Word: portfolios
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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TRADE WINDS He rode the tech wave skillfully, but now Fidelity Magellan manager Robert Stansky seems a bit wary. Over the past few months, Stansky has lightened his tech load, from 25% to 20%, replacing Intel and Lucent at the top of his portfolio with Citigroup and Time Warner [parent of TIME's publisher]. He still has Microsoft, MCI WorldCom, AOL and Cisco (along with GE, Home Depot, Wal-Mart and Merck) at the core, a strategy that's working; so far, he's still beating the S&P, with a 12% return this year...
...place to stir up a tempest about climate change, but so far, it appears unlikely that Gore will do so. His strategists figure, quite rightly, that he can't be elected President solely as Mr. Environment and Technology. So they plan to fill out the rest of Gore's portfolio. His still evolving stump speech emphasizes such proven vote getters as education and health care. The main environmental program he will push is "livability," a grab bag of measures to fight urban sprawl, preserve open space and battle traffic congestion that should appeal to important suburban swing voters...
...soon to be seen carrying Depp's baby in The Astronaut's Wife, should start considering herself a success. This month Playboy features the statuesque starlet in what she claims are unauthorized pictures taken prior to her big break. "The photos were taken expressly for the purpose of her portfolio and not for publication," says Theron's publicist. He says it was a "complete shock" when they came out in Playboy. Theron is considering legal action. But this would seem to be the perfect time to ask for a percentage of the magazine's gross...
...many of those funny interconnections have been cut. Financial institutions have used the time to weed their portfolios and especially to reduce their exposure to high-risk regions and sectors. That helped international markets shake off Brazil's latest shudder. The downside is that emerging economies are largely off the horizon of foreign portfolio managers, who feel safer on Wall Street no matter how giddy its prices. As Naim notes, Amazon.com now has a market capitalization that exceeds the entire stock market of Argentina...
...were due for a decade of slow-to-sluggish performance. Their eyes--and wallets--quickly alighted on the world's so-called emerging markets. These nations, allegedly "emerging" from centuries of economic backwardness, were posting phenomenal growth rates: Malaysia grew 9.5% in one year, Thailand 13%. Investors--especially young portfolio managers entranced by Malaysian food and Thai night life--rushed...