Word: stockings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...says, "the market is roughly at fair value. Stocks are priced about where we think they should be. So I think we have moved from an abnormal period of wonderful returns into a normal period of good returns." Amplifying the thought, Farrell sees the beginning of "a rifle-shot stock- picking environment" in which stock performance varies widely not just by industry group but also among companies in the same industry, based on their individual performances and prospects...
...cast and crew in the engine rooms of these Internet dreadnoughts setting sail for IPO land, the reality is that many of them will never see stock-option millions. Some can't sustain the grueling hours. Still others won't stay at the company for the four years it takes the typical options package to vest--i.e., for the shares to become sellable. "The options are what lead people onward," says Patrick Neeman, director of development at the website Buyingedge.com "But these people waiting for the big IPO are just waiting forever. The only people who get wealthy...
...host, looks up from her monitor and says, "Pseudo is about hiring young kids who live the Net and don't know about equity positions." As for Skat, well, she's a little older now, and she's working out her own deal--which will, of course, include stock options...
FUND FLEE With investors taking financial matters into their own hands, how can a mutual fund keep them from deserting? An increasingly popular tactic, according to Financial Research Corp., is to slap them with a fee for making an early exit. More than 300 stock funds now impose a redemption fee, with most levying a 1% to 2% penalty, for bailing within the first three-to-six months. Invesco just instituted a fee on nine funds. Direct-marketed, no-load funds most often use the fees, but Janus and Strong have largely resisted the trend...
RATE-A-TRADE In online trading, speed is of the essence. The time it takes to get a stock can mean the difference between making a killing and getting killed. Now a new Web broker index at keynote.com tracks how long it takes to place buy orders. Industry leader E*Trade isn't faring too well, but it disputes the measuring tools and notes that it has scored well in other rankings. Still, E*Trade vows to improve...