Mutual fund rankings and newsletters under scrutiny
Two stumbling blocks to successful investing are magazine mutual fund rankings and invest ment advisory newsletters. The piece criticizes reliance on Top 30 funds and slick newsletters, noting the lack of insight into objectives risks and management, and warns subscribers to be wary of who authors such advice.
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Bob Upton
Standard and Poor
Keith Johnson
ED. Jones & Co
Weekend Market Report Trades Mixed Amid Volatile Markets
Commodities mixed with gold and silver edging higher while crude oil and grains nudge variedly. Stock market declines linger as bank fears persist and options futures wind down during the triple witching hour, with notable moves in GM IBM Philip Morris Boeing GE and AT&T Shares.
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New York
Commodity Exchange
General Motors
International Business Machines
Philip Morris
Boeing
State treasurer candidates clash in Wichita debate
In Wichita the state treasurer candidates spar at a Pachyderm Club luncheon. Republican Eric Rucker challenged Sally Thompson on residency and financial background while Thompson highlighted her 15 years as a CPA and leadership at Shawnee Federal Savings and Loan.
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Wichita, Kan
Eric Rucker
Kansas
Sally Thompson
Rucker
Pachyderm Club
Wichita
Thompson
Shawnee Federal Savings and Loan
Ms. Thompson
Denver
Shawnee Federal
Kansas Republican Party
Shawnee County
Cial Corp
S&l
Plain and Simple
Savings and Loan
Regulators sue Bush son over Silverado collapse
The FDIC files a 200 million civil suit in Denver federal court accusing Neil Bush and Silverado Bank directors of gross negligence and repeated duty breaches contributing to Silverado’s 1988 failure that cost taxpayers about 1 billion. Other defendants include top Silverado officers and lawyers.
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Washington
Bush
Neil
Silverado Banking, Savings and Loan Association
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
U.S. District Court
Denver
Silverado
FDIC
Douglas H. Jones
Federal Deposit Insurance
Jones
Office of Thrift Supervision
Michael Wise
Robert Lewis
Richard Vandapool
Russell Murray
W. James Metz
Florian Barth
Richard Bunchman
Diane Ingels
Marjorie Page
Richard Vitkus
Wise, Lewis and Metz
Sherman & Howard
Ronald Jacobs
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