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Moved PermanentlyMoved PermanentlyFortune Investor DataFew expect Greenspan to do anything drastic like actually raise rates; the current guessing game is about which way he'll lean in his inaction. A so-called tightening bias would mean Father Fed has his finger on the rate-hike trigger -? which of course, to the markets' pricked-up ears, will be a strong signal that the Fed is taking inflation seriously again. That itself may be enough to push up rates on the Street, and indeed, such a virtual rate hike may be just what Greenspan has in mind to cool off the economy...
Moved PermanentlyMoved PermanentlyFortune Investor DataTIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl doubts the Fed will act Tuesday; Greenspan will probably settle for a gentle reminder that he's keeping an eye on inflationary pressures, just like always. And that should be enough. "All the worrying today about inflation is probably excessive," he says. "This spike in prices is mainly due to OPEC nations' production cuts in March, which they've been abiding by for once. May's numbers should be back to a comfortable level." Of course, other factors bear watching -- from signs of an economic recovery in Brazil, Thailand...
...investment plan to a client. These pitch books, sometimes called prospectuses, play the role of both a marketing document as well as a legal document, according to Tom J. Hsieh '97, an analyst at the firm Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette. The prospectus is used to sell the company to possible investors, but it also protects the investor from scams...
Moved PermanentlyMoved PermanentlyFortune Investor DataAccording to the New York Times, AT&T is close to inking a partnership with the House of Gates in which Microsoft, for $5 billion, would get a 2 to 3 percent slice of AT&T. More important, Microsoft would get the only thing it likes better than cash: market share, via a commitment from AT&T to use Windows software in every set-top Internet/phone/cable box that AT&T will be running wires into. Is the new Ma Cable moving a little too fast? Not if the deal was Microsoft's price for staying...
Indeed, long-beleaguered shares of small companies got a lift from the rotation and stayed strong even as investors returned to their Internet darlings. This broadening, if it persists, comes with great risk. Rarely does a major shift in investor thinking arrive without a dose of market pain. "Most of the Internet stocks have made their highs," declares Dick McCabe, market analyst at Merrill Lynch. He believes the industrial stocks will re-emerge as market leaders later this spring, following a wide pullback. If he's right, the fuddy-duddies may at last celebrate for a good long while...