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...much as you might be tempted to sneak a peak at your brokerage statement at the end of a 936-point day, the best advice remains the same: ignore the tick-tock of the markets and focus on long-term investing goals. Last week, in the wake of nauseating stock-market losses, San Francisco-based financial planner David Yeske sent out a letter to clients suggesting they make the following promise: "Today, I will not watch CNN, MSNBC, Fox News or any other media source that thrives on bad news and reminds us of it 24/7. Today, I will...
...every reason to be scared because financial services have a record of retrenching fast in a crisis. And the business in some sectors has evaporated. The volume of mergers and acquisitions, for example, is down by about two-thirds from its peak in 2006, while the public stock offerings that made the London Stock Exchange a shooting international star have fizzled. Given the role played by arcane financial engineering in triggering the current crisis - the troubles at AIG, for example, stem largely from its freewheeling London financial-products division - the future looks especially bleak for people working in structured finance...
...learn about the financial aid options that sometimes make elite private colleges even cheaper than state schools. Ditto for Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., where a $700 million endowment and a budget designed ahead of time to accommodate a growing number of college students (this year marks the demographic peak) will allow the university to maintain its full financial aid program...
...even a big school. It’s a private college known more, like Harvard, for its academics then its sports. But the kids still bucked up and cheered their arses off.At the moment, the Crazies, like the team, have gone down hill, but at their peak, they presented an example to us all of how real Crazies cheer.So I offer another set of principles, for you, my loyal Crimson Crazies, which will guide you in your quest to ultimate fandom. Let’s get nasty. Real nasty.Principle 1: Listen to Luda’As Christopher Bridges so eloquently...
...great,” he said. “Any kind of attention you get always helps.” In conjunction with Geoffrey Miller and Joshua Tybur, Jordan discovered that the hourly tip earnings of lap dancers rose about 40 percent when they reached their peak fertility. Literature winner David Sims also said he was “delighted” to learn that he would receive a prize this year. Sims was awarded for his study on conflict, entitled “You Bastard: A Narrative Exploration of the Experience of Indignation within Organizations...