Word: portfolio
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...potential for big payoffs. And many investors see good reason to believe they will keep on coming. Says Duncan Richardson, a portfolio manager with Eaton Vance of Boston: "We're in a world of single-digit growth. If you find an investment north of 15% a year, you're probably looking to a technology company." Byron Wien, a managing director of Morgan Stanley, feels the technology group is in a long-term growth phase rather than the kind of boomlet experienced by energy and casino stocks in the late 1970s. Mutual-fund managers with big investments in technology insist...
Traders flooded the market with orders as the triple-witching stock and option contracts came due, ringing up record volume of 653.16 million shares. Market analysts also attributed the volume to end-of-the-year portfolio adjustments. The previous volume record -- 608.15 million shares -- was set on October 20, 1987, the day after Black Monday, when the Dow Jones average plunged a sickening 508. Despite today's overwhelming volume, the markets held stable. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the week down slightly, losing 5.42 to close at 5,176.73. The New York Stock Exchange composite index...
...committee said Kedllaya's "impressive portfolio of four professional level research papers that demonstrate sophistication, depth and versatility far beyond what might be expected lot a student due to graduate in June 1996" was the reason for his award of Honorable Mention...
...general chairman. "But they're panicked and they're overreacting to a lot of things." A peek inside the vast, well-oiled Dole operation shows signs of fear and frustration. Campaign sources say that Dole booted his top field organizer, Jill Hanson, off his campaign plane and narrowed her portfolio in the wake of the disastrous tie with Phil Gramm last August in the Iowa straw poll--a phony event that became news only when Dole didn't win. In addition, to boost his standing in Iowa and Florida, last week Dole finally deployed one of his most effective weapons...
...Exchange, has quadrupled in price since the bank's founding. But for Investcorp clients who participate in takeovers arranged by the bank, it has not always been smooth sailing. Many deals have been duds. Dellwood Foods, a troubled New York dairy acquired in 1985, languishes unsold in Investcorp's portfolio. Also unsold is Chaumet, a world-famous French jeweler, which has racked up millions of dollars in losses. Other flops include the Carvel ice-cream chain and New York Department Stores of Puerto Rico, disposed of last year at a substantial loss. A huge disappointment has been Color Tile, America...