Strategists See 17% S&P 500 Rise After Saying ‘Buy’

Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The same Wall Street strategists who
told investors to buy stocks in the
since 1937 are
even more bullish than a year ago, predicting the Standard &
Poor’s 500 Index will rise 17 percent.
UBS AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank AG say the
Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates to as low as
zero percent will help revive the U.S. economy and drive
investors back to equities. Cheaper fuel prices and more Read the rest of this entry »

December 12, 2008 | , , ,
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Rational decision making? Don't bet on it

Rational decision making? Don't bet on it
Last week the New York Times released its list of "100 notable" books of 2008.
Two North Carolina books made the list.
If you keep up with North Carolina literature (or if you are a regular reader of this column), you might guess that one of these books is Tony Earley's novel "The Blue Star," the sequel to the acclaimed "Jim the Boy." These two novels set in the North Carolina foothills during the time Read the rest of this entry »

December 9, 2008 | , ,
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Non-Profit Puts Manning Marching Band Over the Top

GREENVILLE, S.C.--(
South Carolina Enterprise for Excellence, a non-profit
organization dedicated to promoting excellence in public education
across South Carolina, today announced it will provide a $10,000 grant
to Manning High School to help fund their Marching Band’s trip to the
Presidential Inauguration. The Band has been selected by the Parade
organizers to represent South Carolina in the Parade.
Joe Read the rest of this entry »

November 30, 2008 | , , , , ,
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Investing in a way that benefits us all

by Jim Francesconi, Guest opinion
After 9/11, Americans squandered an opportunity to unite the country. The current financial crisis offers us another opportunity.
President-elect Barack Obama and Congress are about to announce a massive infrastructure spending program that will create jobs and reduce our carbon footprint and dependency on foreign oil. National and state leaders have wisely linked advancement of our economy with protection of Read the rest of this entry »

November 25, 2008 | , ,
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Can Middle-Market Companies Capitalize on This Highly Active …

Chicago, IL, December 25, 2008 --(
)-- "No doubt, the domestic M&A market has stalled. Deals are still happening, but a closer inspection reveals that many of these transactions are actually centered on cross-border themes." -- Mergers & Acquisitions Journal
This panel discussion will help attendees stay abreast of what's going on in the global deal market. This special panel presentation of leading experts will make the audience aware of the Read the rest of this entry »

November 22, 2008 | , , , , , ,
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Pointing out bad players in the fund business

That said, it's my job to fill some of those holiday stockings: It's the 13th annual Lump of Coal Awards, my annual two-week holiday tradition of finger-pointing at the bad boys and girls of the fund business, the ones who should get nothing more than an inky chunk of carbon from Santa this year.
The Lump of Coal Awards recognize managers, executives, firms, watchdogs and other fund-world types for action, attitude, behavior or performance that Read the rest of this entry »

November 11, 2008 | , , ,
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The Power Of Regular Investing

Times are tough but investors have coped with downturns before. We look at how previous slumps have affected returns.
With the global economy having grown steadily since the early 1990s, it’s reckoned that banks had largely forgotten how risky lending was. The same applies to investors. After big gains in the 1980s and 1990s, many forgot the risks inherent in investing and assumed that shares would always beat cash.
The last decade has debunked Read the rest of this entry »

November 11, 2008 | , ,
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Kaeppel's Corner: 2009, The Year of Investing Differently

I have had something of a common theme running through my articles of late. That theme is that the great bull market born in the 1980s is quite possibly finished and that an entire generation of investors who have become conditioned to believe that the stock market “always goes up” will either have to learn some ”new tricks” or remain a captive to the fluctuations of the stock market. In short, it''s ultimately a gut-wrenching Read the rest of this entry »

November 10, 2008 | , , , , ,
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Business books

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November 7, 2008 | ,
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YOUR MONEY

Discretion is better part of valor: One reason the alleged scam went on was because Madoff's clients gave him discretionary authority to invest their money. Financial adviser David McPherson, in a column on ABC News' Web site, says that gives an adviser "blanket permission to buy or sell investments ... without seeking your approval." What happened with Madoff is a main reason many investors prefer to give their planner nondiscretionary authority, Read the rest of this entry »

November 6, 2008 | ,
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