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Wall Street's Newfound Virtue In February 2000, one of the street's most powerful executives petitioned the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow his firm and other investment banks to raise their levels of leverage. He wanted the commission to alter something called the net-capital rule, which...
It's an important lesson to remember these days. Stock prices have dropped a lot, so stocks look a whole lot cheaper than they were just a couple of months ago. By some - but certainly not all - measures they even look cheap in historical terms. But that's no guarantee...
Asia's crisis holds lessons for today. Most important: leadership matters. Notably, South Korea came out of the crisis far stronger than when it went in. Like in the U.S. today, the crisis swept through the country during a presidential election campaign. Kim Dae Jung, a longtime dissident who ran...
The Frugal Life I commend Nancy Gibbs for using her column to state what we are unlikely to hear from any elected official: that thrift is an important virtue and that our failure to practice it has helped bring on the current economic collapse [Oct. 13]. Those who lived through...
What's the biggest misconception Americans have of China? Gloria Lepp, Portland, Ore. Americans still think that people in China are peasantlike and backwards. The other stereotypes are the sword-fighting films, dragon ladies, and triads from Hong Kong. That's why for me it's so important to make...