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...both campaigns rejected invitations to attend a Google-YouTube forum in New Orleans--and perhaps rightly so. An estimated 65 million Americans will watch Barack Obama and John McCain duel for the first time on Sept. 26, many of whom will be documenting, dissecting and live-blogging their every move. Debates have been called the political version of the Indianapolis Speedway; most viewers tune in to watch the candidates crash and burn. Or, at the very least, break a sweat...
...security camera, they take note. Stephen Baker could have easily gone for spooky in this depiction of the Numerati--his term for the computer scientists and mathematicians who sort through all the data we throw off in our daily lives, helping corporations and governments predict (and manipulate) our next move. But Baker's deep reportage goes beyond smart shopping carts that entice us to run up our grocery bills and political messages crafted on our preference for Chianti. The Numerati are also behind the algorithms that drive matchmaking websites, the National Security Agency's work to nab terrorists before they...
...normally unexcitable world of money-market funds. Because of a loss on Lehman debt, a money fund marked its share value below $1--sacrilege for an investment meant to be akin to cash. A mass redemption followed. If more money funds "break the buck," you may be tempted to move to FDIC-insured accounts. Just keep in mind that they might yield less, and only one money market has ever been liquidated...
...Sept. 15, the Dow fell 504 points. Pretty drastic. The next day it gained 142 points. The lesson: these are volatile days and weeks, and timing the market is a crapshoot, even for the pros. The ability of ordinary investors to move in and out of investments at the right moment tends to be pretty bad anyway. A longitudinal study by the research firm Dalbar shows that as mutual-fund investors increase the length of time they hold their funds, they do better relative to stock and bond indexes. "Our emotions are backward-looking, but the market is always about...
...asking because the Federal Government took over AIG? We thought so. First things first: AIG's insurance subsidiaries are solvent and continuing to pay claims. If--and this is a big if--individual insurance subsidiaries run into trouble, a state regulator will step in. That regulator might try to move policies to another carrier--"The insurance industry has a pretty good track record of taking care of itself," says Atlanta-based wealth manager Chris Dardaman--though new insurers may be allowed to adjust policy terms. If push really comes to shove and the subsidiary liquidates, you are still protected...