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The article discusses the Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) television program "Mad Money" and its host Jim Cramer. The show offers stock tip advice to its viewers. "Mad Money" first aired in 2005 and is CNBC's most watched show. Cramer is a former hedge fund manager who has written a book based on the program "Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich."

The article offers tips for financial planning and management. Topics discussed include the significance of sizing up for portfolio risk, the automation of investments, the organization of tax records, the association between credit and identity theft, the acquisition of free television through wireless plans, and the contest of property tax assessment.

The article offers information on several financial advisers, offering advices such as financial issues beyond investing and investment portfolio. Topics discussed include robo advisers as virtual advisers monitoring and rebalancing investments in tax-efficient ways, appealing to customers looking for portfolio advice and found in firms such as TD Ameritrade, brokers as professionals working for broker-dealers—firms for buying and selling of securities such as stocks and bonds.

Discusses investment in technology stocks. Warren Buffett's philosophy of buying steady-earning companies and holding them; Suggestion that Buffett has an aversion to technology stocks; Concept of value investing; How the criteria that Buffett uses to choose stocks can be applied to technology stock; Web sites to learn how to evaluate companies.

The article discusses the financial robo-adviser in the U.S. It states that they offer investors solution that is better and cheaper and charge a fraction of the cost of a human adviser. It notes that the advisers recommend portfolios made up of low-cost index mutual funds that track shares of index such as Standards & Poor (S&P) 500 and exchange-traded funds. It mentions that the advisers periodically rebalance account to make sure stock and bond allocation does not stray from financial model.

Focuses on newsletters published by stock analysts in the U.S., providing advice on investment decisions. Comment on newsletters of Joe Granville giving his expert opinion on what to buy and sell for a subscription price of $250 a year; Discussion of the worth of these newsletters; Information on subscription rates and conditions of the newsletter "Hulbert Financial Digest"; Importance of market letters for small investors; Details about a study conducted by Computer Directions Advisers Inc. regarding the performance of various newsletters over a two-year period.

The article discusses the choices of Canadian equity fund managers of viable top three stocks in Canada. It details the large-caps preference of senior portfolio managers including Nessim Mansoor, Stephen Groff, and Chris Guthrie. The chosen Canadian companies include the Canadian National Railway Co., Finning International Inc., and Savaria Corp.

But Wall Street analysts expect earnings to gain ground in 2021. Following a tough 2020, Wall Street analysts expect 19% earnings growth in 2021. Deutsche Bank, which rates the shares a "buy", sees near- and mid-term revenue growth being driven by a larger customer base - Wayfair has 10 million more active customers than it had a year ago. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents the views of financial advisers on how some of the popular stocks will perform in 2011. Arnett Lanse Waters of A.L. Waters Capital in Braintree, Massachusetts sees the strong growth and demand for gold, particularly in emerging markets. Lee Baker of Apex Financial Services in Tucker, Georgia sees continued upward movement for Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) in 2011. Douglas Coe of Moody Reid Financial Advisors in Kansas City, Missouri sees a rise in technology funds as emerging economies demand more technology.

The article reports on how keeping a pulse on the economy helps today's U.S. endowment managers in their quest to bring their institutions the best returns possible. Short credit is playing a key role in endowment strategy, say managers, because credit spreads are much too narrow and they are likely to widen. Credit spread is the spread between Treasury securities and non-Treasury securities that are identical except for quality rating.

The article examines the trend of style-box investing and its impact on fund management. The pre-determined investing style is a product of investment consultants, financial planners, and money managers who regulate the industry to a presumed method of picking stocks. The first style-box was devised in 1992 by Morningstar as a way to advise investors of stock size and the kinds of stocks that fund companies invest in. Experts infer that owning style-specific funds limits the performance of a portfolio to a specific segment of the market. INSET: How fund raters figure STYLES.

The article examines the factors that caused the downfall of top fund management firms in 1999. It states that most fund companies like IPS, Berkshire Focus, and Thurlow Growth lost millions of dollars in investments after the dot-com bubble of 1999. In retrospect, majority of fund companies attribute their failure to an obsession with overpriced technology stocks, lack of experience, employing untested strategies, and investing too much money, too quickly.

The article discusses the benefits of having diverse investments under one-stop fund manager. Finance experts note that a good one-stop fund company should incur low expenses, have a good performance record, and own a diverse range of investments. Investors that gain steady and significant returns combine portfolio with stakes, foreign stocks, and U.S. stocks. The article explains the different types of one-stop funds including target-retirement funds, and asset allocation or life strategy funds.

This article discusses how fund manager Robert Loest of IPS Advisory survived the late-1990s financial crisis. A move to invest in technology stocks is one of the many strategies he adopted during the 1990s. The collapse of some mutual funds are attributed to lack of experience in the market, untested investment strategies, and increase in assets.

This article gives advice on investing for the individual. The endless swirl of business news and advice can leave you dazed and feeling incapable of making an intelligent investment decision. If you want to buy mutual funds, find out each fund's criteria for selecting stocks, who the fund managers are, what their track record is. The business of investing is complicated, and while you might get lucky with the occasional stock pick, your chances of doing well improve if you do your homework. Maclean's eighth annual personal finance issue offers some help. Four top-flight investment professionals offer their views on the economy and the markets for the coming year. We also feature the stories of the following four Canadian investors whose portfolios range in size from modest to millions and who've chosen very different paths to investment success. She holds some mutual funds, but Plamondon has invested most of her money in real estate. With his broker, Ramachandran has created a portfolio constructed to weather the market volatility he expects over the next five years.

Focuses on the stock picks of top mutual fund managers in Canada. Increase in the value of stocks chosen by top-performing mutual fund managers, which benefitted investors; Investment advice of Gaelen Morphet of CM Investment Management, Inc.; Strategies of James O'Shaughnessy of Bear Sterns Asset Management, Inc.; Others.

Interviews Fidelity fund manager Joel Tillinghast. Investing in low-priced stocks; Flexibility in picking stocks; What he looks for in a stock; How he determines whether a stock is cheap; When to sell stock.

Ranks the largest investment firms and full-service stockbrokers in the United States. Issues in choosing a broker, including the amount of commissions and fees, quality and quantity of stock research, ability of the firm to stay out of trouble, and the best programs for investors who want to pay a percentage of assets each year in fees; Mention of the firms Merrill Lynch, A.G. Edwards, Raymond James Financial, and Prudential. INSET: RATING THE FULL-SERVICE BROKERS.

Discusses potentially profitable stocks, according to some of the most successful mutual fund managers in Canada. How the managers stressed that investing in the stock market must be a bottom-up process which looks at the relative value and prospects of a company in detail; Thoughts of Dean Prodan, Tom Stanley, Kim Shannon, Eric Bushell, Ian Ainsworth, and others.

Discusses focused funds. Description of focused funds which invest in a limited number of stocks; How they are expected to deliver superior returns because their managers can focus on their best stocks; Risk of investing in focused funds since they are less diversified; Suggestion of six funds with superior records, including Longleaf International, Neuberger Berman Focus, and Oakmark Select.

Reports on mutual funds perceived to be poised to earn profits in 2001 without exposing investors to undue risk. Mention of mutual funds, including Janus Mercury, FMI Focus, Gabelli Growth and T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth; Profiles of fund managers, including Warren Lammert, Bill Miller and Bill Nygren. INSETS: LOOKING FOR A SLOWDOWN;RETURN OF RATIONALITY.

Presents the results of a question and answer session with a panel of Canadian investing experts. Advice on investing from Sherry Cooper, Bill Gillespie, Satish Rai, and Kirk Dixon; Predictions regarding economic trends and stock market activity as of September, 2000; Speculation regarding the long term value of technology stocks.

Focuses on the increasing popularity of online brokerages by investors to buy, sell, and trade stocks. Offer of extended trading hours and 24-hour toll free support by many sites; Higher commissions charged for telephone orders; Features of such brokerages as Charles Schwab, Ameritrade and DLJdirect. INSETS: Full-Service Brokers Jump Online;Diary of a Day Trader;Wireless Trading: Should You Care?.

Interviews Fidelity Magellan mutual fund manager Bob Stansky. Stansky's opinion of what the ideal stock would be like; Details of Stansky's strategies, which often involve holding stocks rather than buying them; Suggestion that technology stocks will continue to increase in value; Biographical information.

The article discusses how megabank Citigroup's well known stock tout, Grubman, manipulated investors into buying the shares of American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T), not to accumulate more wealth for himself or his firm but to get his 3-year-old twins into the prestigious preschool at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan, New York City. Quite funny, Grubman confided to a friend, but there are no bounds for what you do for your children. To secure the school's acceptance of his children, Grubman enlists the aid of his boss, Weill, who agrees to give $1 million to the school, not his money but the bank's. In return, Grubman pumps up his valuation of AT&T stock to a strong buy so that Weill may gain favor with Armstrong, AT&T chieftain and a Citigroup director.

Discusses the prevalence of punditry on the Internet. Large number of sites that claim to know hot stock picks; How to use online trackers to find solid investment advice on the Internet; Recommendation of www.validea.com; Pundits such as Steve Harmon and Ryan Zacharia.

Addresses the problem faced by Fidelity Magellan Fund manager Jeff Vinik in selling Micron at about the time Magellan shareholders were reading that he owned the stock in the U.S. Consequences of his action; Possibility that a fund manager will take advantage of press publicity; Type of investment advice that might be received from professionals if the press continue to lynch managers who change their minds.

An interview with chief investment strategist Lindsey Bell is presented. When asked about the future for stocks in 2020, she referred to the bull market and informed that the magnitude of the gains will depend on U.S. trade policy. Other topics discussed include the attitude of investors, economic uncertainty, U.S. presidential elections and its impact on investors.

As Tom Mills, a former analyst with one of Canada's largest investment firms, puts it--none too delicately--the job he used to do was "prostitute work, basically." Mills (not his real name) covered software companies in the days leading up to the tech boom, when investors were pouring money into stocks they couldn't understand and investment bankers were eager to underwrite even the silliest of dot-com notions. Along the way, Mills encountered what he now describes as a shady business lacking in integrity and trust. Last month, U.S. regulators reached a landmark settlement with 10 of the largest and richest Wall Street brokerages, including a payment of US $1.4 billion, following an investigation that uncovered monumental conflicts of interest and abuses. If it's positive, research helps corporate finance to sell a financing proposition to a company that's seeking to raise funds and to attract investors. Corporate finance may consult with research when it looks into a potential underwriting deal, and if research advises against the deal, the bankers are expected to back off. As heads roll and Wall Street gets smacked for its sins, the Canadian rules have yet to be put in place. But they are imminent, officials claim, and will be similar to those imposed in the U.S. The goal is to separate a brokerage's research and investment banking divisions by creating separate supervisory structures and compensation models. Analysts, for instance, will no longer be paid according to how much investment banking business they help to attract to their firm, but rather by the quality of their research.

Questions whether the status of having a personal money manager is worth the price. Views of Jack Sharry and Greg Start, who work for companies that promote managed accounts; Observation that managed accounts are booming; Services and fees of Andy Koerner of Salomon Smith Barney; How stock managing works; Alternatives.

An interview with James Cramer, the host of the television program "Mad Money" is presented. He says that most consumers are reckless spenders. He goes on to state that people who buy five Disney DVDs should instead buy one share of Disney. He suggests that people should diversify their 401(k)s. When asked about his feelings towards the Fox Business Channel he answers that he likes competition.

This article offers financial advice to the small investor. The author cautions against choosing technology funds as they can be very volatile. But for those who insist there are four kinds of funds: managed funds, index funds, enhanced index funds and HOLDRs. The last type is basically static baskets of stocks that avoid the churn and tax consequences of mutual funds.

Discusses mutual fund investments. Review of a recent critique of mutual funds by money manager David Swensen; View of Swensen that money managers milk investors for fees and manipulate past performance to get people to buy; Suggestion by Swensen that investors forget about mutual funds and invest in "index funds" instead; Description of index mutual funds; Comparison of mutual funds to index mutual funds.

Discusses the advantages of investing in one-stop mutual funds. Protection from irretrievable mistakes; Importance of professional stock picking and enough bonds to control risk; Suggestion that most people don't want to manage their retirement money; Discussion of lifestyle or life-cycle funds and target retirement funds; Advice on how best to use one-stop funds, including keeping all or most of the money there, keeping down costs, and comparing the stock allocations; Reminder that one-stop fund are already fully diversified.

Profiles personal-finance writer Ben Stein and the upcoming release of his new book 'How to Ruin Your Financial Life.' How the book includes advice on buying stocks and how to plan for retirement; Role of Stein on the television program 'Win Ben Stein's Money.'

Offers advice about investing from David and Tom Gardner, founders of Motley Fool, with a website at Fool.com. Criticism of stock analysts; Recommendation not to buy stocks on margin; Advice about investing in Microsoft Corp.; Recommendation not to buy stocks based on the chief executive officer of a company; Growing number of cases of people manipulating certain stocks through fake news reports as did Mark Jakob with Emulex stock.

Presents an interview with money manager Alberto Vilar. Predictions for the action of the Nasdaq market system; Advice concerning the economic aspects of Internet companies such as Yahoo!; Personal preference for stocks; Ability of Vilar to identify emerging technology stocks.

Reports on the benefits of investing in a mutual fund run by a freewheeling stock picker. Comparison of investment managers from different investment firms; Risks taken by the managers; Effects of the market on the success of mutual funds as of August 2000; Differences in the stocks chosen by different firms.

Discusses `smokestack' stocks, the industrial and cyclical stocks that fluctutate with the economy. Investment experts who think the group could deliver good returns with less risk in a volatile market; View of investment strategist Peter Canelo, who favors paper, chemical, metals, and oil service stocks; Price rise for the metal used in catalytic converters, palladium; Portfolio manager Albert Ruback that old-economy companies need to blend with new technology.

The article discusses interest of pension funds in Canada in farmlands. Topics discussed include efforts of pension fund managers to find alternative investments to stocks, acquisition of farmland in Brazil by farmland fund managed by the U.S. teachers' pension fund manager TIAA-CREF and impact of the acquisition on communities.