Finance: Lessons of the Past Five Years
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Five years ago, the great bull market of the &#39;90s was about to come to a crashing halt, but no one knew that yet. In fact, many investors were still buying as if the gains would continue forever.
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BusinessWeek Online - Seventy-five years is a mere blink of history's eye. Yet since 1929, when BusinessWeek was first published, the world has been transformed by profound innovation and technological wizardry. Three-quarters of a century ago, there were no safe and effective antibiotics, no jet travel, no commercial television, and no computers. Many died of routine infections. A five-day ocean voyage was the main way to get from America to Europe, and "wireless" meant the wood-paneled Radiola in the parlor. Since then our mastery of the physical and biological world has strengthened remarkably. ...
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A few highly preliminary observations about the recent turmoil in the financial markets.
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This decade has been a tough one for fund investors. The average stock fund has lost almost 6 percent annually since the beginning of 2000, a return that encompasses huge losses from 2000 through 2002 and big gains in 2003.
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A rundown of funds selling at a discount to the cover price.
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In personal finance, boring is not bad. Sometimes boring is good.
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A quick primer on investing in tumultuous circumstances.
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A cross-continent look at how far your money goes.
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Happy New Year, all you investors with an eye for numerology. According to a popular financial folk tale, there's no need to worry much about Federal Reserve policy or corporate earnings growth in 2005. The stock market, and stock mutual funds, will do just fine because they always prosper in years that end with a five.
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- If you&#39;re a money manager, there&#39;s a lesson to be learned from a scenario unreeled by the US Securities and Exchange Commission last week.
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Greenspan charts our economic course in 'The Age of Turbulence.' An excerpt.
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Investing: Taming China's Dragon Market
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Investing: Cruising to Disaster
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Some five-star funds have a few stars too many. Choose carefully.
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In personal finance, boring is not  bad. Sometimes boring is good.
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Small growth stocks triumphed in 2007, despite the market's flight to safety. They will do well again in 2008.
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Statistics don't tell the real story about the state of your finances.