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How volatility breeds opportunity - CNN Money
Saut: "This is not your father's recession. But that doesn't mean you can't make really good returns. For the well-prepared investor, volatility breeds opportunity." NEW YORK (Fortune) -- You'll have to forgive Jeffrey Saut if he savors 2008 a little ...
Posted: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:32:00 GMT

T. Rowe Price Launches Strategic Income Fund - Earthtimes
BALTIMORE , Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- T. Rowe Price (Nasdaq: TROW) has expanded its fixed-income investment offerings by launching the Strategic Income Fund. It seeks high income and some capital appreciation by investing in as many as 12 ...
Posted: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:21:00 GMT

Follow the Leaders Higher - Street.Com
Bond trusts are an obvious example. The iShares Barclays 20+ Year Bond ( TLT Quote - Cramer on TLT - Stock Picks ) ETF ground sideways under broad resistance near $100 for more than five years before breaking and going vertical in November. The trust ...
Posted: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:29:00 GMT

Preview from Europe: Stock Indices Brush Off More Dire Data - Seekingalpha.com
In the first real trading day of 2009 yesterday, stocks took a breather and headed modestly lower. This was despite truly woeful auto sales numbers and updates on Apple ( AAPL ) founder Steve Jobs' ailing state of health. In short, limited risk ...
Posted: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:14:00 GMT

Lessons learned: Investing pros talk about 2008 - Globe and Mail
Our portfolios shrank in 2008, yet we're rich as investors. Rich, that is, in the wisdom that comes from bitter experience. After confronting what will surely go down as one of the worst financial crises of all time, we should all be much smarter ...
Posted: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:36:00 GMT

Money and You: Lessons on investing - Nevada Journal
What do you think will fix the financial crisis? Do you think Congress should, even can, fix the problem? Just for a moment, consider that you can learn from the current financial crisis. And, no, it is not wrong for you to benefit when people are ...
Posted: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:56:00 GMT

Success of managed futures is a mixed bag - Baltimore Sun
Strong returns last year are a mixed blessing for investment funds that specialize in trading futures contracts. While the stock market plunged about 35 percent, managed futures funds posted annual returns of about 16 percent, according to the Credit ...
Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:28:00 GMT

The Best and Worst ETFs of 2008 - Smart Money
As the happy effects of champagne and food wear off, it’s time to take a sober look at your portfolio. And, given 2008's tumultuous stock market ride, it most definitely will be sobering. With this in mind, we decided to take one final glance back ...
Posted: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:18:00 GMT

Investing in debt might beat stocks - Raleigh News & Observer
Mark Yusko is an experienced hand at managing big money. He used to oversee UNC-Chapel Hill's endowment. Now his own firm, Morgan Creek Capital, has $10 billion under management. It's a thriving -- and expanding -- business that employs 50 people ...
Posted: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:10:00 GMT

A guide to investing your money in 2009 - WTOL-TV
The wisdom of investing in a smorgasbord of categories rests on the premise that something always works. U.S. stocks in a funk? Buy bonds and foreign stocks. The dollar is plunging? Offset it with income funds from countries with strengthening ...
Posted: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:57:00 GMT