Specter’s long Senate career ends after 30 years
Arlen Specter retires from the U.S. Senate after 30 years with a career marked by party switches and centrism. He championed the single-bullet theory in the Kennedy assassination, supported the Obama stimulus, and earned the nickname Snarlin Arlen for his sharp, independent stance.
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A study shows investing $10 000 in the S P 500 only on the first trading day of each month from December 1999 to December 2010 would yield about 13 816, nearly 70 percent more than holding throughout. Dividends boost returns but timing remains costly to measure.
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