities I enjoy and hope I'll meet some kindred spirits...