Change at helm for Price Value fund
Q. I have been an investor in T. Rowe Price Value Fund several years. What's your opinion of it? H.C., via the Internet A. Though it hasn't posted gains in...
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Safe haven may turn out to have choppy waters
Today's investors have nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. They fled a declining stock market for the safety of money-market funds, but money markets now yield less than 1 percent....
WorldCom still a short-term tax loss
Q. Am I holding bird cage liner? Last year I purchased a few thousand shares of stock in bankrupt WorldCom Inc., thinking it might come out of bankruptcy and provide...
Once snubbed, dividends are regaining favor
Stock dividends are back in style. Once a mainstay of American investment strategy, they were consigned to the scrap heap in the go-go 1990s period of booming high tech and...
Wellington fund good bet for victory
Q. I'm taking a more conservative approach with my investments and looking into balanced (stock and bond) funds. What do you think of Vanguard Wellington? J.D., via the Internet A....
Investors may want to `visit’ Eastern Europe
A penny for your thoughts? You've got to be kidding. With the dollar's value in rapid descent on 2003 world currency markets, offering a one-cent copper coin for anything seems...
Fidelity Small Cap relatively low risk
Q. I own five mutual funds, including Fidelity Small Cap Stock. What's your opinion of this fund? J.A., via the Internet A. If you're looking for a diversified small-cap stock...
Avoid the trap of high card, brokerage fees
In a famous scene from the film classic "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," a posse traps Paul Newman and Robert Redford on a canyon ledge high above a raging...
Attractive rate makes I Bond a hit
Q. What are the advantages and disadvantages of I Bonds? I'm 80 years old. W.T., Des Plaines A. Popular because of its attractive rate, the I Bond is a U.S....
There are signs of rebound for variable annuity
One of America's most complicated and aggressively sold investments is staging a gradual recovery along with the stock market. Variable annuity sales reached $113.7 billion last year, an improvement from...