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...insurance - things like auto and homeowner policies. Those funds again vary by state but typically cap at $300,000, according to The National Conference of Insurance Guaranty Funds. It tends to be easier, though, to get other insurance carriers to take over these policies, since the coverages are shorter-term. If the property and casualty funds do kick in, they cover existing claims and typically ones made 30 days from the time of liquidation - to give you time to get a new policy...
...will we believe the next offering that Wall Street will be retailing this week? "It's a buying opportunity!" "It's a short term blip!" A new report by Bernstein Global Wealth management notes that booms and busts often result in "unduly pronounced security mispricing," meaning, we tend to overdo things. Take banks, which were crushed in 1990 by real estate losses. (Sound familiar?) Ultimately, the game reset and bank stocks zoomed 199% through 1996, outpacing...
...response to natural disasters can be nothing but truncated and uncoordinated. The de-prioritization of FEMA’s mission has severely weakened the organization’s morale, and top disaster specialists, senior leaders, and experienced personnel have left in droves. The dearth of long-term professional staffers is exacerbated by a lack of workers in general: the Louisiana branch, for example, has a mere 90 employees to manage the entire state. This dual lack of resources and manpower has left FEMA floundering. The organization has yet to impose a cohesive system of management on levees nationwide, which...
...Alwaleed: No. You have to understand that our involvement in the recapitalization of Citi is a long-term thing. It's not a one-, two-, three-year plan. In January 1991, I was the only investor in Citigroup at that time, with around $600 million. The next year, things didn't go well, but over the next decade, things really boomed dramatically. You have to look at the investment in Citi as a long-term thing...
...potentially positive effects of climate change, at least in the short term, is that increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may enhance the growth of plants. That could be good for agriculture - though warming temperatures and changing rain patterns in a warmer world might wipe out that advantage. But there are no unalloyed gifts from climate change. Recent research suggests that global warming will also exacerbate respiratory allergies, as higher CO2 concentrations lead to vast increases in ragweed pollen production. "There's no denying there's a change," says Paul Ratner, an immunologist with the American College...