Word: mutuals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While Pfaff is right to point out that there are more distant yet peaceful kinds of relationships in the world, he is wrong to declare that nations need not share ideas. Real peace between nations requires a mutual recognition, if not a mutual appreciation, of ideas. Rousseau expressed this sentiment in his conclusion that we cannot live in peace with those we believe to be damned...
Soothing proclamations like that one came quickly and from many quarters, reverberating throughout brokerage firms, mutual-fund companies, barbershops and shopping malls all week. Mighty IBM announced that its shares were so attractive, it would spend as much as $3.5 billion buying them back. From her perch as co-chair of the investment-policy committee at venerable Goldman Sachs, Abby Joseph Cohen, the most consistently bullish--and correct--market forecaster of the 1990s, declared the sell-off a buying opportunity and promptly raised from 60% to 65% her portfolio's allocation to stocks...
...that, Mancuso and the rest of Wall Street can thank the stalwart individual investor. It was the institutions that sold Monday. Individuals simply never got the chance. Tuesday, the overwhelming response of the little guy was to either do nothing or buy more stock. As mutual-fund managers took note, they realized two things: they would not see a rash of redemptions that day, and thus did not have to worry about keeping a lot of cash on hand; and many stocks were quite a bit cheaper than they had been a day earlier, so maybe they ought...
...questions Jiang answered brought the president closer to addressing the political concerns shouted by protesters coast-to-coast than have any other utterances during his trip. He spent the rest of his appearance on Saturday advocating a stronger partnership between the United States and China based on a greater mutual understanding of each country's culture...
...first out. If you're nervous, consider playing it safe for a while, especially if you can shift assets without tax consequences, as in a 401(k) plan. If you're a risk taker, look for a spot to start buying in battered Asia. There are plenty of stock mutual funds that target the Pacific Rim. Asia has become the No. 1 destination of traveling Wall Streeters the past few weeks, all of them hoping to find the bottom. We've got to be getting close...