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...which mimics the S&P 500 by owning essentially the same stocks, have low fee structures and allow individuals to easily approximate the market's average return year after year. Last year the Index 500 rose 22.86%; the S&P 500, 22.95%. Over 10 years, the Index 500 has risen an average annual 15.04%, just behind the S&P 500 index gain of 15.29%. Meanwhile, the average general stock fund has been lagging: 19.4% last year; 12.5%, on average, each of the past 10 years. Historically speaking, those returns are phenomenal. But next to the average returns easily available through...
...exports." Baumohl says the trend is close to shifting. "The trade deficit is expected to turn around next year when Japan's and Europe's economies begin to rebound," Baumohl says. "Hopefully we're at the worst point in the cycle right now." American trade deficits have risen every year under President Clinton despite his Administration?s efforts to make trade imbalance a key foreign policy priority. Two other factors contributing to the trade deficit are the continued strength of the dollar (which makes U.S. exports more expensive overseas and imports cheaper in the U.S.) and the problem of closed...
HASCS' budget has risen to $4.8 million for 1997, compared to $2.3 million in 1994, according to Martin...
...issue is doubly compelling as the U.S. market chugs ever higher. The average blue-chip stock has risen a stunning 29% annually in the past two years, nearly triple the historical 10.5% benchmark, making the U.S. the best-performing major market on the globe in that period. The Dow Jones industrial average blew past the 6300 marker last week, more than double its level less than five years ago. America is on a roll, and with Wall Street euphoric over the election results, it seems nothing can go wrong. U.S.A. all the way! Besides, giant U.S. companies such as Coca...
...least one measure, foreign stocks have rarely been so cheap. If you choose to diversify now, you won't have to buy into sky-high markets like those in the U.S., though you'll want to be careful because some foreign markets, such as Sweden, Ireland and Switzerland, have risen sharply and are on the high side...