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...sole author of interest-rate policies, insiders and Fed watchers know that is hardly the case. Greenspan, actually considered a moderate among the group's inflation hawks and doves, is clearly first among equals and exerts a considerable influence over the FOMC. But as a careful consensus builder, he is also at pains to stake out positions that the rest of the committee can live with--and thereby avoid any risk of being embarrassed by a close vote. "There is a limit to how far the chairman's influence can be extended," Fed governor Laurence Meyer recently explained. "A good...
Diversifying ensures that you won't suffer too much if one sector of the market tanks and that you won't get left behind if one sector takes off. It's a confidence builder that, like turning off the tube, makes you less likely to sell when stocks dip--O.K., plunge--giving others the benefit of temporary low prices. Consider: many days this year, the Dow has been up when the NASDAQ was down, and vice versa. In the past 30 days, a tech-only portfolio might easily have lost 30% to 50% of its value. Yet if that portfolio...
...first half was definitely a confidence builder," Burg said. "In the first five minutes of the game, we played incredibly well and that's something we can build...
...strong performance this weekend would be a really great confidence builder," Crockett said. "We've had some tough outings this season where things haven't fallen our way. But we're a young team and things are only going to get better as the season goes...
Forget Siegfried and Roy and their white tigers. Of all the spectacles on display in Las Vegas last week, none attracted the high rollers as much as the sudden arrival of the "Steve and Kirk Show." That's Steve as in Wynn, 58, the master builder of Vegas and chairman of Mirage Resorts, whose lavish spending on casinos like the $1.6 billion Bellagio has made Mirage about as popular as snake eyes with investors on Wall Street. The Kirk is for Kerkorian, 82, the reclusive Beverly Hills billionaire with a knack for doubling his bets and winning. The rival moguls...