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...grad board felt it necessary to spy, so to speak, on club members and their guests. An unfortunate result of the camera’s installation is that non-member men are less likely to get access to the club, but women are still allowed in. Thus the ratio of female guests to the club members can sometimes be pretty unbalanced, a result similar to that found at the Owl’s annual Catholic School Girl Night. Men in my grandfather’s time might have once had a problem with cooties, but it seems the clubs today...
...bigger better? That's the hot debate in the world of--mutual funds. Some experts believe funds with fewer assets perform better, since managers can quickly buy and sell securities. Others say large funds, which have more resources for research and lower expense ratios, are best. Well, here's a conversation stopper: size doesn't matter. A new study by Andrew Clark, senior research analyst at fund tracker Lipper, finds that while small U.S. stock funds sometimes outperform large ones (and vice versa), the bursts of superior returns last only for short periods, then disappear and often aren't statistically...
...much reduced this October and November. The money-earning tobacco crop was 20 percent smaller this year than before. Inflation is running at 600 percent per year—and rising. The Zimbabwe dollar, once on par with the U.S. dollar, is now devalued to a 6000 to 1 ratio with American currency. Under these conditions, millions of poor Zimbabweans suffer acutely, while government-linked politicians and operatives spend ill-gotten profits on property at home and overseas...
...think that would be totally crazy, since we’re trying to expand the number of faculty,” she said. “We would be defeating the whole purpose of improving the faculty-student ratio...
...FEES MATTER Most 529 plans are sold through financial advisers. Such plans charge a one-time sales load of as much as 5.75% of money invested, which you may think a fair trade for good advice. But a high annual expense ratio--charged by all plans, even those you buy direct--will only eat at returns. Plans charge as little as 0.65% annually; the average...