Financial literacy can empower consumers to shop smarter
Senate Banking Committee hearings on financial literacy contrast with Enron coverage as Greenspan and Hershey promote math literacy. The piece urges use of calculators, understanding percentages and compound interest to avoid being ripped off and to improve long term financial choices.
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Enron
Senate Committee On Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Banking Committee
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Robert Hershey
Hershey
Greenspan
Senate
Valuable Safe-Deposit Boxes Not as Safe as Thought
Bank safe-deposit boxes may secure contents but do not insure internal items. Experts warn owners to insure valuables separately and keep separate inventories, noting two-key access and evolving self service boxes raise risk. The World Trade Center fire example shows heat can ruin items like 40 000 JFK photo negatives worth millions.
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World Trade Center
David McGuinn
Safe Deposit Specialists
Jill Sandilla
Fifth Third Bank
Summit
Portage Counties
Ohio
McGuinn
Sandilla
Hailer
Lawrence
Central National Bank
Brad Chindamo
5 World Trade Center
New York
John F. Kennedy
Jeanne Salvatore
The
Insurance Information Institute
Dogs of the Dow strategy and high dividend yields
A digest about the Dogs of the Dow stock picking method and current high dividend yields. It mentions resources such as Dogs of the Dow, Dow Jones Indexes, StockSelector, and WinningInvestments with explanations and top yield lists.
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Dogs of the Dow
Dogsofthedow
Djindexes.com
StockSelector
WinningInvestments
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