Word: portfolios
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...When Mr. El-Erian arrives he will assess the current portfolio and in consultation with the HMC Board make any adjustments he deems necessary,” Longbrake wrote...
...vendors. But the recent history of retail suggests that size alone may not work. The most successful retailers have found their footing by focusing on one slice of the market. Luxury purveyors like Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and Bloomingdale's (the only other brand that will stay in Federated's portfolio) have boosted profit margins by catering to the affluent. Discounters like Wal-Mart and Target have captured the bargain hunters. The stores that tried to appeal to a broad middle-income audience, as Macy's hopes to, have struggled. Former No. 1 retailer Sears merged with former No. 1 discounter...
...Homebuilder stocks account for 20% of his portfolio, and the only selling he?s doing is to prevent housing from swamping his other holdings as prices shoot higher. This is remarkable in light of indisputable evidence that the housing boom is at last slowing. Existing home sales plunged 5.7% in December and the median home price edged 1.9% lower, the government recently reported...
Olmert will have some disadvantages in that discussion. He served in the army, but not prominently. He has never held a major security portfolio. He will be under pressure to reveal Kadima's plans for disengagement on the West Bank. "But he's not going to put out a map during an election campaign," a member of Olmert's Cabinet told me. "That would be crazy, given the uncertainty on the other side." Indeed, Avi Dichter--who will probably be a leading security spokesman for Kadima--sounded very much like a Likudnik when discussing future plans. "Israel is not going...
...endowment should be managed for the benefit of current and future generations of students, not for the benefit of current and future generations of fund managers.” Managers at HMC receive a base salary of $400,000 and a bonus that is tied to how their portfolio performs relative to a benchmark measuring market performance. The system also includes a “clawback” provision, which withholds part of the earnings dependent on future returns. University officials have indicated that the compensation plan is here to stay under the firm’s new chief, Mohamed...