Word: vanguards
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...road. So bonds, unlike stocks, almost never go to zero, making them the ultimate trust-no-one investment. What's more, they can provide ballast for a sinking stock portfolio. "Bonds have actually outperformed stocks over the last five years," points out portfolio manager Ian McKinnon of the Vanguard Group. While stocks have gained 6.1% annually over that period (and lost a ton lately), bonds have earned better than 7% per year...
...stocks made up roughly 20% of the world's total. Today the U.S. accounts for half the planetary stock value. That sort of growth is unrepeatable, says Dimson, "unless we discover new life-forms, and the American way gets exported galactically." (Two foreign funds I like: Vanguard Total International Stock Index and T. Rowe Price International Stock...
TIME senior writer Daniel Kadlec questions five pros: Ron Baron, manager of Baron Asset Fund; Eleanor Blayney, a financial planner at Sullivan Bruyette Speros & Blayney; Eric McKissack, a manager at Ariel Mutual Funds; Gary Pilgrim, president of PBHG Funds; and Gus Sauter, manager of the Vanguard 500 Index fund. Our panelists agree that diversified mutual funds are best for those with little penchant for serious stock research. For investors who want to buy individual stocks and are willing to do some homework, our pros offer tips on what to hold--and when to fold...
Lucas describes the Empire as if it were the oppressive, white-on-white Formica fascism of his first feature, the boldly bleak THX 1138. Back in 1970, Lucas and his mentor, Francis Ford Coppola, were in the vanguard of the Film Generation. They were film-school grads who hoped to remake the movie business into the art of film. Surely these kid revolutionaries would create an adult, audacious post-Hollywood cinema...
...Nichols speculated that HLS would again be the vanguard of the next wave of campaigns, as it appears that the Business School, Medical School and others might be looking to hit the trail in pursuit of new contributions...