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...century. For a start, modern financial tools, such as mutual funds, have made it much easier for investors to diversify, giving them more confidence in stocks. That realization helped boost past returns, but it was probably a one-off gain. The study's authors forecast a future global stock premium of 3 or 4 percentage points a year over risk-free money. That still isn't bad, especially over the long haul, but it can't justify the risk of an all-stock portfolio. The LBS scholars suggest putting about 40% of your risky assets in bonds. You should still...
...farmers who put up windmills in the early days and now want to upgrade them to newer, more efficient models. "Size is no longer a problem," he says. But as Denmark illustrates, for wind power to keep expanding, governments have to continue supports that pay windmill owners a premium over the market price of electricity. Only then will wind power be as sustainable as it is clean...
RAISE YOUR DEDUCTIBLE. Doubling your deductible from $250 to $500 will slice 15% off your premium; raising it to $1,000 will lop off 25%. And it's a backhanded way to make sure your insurer doesn't fire you. These days, some carriers are refusing to renew customers who file several small claims. Keep your deductible high, and that won't even be a possibility...
...based streaming media software company, is among the first to aggregate content from different media sources and apply the pay-TV model to broadband Internet, according to Jupiter Media Metrix, a consultancy specializing in Internet analysis and measurement. Though most Internet content is likely to remain free, providers of premium audio and video say they'll put their programming on the Net only when they see the money. "People are prepared to pay for multichannel TV, now we have to change their expectations for what they see over broadband Internet," says Jonathan Crane, director of commercial broadband services...
...those who would become successful cable operators in Europe must step over the bodies of brave people, including Microsoft's own Bill Gates, and pick their way through cultural minefields. Premium cable TV has been a bust across most of the Continent, where people spend more time in cafes and pubs, and less in front of the tube, than Americans do. When Europeans watch TV, they're used to getting high-quality programming on state-subsidized channels. Only a few years ago, German media giant Bertelsmann gave up entirely on the floundering pay-TV market. Dutch TV production company Endemol...