Word: midyear
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...last week as the Dow Jones industrials, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ composite all ended the year in solidly positive territory for the first time since 1999. Most market strategists are looking forward to another finish in the black in 2004, but many warn that by midyear, stock prices may start losing steam as the tax-cut stimulus effect wears off--especially if the Fed raises interest rates. As the economy continues to grow, the fear of inflation--or the thing itself--could also dampen stock prices. A few market watchers think the S&P 500, a popular...
That doesn't mean you can't make money in stocks. Other analysts are more bullish, and even Levkovich believes that some sectors will do well. He expects around midyear a massive shift out of economically sensitive cyclical stocks like technology and basic materials (Alcoa, Dow Chemical, International Paper) into defensive stocks like drugs, foods and beverages. Why? Defensive stocks, which are less vulnerable to the ups and downs of the economy, lagged badly in '03, rising just 8% on average. They now look relatively cheap next to tech (up 40%) and basic materials (up 30%). And as it becomes...
Everyone who is in the market for a home loan is jumpy these days. Not only have rates risen sharply from midyear record lows, but they have never been more volatile. Since mid-July, the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage has fluctuated as much as .25% a day at least 10 times, according to the Mortgage Market Guide. That's not normal; over the two years before mid-July, rates bounced that much in a day only once...
...Edison's reforms have stuck. Blakney was enthusiastic about the company's innovations last fall, but her use of the chants and cheers waned over the months, and by midyear the extra hours she was spending out of the classroom for training seemed excessive. "I'd rather be with my kids," she says. But Edison's mandated monthly testing of her students has become Blakney's favorite new instructional tool, because it allows her to efficiently track her class's learning. Whipping out her laptop, she shows a visitor the scores her students have achieved and how they stack...
...most part, elementary and high school programs won't be touched, but state universities will see funding cuts, driving up tuition. Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond just raised tuition for the spring semester by several hundred dollars, a rare midyear hike...