Word: templeton
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...taxes. Heaping insult on injury, many investors owe 1998 tax on capital gains recorded by their mutual funds, even if those funds lost money. More than 30% of stock funds were down through November, and 11% of those--including such popular funds as Heartland Value, Lindner Dividend, Brandywine and Templeton Growth--also distributed a taxable capital gain to shareholders, says fund-research company Wiesenberger. Tip: taxable distributions typically result from rapid-fire trading. This year, look for funds with a low turnover rate, something less than 100%. Stock index funds are among the most tax efficient. And never invest...
From Hollywood, U.S.A., comes a postcard from ABBY TEMPLETON, missing in action since forever. Apparently Abby's been writing screenplays, one of which, Muscle Sock, was almost optioned by Val Kilmer's production company. His film work keeps him pretty busy, but in his spare time Abby writes poetry and stalks Demi Moore. He says he'd love to hear from any classmates in the business. His car fax number...
...picture investors are drawn to foreign stocks now for precisely the reason you may be shunning them: the recent superior performance of U.S. stocks. "It's very, very clear that markets don't go up forever," warns Mark Mobius, who oversees $10 billion in emerging-market stocks for Templeton Funds. "The poor guy who is only in U.S. stocks is taking a big risk...
There are many other brand-name funds, including Franklin Templeton, Dreyfus and broker Smith Barney. Always check out a fund's long-term record before you buy. Ask friends about their experiences with specific funds. Pay closer attention to those who have stuck with a fund for at least a few years. The biggest mistakes people make in mutual-fund investing? "Focusing on the short term rather than the long term is one," says Vanguard's Bogle, "and not giving adequate thought to an overall balanced investment program as distinct from randomly picking funds is another...
...developments in religion for more than two decades. "Given the deep passions it stirs, it's a newsmagazine's most treacherous field," says Ostling, who has written or reported 38 TIME cover stories on religious topics and won most of the major religious journalism honors (including the prestigious Templeton Award). Nothing stirs up passions like Bible scholarship, he adds, which makes this week's cover story about Jesus particularly tricky--and timely. "Ignorance among younger Americans is so sweeping," says Ostling, "that our culture is in danger of losing its grasp of the one book in human history that...