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...well get into the habit now. Smart Diversification still works It seems as if there's been nowhere to hide. In the U.S. and all the major European markets, stocks from blue chips to small caps are down. But it still goes without saying that the easiest way to avoid losing 80% or 90% on a single stock is to keep out of stock picking altogether. For most investors, mutual funds are safer and can still provide strong returns when the market comes back. You can also use funds to diversify farther afield, such as into South Korean shares, which...
...Cannabis users have to take ever-larger quantities to achieve the desired effect. Studies show that about 10% of users can't stop their habit, despite wanting to do so. TIME: Have you ever smoked marijuana? Greenfield : For a student at Oxford in the '70s, it was difficult to avoid. So yes, I tried it, but like another famous student there, I didn't inhale...
When WorldCom became the latest big stock to blow up, I called my most trusted sources among money managers to ask how an individual investor can avoid buying such a bomb. The most common answer I got startled even an old cynic like me: We can't talk right now; we're too busy trying to unload our WorldCom shares. So don't feel foolish if you have been whacked. A lot of "smart money" has too. And there's plenty you can do to minimize your odds of owning the next disaster. Here...
...TIME: But lots of people must come to you for favors. Taufik: I try to avoid that. They still come but I tell them to leave. People say I defend this person or that company, but I don't get involved...
...Qatada has been missing since mid-December, after British authorities confiscated his passport, froze his assets and ordered him confined to his London home. With Jordan seeking his return to serve a life sentence for terror-related crimes, some observers figured Qatada went underground - and perhaps left Britain - to avoid extradition. But senior European intelligence officials tell TIME Qatada is tucked away in a safe house in the north of England, where he and his family are being lodged, fed and clothed by British intelligence services. "The deal is that Abu Qatada is deprived of contact with extremists in London...