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Election Over, Affluent Households Regain Optimism
By Staff WriterCHICAGO (HedgeWorld.com)--Spectrem Group announced that its Affluent Investor Index, which measures the investment outlook of households with US$500,000 or more in investable assets, more than doubled in December, to a "mildly bullish" level unseen since June. Meanwhile, the more exclusive Spectrem Millionaire Index also rose. This index measures the investment...
January 12, 2005
Lanny Thorndike and Kevin Callahan of Century Shares TrustS&P Rank: 4 Stars Stable Value With a Growth Tint
January 07, 2005
My 2005 Prediction: Credit as an Asset ClassWith all the New Year's predictions flying around the Internet and print media, it seemed prudent to join the crowd. But instead of trying to discern which stock will be the next Google, I thought the better path for my modest prophetic abilities was to jump on the credit bandwagon.
January 01, 2005
South American Funds Turn NorthLatin American stocks and mutual funds focused on that region have had a resurgence over the last two years. That's largely because of China's strong...
January 01, 2005
Behind the Numbers, with Lincoln Anderson"I'm staying with it," says lpl financial's chief investment officer of his 2005 allocation strategy, which is the same one that he used to usher...
January 01, 2005
Mary MettlerMary A. Mettler, CFP 4462 24th Street San Francisco, California 94114 Phone: 415-826-0357 Fax: 415-826-4362 E-mail: [email protected] Year Practice Began: 1992 Number of Advisors in office: 1 Number of clients: 7 Compensation method: Fee-Only Fee...
January 01, 2005
Fair Weather AheadIt's not likely that any of them will start belting out choruses of "Happy Days Are Here Again," but if the members of Investment Advisor's...
December 23, 2004
Fund in Focus: AIM Global ValueDec. 22, 2004 -- The AIM Global Value Fund/A (AWSAX) can buy companies in the U.S. and all over the world, but lately its managers...