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...guide at all. Jesse Jackson says the conclusion to this year's campaign is like a football game tied in the fourth quarter. "Overtime ain't agony," he said. "If you go to sudden death, that's wow-wee! That's shakalakalaka." By the end of this week, the Florida votes may all be counted and recounted, but the court rulings may still be pending, and the election of the president may still depend on how the dust settles in the Sunshine State. Shakalakalaka would be the word...
Lynn Roney and Pat Smith are clearly dumbfounded by such cluelessness. They co-wrote the very helpful investing primer Wow the Dow (Simon & Schuster; $14), which is based on 10 years' experience guiding their two girls, Shannon and Danielle, into the stock market. It is their belief that investing is empowering, interesting and potentially profitable, and they've got spreadsheets to prove it. Kids are already expert consumers, say the authors, and so have the capacity to be successful investors...
Fortunately for parents (and the economy), it is illegal for anyone under age 18 to trade stocks on his or her own. You have to set up a custodial account, and should closely monitor any buying or selling. Wow the Dow suggests that families join the National Association of Investors Corp. for an easy, quick and low-cost introduction. Once you've got your feet wet, you and your kids can research other ways to buy stocks, such as directly from the company or through a discount broker. You should probably discourage online investing; I believe finance should...
...Mary Mary, "Thank You" by Dido, "Baby Did a Bad Thing" by Chris Isaak, "Porcelain" by Moby (I confess) and "Got Your Money" by Ol' Dirty Bastard (right). ODB IS ON THE LOOSE. ODB IS ON THE LOOSE. We interrupt this program to bring you this news. Wow. I always thought these things happened only in the movies. But as I'm sure you know by now, ODB fled from Impact House, site of a treatment program and where he was living since June. Sadly, I doubt this is important enough to end up with ODB in a Bronco being...
...meeting, 'Wow, we really did help this family keep from getting evicted, or ending up on the street, or whatever,' " he adds...