Word: investor
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...investor bought stock on his credit card after being assured that he would double his $25,000 investment and that "nothing can go wrong." He didn't and it did. He lost $15,000 and was forced to take out a home equity loan to cover his losses...
...same scenario applies to retirement accounts. The wealthy investor who puts $1 million into a retirement plan gets to keep the money. The middle-income family with $10,000 in a savings account loses...
...Certainly, Philip Morris can attest to how prodigious earnings, huge markets, addicted customers and a dominant share mean nothing if you're seen as a killer--even if the victims happen to be competitors and the damage is financial. Once a company's lawyers start running the show, investors get nervous. The issue now is whether investor jitters translate into a bargain price...
Ludwick, who lives in Palo Alto, Calif. and is currently working as a private investor, was in the information technologies industry from 1980 to his retirement in 1997 from his role as CEO and president of Bay Networks...
...Earlier this month, when Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson found that Microsoft had abused its monopoly power, the firm vowed to appeal - an apparent attempt, at least in part, to quell investor concerns over the future of the firm. The appeals process is expected to drag on for at least two years, an eternity in tech time. But on news of the proposed remedy, investor concerns appear to be in full force once again. Before 10 a.m. on Monday, Microsoft had dropped more than 12 dollars per share to $66.63. After steady gainst throughout the second half of last week...