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Inside Penny Pritzker's portfolio: How a billionaire invests
By Melissa Harris and Gail MarksJarvisHow do the wealthy stay wealthy? The mandatory financial disclosure released last week by commerce secretary nominee Penny Pritzker provides a rare look at an American billionaire's entire investment portfolio. Pritzker inherited much of her wealth,...Tags: Warren Buffett, Finance, Investments, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Realty
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Chief executives and the itch to quit
ReutersBy Andrew Callus LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - On approaching his 60th birthday this year, long-serving Tullow Oil boss Aidan Heavey told staff he felt "like two 30 year-olds". A handful of recent shock departures by 50-something chief executives at...Tags: Diageo Plc, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Science and Technology, Delhaize Group, Belgium
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Nikkei soars to a 5-1/2 year high as dollar sails past 100 yen
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese shares climbed to a 5-1/2 year high on Friday as the U.S. dollar broke through the elusive 100-yen mark and extended its gains, with exporters and financials leading the charge on prospects of enhanced corporate earnings. The...Tags: Suzuki Motor Corp., Petroleum Industry, Fuji Heavy Industries, Sony Corp., Honda Motor Co.
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Nikkei set to tap fresh 5-year highs as dollar breaks above 100 yen
ReutersTOKYO, May 10 (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average is expected to scale yet another five-year high on Friday as the U.S. dollar finally managed to break above the elusive 100 yen mark, putting the Japanese currency at levels that should generate robust...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Suzuki Motor Corp., Sony Corp., Exports, Automotive Equipment
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YOUR MONEY-As pensions decline, create your own
Reuters(The writer is a Reuters contributor. The views expressed are his own.) By Chris Taylor NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters) - If there is one thing that American workers should lament when it comes to their retirement security, it is the inexorable decline...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Investments, Finance
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April 16: Your Money Matters - Boost Your Portfolio Income
WGN NewsDean Zayed Tips: Build a laddered bond portfolio A laddered bond strategy is one where you buy individual bonds that have staggered maturities. The simplest way to do it is to buy a bond that matures in each of the next 5 years. As each bond matures,...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Finance, Companies and Corporations
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At 71, Mario Andretti is anything but retired
Some things never change. As you walk around the hospitality and pit areas at an IZOD IndyCar race you can still find Mario Andretti signing autographs more than five decades since he drove his first racecar in competitive open wheel racing.
Andretti,...Tags: Charlie Daniels, Career and Workplace, Auto Racing, Grand Prix of Baltimore, Phil Hill
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Everything 'they' told us is wrong
timr@herald-mail.comWhen I was a grad student, I took out a student loan in the amount of $4,000. I didn’t need the money, I just thought it would be cool to have $4,000. Grants and scholarships paid my tuition, it was easy to find work for spending money, and...Tags: Netflix Inc., Bank of America Corp., Occupy Wall Street, Companies and Corporations, American International Group
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Why the new love for the old Dow
Money & CompanyFor Wall Street’s bulls, bigger now is a better idea. Shares of the largest, best-known U.S. companies are spearheading the market’s latest advance -- a switch from the first seven months of the rally, when small-company stocks mostly led the...... -
Blue-chip stocks post best day since November
Money & CompanyU.S. blue-chip stock indexes on Tuesday posted their biggest gains of the new year, as the market continued to bounce back after a four-week slump. The Dow Jones industrial average rallied 169.67 points, or 1.7%, to 10,268.81, its largest percentage...... -
Growth stocks may shine, but value still has its place
Los Angeles Times columnistQuick: Is that blue-chip stock mutual fund you own a "growth" fund or a "value" fund? The penalty for not knowing could be steep over the next few years. That certainly has turned out to be true for many investors so far in this decade. On average,...Tags: Earnings, 401K, Time Warner Inc., Google Inc., Oracle Corp.
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Risk-adverse investors may regret heavy bond investments
Los Angeles Times columnistThe bond market has a serious PR problem: Nobody seems to believe there's much appeal there. And that's helping the stock market win more fans--because if there's little or no attraction in bonds, the crown in that beauty contest often goes to stocks...Tags: Financial Markets, Credit Ratings, Newport Beach, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, David Kelly (actor)
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