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DROP TILL THEY SHOP Sony just cut the price of its popular PlayStation 2 game console from $299 to $199. Microsoft quickly followed suit, lest its struggling Xbox system get dusted by the industry leader. Nintendo, which released its GameCube at $199, says it's standing pat, at least...
...before the market regains its footing. As ever, a rounded portfolio of individual stocks or mutual funds is best. For diversification at low cost, indexing is your best choice. To add stability to your portfolio, keep some bonds and cash or their equivalents (though not more than 15% cash, lest you miss a swift rebound). With interest rates likely to rise and push down bond prices, Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities, or tips, are a great choice. They guarantee you'll earn about 3% more than the inflation rate. Not bad when so many other things are falling...
...before the market regains its footing. As ever, a rounded portfolio of individual stocks or mutual funds is best. For diversification at low cost, indexing is your best choice. To add stability to your portfolio, keep some bonds and cash or their equivalents (though not more than 15% cash, lest you miss a swift rebound). With interest rates likely to rise and push down bond prices, Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities, or tips, are a great choice. They guarantee you'll earn about 3% more than the inflation rate. Not bad when so many other things are falling...
Abdullah responded by noting that ties to Israel let Jordan help broker an end to the incursions and send humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. Yet he is at pains to address the underlying sectarian tensions, lest they lead to another Black September, when Bedouin loyalists crushed a Palestinian insurgency in 1970. Sources close to the King tell Time he aims to make Jordan's Palestinians feel part of the Kingdom, despite their loyalty to West Bank Palestinians, and to warn East Bankers not to act as if they own the country...
...Lest you misinterpret my words as undue skepticism, I truly esteem my profession. However, no one should enter an academic career without intensive inquiry and self-reflection. Before you serve 5 to 10 years in a minimum-security graduate school, decide whether you actually love reading exhaustively in one area and writing academic monographs for an audience of 27, or whether your real love is sharing your excitement about ideas, or whether you simply love the experience of being a student. If you’re in category two, consider the very worthy profession of high school teaching. If you?...