Word: peake
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...widely anticipated that the media have been writing about it for weeks--even though it's yet to happen. We've had our excuses. There was the dubious, theoretical 10,000, reached March 12 by adding individual peak prices for each component to come up with Dow 10,043. Never mind that at no point during the day was the average near that level. Then came the modestly credible intraday benchmark last Tuesday, when the Dow briefly traded at 10,002 based on actual prices before ending the day much lower. On Friday the Dow traded well above the magical...
...entered World War II did F.D.R. try Keynes' idea on a scale necessary to pull the nation out of the doldrums--and Roosevelt, of course, had little choice. The big surprise was just how productive America could be when given the chance. Between 1939 and 1944 (the peak of wartime production), the nation's output almost doubled, and unemployment plummeted--from more than 17% to just over...
...Amount a climber is charged to scale America's tallest peak, Mount McKinley, in Denali National Park, to defray rescue costs...
...surprisingly, the confident Gyorffy expects to improve this spring by leaps and bounds. She plans on starting off easy-against her easier competition-so that she can peak through June and into July, when the national and international meets occur...
What can you do? Rates may be near a peak. If so, this is a good time to put any sideline cash into stocks or bonds, both of which will benefit if rates stabilize or head lower. If you can put off borrowing money, do so. If not, the risk is that rates keep moving up, in which case stocks and bonds are vulnerable and your loan gets even more expensive. Rising rates smack growth stocks the hardest. So one hedge is to shift from stocks that typically trade at 30 to 70 times earnings (many tech stocks) to value...