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...bonds carried the highest credit ratings from agencies such as Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investor Services, which rated the bonds AAA and Aaa, respectively. The agencies reviewed the University's credit profile and financial assets, assigning a credit rating to reflect Harvard's ability to pay back the debt...
Critics see the breakup as a capitulation to investor pressure to get the stock price up at any cost. Armstrong tried gamely last week to present it as consistent with his previous efforts. "Structure serves strategy, and at least in my view, our strategy has been consistent," he said. But not everyone was buying it. "AT&T made a big deal about creating an integrated communications company selling bundled services," says Salomon Smith Barney's Grubman. "That is being abandoned after less than two years of trying...
...determining factor, of a national election meant to set a course for a full four years, which is quite a large sample of what used to be called the business cycle. Yet at election time, a voter can use the markets to sample his own heart; after all, every investor would prefer to vote with his broker's blessing...
...anybody else. Gore has promised to fight against the special interests and all the big industries, on behalf of good ordinary people who don't have stock options. Bush clearly intends to treat America's wealthy, and its corporations, with great respect: Make sure the demands of the investor get the same consideration as the demands of the customer. (Remember that with his Social Security plan, Bush is an equity investor too.) Gore and Ralph Nader see evils in Big Business that Bush does not; it's as simple as that...
Fortunately for parents (and the economy), it is illegal for anyone under age 18 to trade stocks on his or her own. You have to set up a custodial account, and should closely monitor any buying or selling. Wow the Dow suggests that families join the National Association of Investors Corp. for an easy, quick and low-cost introduction. Once you've got your feet wet, you and your kids can research other ways to buy stocks, such as directly from the company or through a discount broker. You should probably discourage online investing; I believe finance should...