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Since 1985 junk-bond funds have returned an average annual 6.3%, according to fund tracker Morningstar. That's nowhere near the 14% from stocks in the same period. But it's unlikely that stocks will keep up such a torrid pace. Their long-run return is about 10% a year, and even that mark may be hard to achieve for a while. Yes, stocks have fallen sharply and are cheaper. But their recovery will be hampered because they remain expensive relative to earnings, dividends and book value...
With practice, the rookies are bound to improve over the course of the season. Unfortunately, the long-run success that has been predicted for right now is hampered by their inexperience at the collegiate level...
Both in the short-run and the long-run, college students, collectively, have enormous spending power...
...aging air traffic control system. The delays that have plagued the system this summer are nothing more than a result of the success of deregulation. The more planes and companies in service, the more congested the skies. Finding a way to handle this traffic will be essential to the long-run health of the system...
...strip out the effects of inflation. But not much better, and by that standard the Clinton years have been bountiful. In his seven full years, the Dow rose an average of 19.5% annually, while inflation averaged 2.5%, giving investors an astounding "real" return of 17% a year. The long-run average, no matter who's President, is just...