Word: stockings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...story on Wall Street, where Microsoft is famous for telling analysts that the future looks bleak and then acting surprised when its profits go up. Sure enough, when Microsoft announced its quarterly results last week, it revealed that its income had jumped 75%, handily beating expectations and sending its stock soaring. Investors learned long ago to discount Microsoft's predictions that the sky is falling. Microsoft's challenge is to convince the courts that now it really...
...State of the Union address, President Clinton said he wants $2.7 trillion of projected government surpluses set aside for Social Security. That is a good idea. He then wants a quarter of that, about $675 billion, invested in the stock market. That is a bad idea. Indeed, it might just be the worst idea of the decade...
...there lies the rub. Odds are you're already overinvested in the stock of your employer. Credit the explosive growth of 401(k) retirement plans, in which a growing number of participants receive a matching contribution in their employer's stock. In such plans, participants on average hold 54.6% of their assets in their employer's stock and, amazingly, many are raising that allocation even further, the Investment Company Institute reported last Thursday. The proliferation of stock options further skews more and more Americans' holdings toward the stock of their employer. What's more, some of your best ideas...
...mind that your most valuable asset--your career--also is linked to the health of your company and industry. While you should invest enough in your 401(k) to receive any match that your employer offers, it's generally a mistake to voluntarily buy more of your employer's stock--no matter how bright you consider its prospects. Rough times can hit a company or an entire industry without warning. A portfolio diversified among five or more industries, including some that are sensitive to the ups and downs of the economy (airlines, builders, equipment makers) and some that aren...
Some companies own enough diverse businesses so as not to pose much risk no matter how much stock you own. GE, for example, is in at least six different industries at home and abroad, from finance to broadcasting (NBC) to medical equipment. And, with a little work, it is still possible to gain an edge on enough companies in other industries to properly diversify. Lynch says the average person can spot two or three opportunities a year just by keeping an eye open for a hot new product or a perpetually crowded new store. A few evenings' research into...