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Educational programs sponsored by community leaders like Hughes can go a long way toward teaching kids the basics of money management. And other experts like Junior Achievement, the Stein Roe Young Investor Fund and Merrill Lynch offer parents plenty of help (see accompanying box). But sometimes a kid just has to learn the hard...
...always frustrated at Harvard that I had all these super-star professors and I couldn't get to them," said John R. Miri '98, a former Crimson business executive who had offers from JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch and Proctor & Gamble...
Everyone from Peter Lynch to your barber will tell you that before you invest in a company's stock, you should make sure it has great management. The best managers are agile enough to steer through trouble and exploit new opportunities. That's how Jack Welch at General Electric became a star and why GE perpetually trades at a higher multiple of earnings than the average stock. Welch is proven. You can buy his stock and throw it in a drawer. Ditto Charles Knight at Emerson Electric and Lawrence Bossidy at AlliedSignal...
...force euro-zone companies to become more competitive and attractive to investors. And with the euro, American businesses and travelers could save as much as 50% of the transaction costs they now pay to convert dollars into multiple European currencies. Says David Bowers, a European investment strategist with Merrill Lynch in London: "This will be the biggest shock to the global financial system since the move away from fixed exchange rates...
...boom as new money flows in. And the probability of a weakening dollar means Americans who move money into Euroland now might lock in exchange-rate profits. "There is a case for diversifying your portfolio into a currency area that provides an alternative to the U.S.," says Merrill Lynch's Bowers. "But there's no shortcut: you still have to find good companies." In the current European climate, the most promising sectors include consumer products, distribution, high tech, health care, insurance and telecommunications...