Word: lynch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lakers' success is the result of a brilliant front office; general manager Jerry West orchestrated Shaquille O'Neal's signing brilliantly, trading away Anthony Peeler and George Lynch to Vancouver in order to free up the necessary money under the salary cap. The recent trade of Cedric Ceballos to Phoenix for Robert Horry underscored West's place as the NBA's top executive...
...concern is for publicity for the soul of Walden Pond. I sign merely as someone who thinks strip-mining is inappropriate at a holy American shrine. --Edward L. Lynch '65 Walpole, Mass...
...last few years are clearly unique," says investing legend Peter Lynch, vice chairman of fund company Fidelity Management Research. "Huge companies have been beloved." In that environment, fund managers with even small doses of non-index stocks don't have much chance of beating the indexes. But, Lynch notes, active fund managers have sparkled at times, as in 1991-93, when the postrecession economy was lifting small stocks fastest. In 1991 the average fund rose 37%, vs. 30% for the S&P 500, and 60% of funds beat the benchmark...
...Lynch believes index funds make sense for investors who would otherwise switch their money furiously, chasing the latest fund fad only to get there late each time. Indeed, Fidelity is doubling its index-fund offerings from three to six this year. But, Lynch says, it's wrong to assume large stocks will be in favor forever. "That's not the history of the stock market," he says. "And it won't be true the next 30 years either. Giant companies...
...employees [BUSINESS, Dec. 30-Jan. 6] blew me away. Despite the fact that their earnings underperformed Standard & Poor's 500 stock index, many Wall Street firms still gave out lavish sums of money. Your article mentioned that top traders and bankers at firms like Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch "will pocket $5 million" apiece. When will Mr. Average American wake up and see the extent to which he is being ripped off? And what will it take to make this industry compete like others? Do we have to invoke Congress to pass laws that will protect us from robbery...