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Even if the next five years wind up as choppy as the past five, stocks probably won't kill you--and could bring a tidy gain. Most pros see economic growth of 3% to 4% ahead, a healthy backdrop for profits, and also expect the dollar to fall. That's a good combination for the big U.S. multinationals that dominate the stock indexes. After five years of small stocks doing best, says T. Rowe's Notzon, the pendulum should swing back to large stocks that pay a dividend...
...Better Returns. With Social Security, funds set aside for the future earn a minimal return over time, because the government invests them conservatively, in Treasury bonds. Investing in the stock and bond markets via private accounts could allow those dollars to grow faster...
...organized crime in New York City--all booked as revenue for supposed contracts to renovate distressed housing. When the FBI finally unraveled the scheme, Minkow managed to pay off his Mafia loan sharks ("You can't mess with them," he says), but some $300 million worth of company stock was suddenly worthless, leaving hundreds of investors in the lurch...
...industry. Testa, who took the reins after the death of his father and company namesake, has made the Armando Testa Agency Europe's largest independent ad firm by doubling revenues. He continues to fend off buyout offers, convinced that independence breeds creativity. "Once you're listed on the stock exchange, you have to play according to different rules," he says. --By Jeff Israely...
...father, Hajji Sufi Abdul Wahid?for advice. The pair hail from Herat, the center of Afghanistan's carpet business, but moved to the Pakistani capital Islamabad 20 years ago, after fleeing the Afghan-Soviet war. There, Wahid set up the family shop, Herat Carpets, and today father and son stock some of the finest Afghan rugs available...