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Robert D. Putnam, a professor at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), joined a star-studded list of academics on Monday with his induction into the National Academy of Sciences...
...most obvious obstacle recently confronted by the department is the retirement of two of its patriarchs-former Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value Stanley Cavell and former Cogan University Professor Hilary W. Putnam. Cavell, who retired in 1997, and Putnam, who followed suit in 2000, defined the department's discourse in the latter 20th century, according to Visiting Professor of philosophy Edwin W. McCann...
...your investment goal. Says Russel Kinnel, director of fund analysis at Morningstar: "It's really important to start with a core fund. It may wind up being the dominant holding in your portfolio 15 years from now." He suggests you begin with a large-cap U.S. stock fund, like Putnam Research, and then add an international and a small-cap offering...
Pension-fund giant TIAA-CREF--best known for investing retirement savings--also offers 11 funds with a $250 minimum investment, or just $25 a month, in its automatic investment plan. These no-load funds also have some of the lowest expenses in the business. Putnam Research is run a bit differently from other funds in that family's lineup. The fund draws on Putnam's analysts, who pick their favorite stocks to construct the portfolio. It's one of Putnam's smaller large-cap funds, but its returns have consistently been among the firm's best. These gains...
...Saguaro Seminar, launched by Putnam, consists of 33 academics, community leaders and activists. Putnam, the author of Bowling Alone: Collapse and Revival of the American Community, also serves as the project's principal investigator...