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MORGAN STANLEY PRAISES REGULATORS AS FATE REMAINS UNCLEAR (Sept. 18, 2008)
By Janet LevauxMorgan Stanley, the sole remaining wirehouse broker-dealer not owned by a bank, is praising New York Attorney General Cuomo for "taking strong action to root out improper short selling of financial st
September 02, 2008
Scholar: Women Should Ease Up On StocksA Wharton School professor emeritus says women may be wise to ignore advisors who tell them to cope with long lifespans by loading up on ...
September 02, 2008
Scholar: Women Should Ease Up On StocksA Wharton School professor emeritus says women may be wise to ignore advisors who tell them to cope with long lifespans by loading up on ...
September 01, 2008
Still at the TopJim Moffett, lead manager of the UMB Scout International Fund, was as new to international equity markets as the firm was when it launched the...
September 01, 2008
The New SiblingLike its predecessor the UMB Scout International Fund, the UMB Scout International Discovery Fund (launched on December 31, 2007, with the ticker UMBDX), looks to...
September 01, 2008
The Dow Jones: A Truly Unique BarometerThe Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published by Charles Dow in 1896 and followed the Dow Jones Transportation Average. A walk down memory lane reveals...
August 27, 2008
Durable goods do some goodSmall victory, we know, but we'll take it. Investors took heart this week from better-than-expected data on durable goods orders, in spite of a rise...
August 20, 2008
High-Yield Dividend Stocks: The Silent Winner (Commentary)In a quest for protection from increasingly volatile markets, investors have yanked a page out of legendary value investor Benjamin Graham's tome, The Intelligent Investor, and are persistently seekin