Word: portfolios
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...fund made the offer out of “frustration with the apparent unwillingness of [Reader’s Digest’s] management to more aggressively manage [its] capital and portfolio of businesses,” according to Highfields’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission...
...Kennedy want to save us from our greedy selves. The multimillionaire U.S. Senators are backing legislation that would prevent you from concentrating your 401(k) assets in your company's stock. The average American invests nearly 30% of his retirement account in his employer's shares. This federalized portfolio management has its genesis in the Enron disaster, in which thousands had their retirement savings devastated when the stock dropped from 80 bucks to 80 cents as fast as you can say, "I take the Fifth." And Enron was preceded by a few lesser disasters...
This all sounds reasonable, and it's wise for most workers to limit their exposure to their employer's stock. A diversified portfolio will help protect them if the company goes bust. But there are problems with the Senate proposal--and not just because the government has no business micromanaging your portfolio...
...nondiversification. He advised putting all your eggs in one basket--"then watch that basket." Carnegie's eggs were made of steel. Fast-forward to today, when average workers have become rich at Microsoft and Dell by loading up on their employers' stock (thus the Dellionaires). Bill Gates' portfolio is still overwhelmingly Microsoft. Bad planning, Bill. And how about the folks who retire from Wal-Mart and can shop at Tiffany because they bought Sam Walton's stock on the cheap? One stock. One company...
...news last week. The American Society of Magazine Editors announced that TIME had been nominated for five National Magazine Awards, the most ever for a newsmagazine. We're up for awards in the categories of Single-Topic Issue (for our 9/11 special edition, which featured a 28-page picture portfolio and Nancy Gibbs' story about that horrific, chaotic day), Reporting (for Alex Perry's piece last December on the prisoner uprising at Qala-I-Jangi, which claimed the life of CIA agent Johnny Micheal Spann) and General Excellence. We're also up for Design and Photography, the only magazine nominated...