Word: investors
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...Small Investor, Beware...
...steel fortunes of families such as Rockefeller, Whitney and Phipps provided the bulk of the money for the venture capital market until the early 1960s. The Phipps family's fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, was an early investor in International Paper and Ingersoll-Rand. Laurance Rockefeller in 1938 helped start both Eastern Air Lines and Douglas Aircraft. When younger members of the Rockefeller family decided that they wanted a part of the action, a broader risk fund called Venrock was created in 1969. It has since made lucrative investments in both Intel, a successful semiconductor manufacturer, and Apple Computer...
...long development time and the potential for failure help explain why venture capital funds have had little appeal for small investors. Although the public can buy about two dozen venture capital mutual funds, these have not been popular. Says industry expert Stanley Pratt: "People should not expect these new companies to grow like weeds. It will take a long time for an investment to mature." Pratt advises the small investor who is interested in such firms to buy their shares after the new companies make their first public offering...
...seven operating farms, while the judge determined that two were not in operation, one was operating at a loss and two were operated by sharecroppers rather than by the experienced managers mentioned in the circular. While Casey's lawyer last week contended that Casey had been a "passive investor" who relied on others to prepare the stock circular, Judge Stewart noted that Casey and the other directors had attended a meeting at which copies of the offering "were distributed and fully discussed...
...real appeal to savers comes from the plan's tax features. Investors would pay no federal income taxes on the first $1,000 of interest for individuals and $2,000 for married couples filing jointly. Thus at a current Treasury bill rate of 14% on a $10,000 certificate, an investor would receive 9.8% in interest, or $980 tax free. The higher a person's tax bracket, the more attractive the investment becomes...