Word: outperform
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unlikely that there'll be a reduction in capital expenditure on technology once the Y2K problem has passed - companies are more likely to maintain that investment in order to stay ahead. There may be a shakeout in the NASDAQ in the coming months, but it will probably still outperform the DOW and S&P again next year, and in the foreseeable future...
...pouring cash into subadvised funds. These funds are farmed out by the likes of Vanguard and Dreyfus to outside managers with special expertise. That's a good thing, according to a recent study, which showed that subadvised funds, especially in growth, health and emerging-market stocks, initially outperform, by up to 0.5% annually, their in-house peers. Two such choices are Enterprise Growth and Dreyfus Appreciation...
...ESOP FABLE Before you plunk down your hard-earned cash to invest in a company, you might want to find out if its employees are doing the same. According to a new study by Hewitt Associates, firms that offer employee stock-ownership plans (ESOPs) outperform their industry peers handily. Though more firms now offer stock options to lure new hires, 1,000 public companies (and 9,000 private ones) currently motivate workers with ESOPs. They include such companies as UAL, BellSouth, Allied Signal, Merrill Lynch and Procter & Gamble...
Stock-split mania is another version of this greater-fool investing. Yes, studies show that stocks of companies that split their shares outperform those that don't. But that's easy to explain. Splits naturally occur in the best stocks--the ones that go up. The split signals management confidence, but the heavy lifting is done by management execution that delivers earnings. Do that, and the stock will go up whether it splits or not. Just ask Buffett--whose shares have risen, on average, 28% a year since...
...unstable foreign economy and concern about the yet unresolved "millennium bug." "They always warn of darker clouds on the horizon. It's both good p.r. and a realistic assessment of how fast this industry changes," says TIME's San Francisco bureau chief Michael Krantz. "You always want to outperform people's expectations. If you're a dominant company you want people to set the bar lower so you can always do more." This low-key response may also be part of an effort to convince the public -- and more importantly the Justice Department -- that supplying the software for 90 percent...