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	<title>BLACK ENTERPRISE &#187; James A. Anderson</title>
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		<title>Where To Invest In 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/01/01/where-to-invest-in-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tea leaves, tarot cards, roots, potions, and Mattel’s Magic 8 Ball. If any of these things actually worked to predict the future, what questions might you pose—as an investor, that is? Here’s one: Can the financial markets continue their amazing—sometimes logic-defying—rebound in 2010? And another: Regardless of the broad market’s direction, which companies are in a position to grow profits and reward shareholders this year? Imagine what you could do if you had the answers. With apologies to the infamous Magic 8 Ball, black enterprise took a more scientific approach to get a read on the investment picture, surveying a handful of expert market watchers.]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Properly Insured?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/10/01/are-you-properly-insured-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pushing a pencil to add up just how much life insurance you need isn’t easy. At first glimpse, the math can seem complicated. Still, everyone needs to confront the issue of life insurance. ]]></description>
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		<title>All in the Family</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/09/01/all-in-the-family-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[elder care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five years ago Jan Bryant found herself in the sandwich generation—those who are furthering their careers and raising their families while at the same time attending to their elderly parents.   ]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Properly Insured?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/08/31/are-you-properly-insured/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/08/31/are-you-properly-insured/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pushing a pencil to add up just how much life insurance you need isn’t easy. At first glimpse, the math can seem invasive and complicated.  The subject—death—is quite touchy. Add to the discomfort a good measure of guilt and confusion. Still, everyone needs to confront the issue of life insurance. It’s an important financial tool that will assist your family in the event of you untimely demise.]]></description>
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		<title>Making Long-Term Care Plans for Elderly</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/08/18/making-long-term-care-plans-for-elderly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/08/18/making-long-term-care-plans-for-elderly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who want to help aging parents can use common sense and a little bit of planning to make a difficult process a bit easier. The right steps, in fact, can also open important options to stretch tight. There are several steps you can take to do the right thing and establish a sure foundation for seniors.]]></description>
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		<title>How Creative Planning Can Help Beat Costs of Elder Care</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/08/17/how-creative-planning-can-help-beat-costs-of-elder-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/08/17/how-creative-planning-can-help-beat-costs-of-elder-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just five years ago Jan Bryant, an executive for a non-profit television network, CoLours TV, found herself squeezed into “the sandwich generation”— the legion of adults who are now advancing their careers, starting families of their own, while at the same time turning their attentions to elderly parents.      ]]></description>
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		<title>Have No Fear</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/08/01/have-no-fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you’ve noticed recently that the investment landscape has been long on turbulence and short on stability. It’s in times like these that investors often seek out shelter in sound, conservative investments such as TIPS, or Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. The principal on these U.S. government bonds increases with inflation and decreases with deflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index.]]></description>
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		<title>Invest in Hot TIPS</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/investing/2009/07/10/invest-in-hot-tips/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/investing/2009/07/10/invest-in-hot-tips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you’ve noticed that the investment landscape has been long on turbulence and short on stability recently. It’s in times like these that investors often seek out shelter in sound, conservative investments such as TIPS, or Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, U.S. government bonds that go up and down in value to keep pace with inflation. Peace of mind has been a luxury of late.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks for the Long Run</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/06/21/stocks-for-the-long-run/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/06/21/stocks-for-the-long-run/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The market’s message is mixed. A gloomy winter gave way to an early spring rally. A number of pundits say the economy has begun to put the brakes on its slide.  
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		<title>A Good Time to Break Into Banks?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/05/01/a-good-time-to-break-into-banks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/05/01/a-good-time-to-break-into-banks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 20:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ariel Investments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Bank stocks, anyone? We can hear you shuddering. The financial services industry has easily been this bear market’s most reviled and unloved sector. Some of its former giants are now shrunken, cracked shells of the powers they once were.  
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		<title>Add Punch to Your Portfolio</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/04/01/add-punch-to-your-portfolio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/04/01/add-punch-to-your-portfolio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you recall your mother’s advice about how a single piece of bad fruit doesn’t condemn everything in the produce department? That’s how former hedge fund executive Wayne P. Weddington III feels about Bernard Madoff and his alleged multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. ]]></description>
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		<title>Add Punch to Your Portfolio</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/04/01/add-punch-to-your-portfolio-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/04/01/add-punch-to-your-portfolio-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you recall your mother’s advice about how a single piece of bad fruit doesn’t condemn everything in the produce department? That’s how former hedge fund executive Wayne P. Weddington III feels about Bernard Madoff and his alleged multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.]]></description>
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		<title>The Energy Booster</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/03/01/the-energy-booster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/03/01/the-energy-booster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Perkins, an energy trader by profession, accomplished some unusual goals last year. His Houston firm, Small Ventures U.S.A., invests in commodity markets for a hedge fund; the firm’s transactional volume is in the billions. The niche he knows best is natural gas, a fossil fuel used to heat homes and to generate much of the nation’s electricity.]]></description>
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		<title>Not Easy Being Green</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/02/12/not-easy-being-green/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/02/12/not-easy-being-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like virtually every investment tied to the stock market, so-called green mutual funds saw red in 2008. For many investors, simple economic survival this year will eclipse all urges to save the Earth. Still, in 2009, there is some hope that things will improve for conservation-minded investors.
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		<title>Field of Dreams</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/02/01/field-of-dreams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Far from the NFL gridiron of his past, Eugene Profit still outsmarts—and outhustles—his competitors.
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		<title>Industrial Revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/01/01/industrial-revolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Darwin might have found something to like about today’s industrials. That’s because the most nimble of these companies—whether in manufacturing, mining, or agriculture—have ways to cope and even thrive under the current economic conditions, says Morningstar analyst Daniel Holland.  
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Overlook The Financial Sector</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/06/01/dont-overlook-the-financial-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/06/01/dont-overlook-the-financial-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Some might think he's kidding, but Fred Cummings says investors shouldn't summarily dismiss banking stocks. Though it currently seems like one of the worst sectors and a most inopportune time, Cummings believes there are golden opportunities to be found -- particularly among select small and midsize banks.
It's an area that he knows quite well. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trend Spotter</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/05/01/trend-spotter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The current anxiety many investors feel isn't surprising. While they'd like to hear, "Come on in, the water's fine," market watchers seem to be saying anything but. Investment adviser Graceful Grady, founder of Grady Financial, a wealth management firm in suburban Atlanta, looks for opportunities that may have been punished but that show some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recession-Proof Investing</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/04/01/recession-proof-investing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Portfolio managers are human too. They feel pressures. They worry about results. So when there’s a sense that the country is on the path to a recession, they move rapidly to make adjustments and protect their positions. Over the past 16 months, Monica Walker, president and chief investment officer of equity at Chicago’s Holland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Bull In China?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/04/01/a-bull-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ You just cannot ignore the trail China has been blazing in recent years. We’ve all had more than ample opportunity to gawk at the impressive numbers put up by stocks in the nation’s Shanghai composite index—up 97% in 2007, and 130% the year prior.
A huge nation with 1.3 billion people (20% of the world’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bright Spots In A Tough Market</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/03/01/bright-spots-in-a-tough-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Don't call it a comeback, but technology stocks were a standout in 2007. Consider that the tech-laden NASDAQ composite index closed the year up 9.8%, its best finish in four years. This well outpaced the S&#38;P 500, which rose just 3.5%. And in the eyes of Eugene Profit-who oversees some $1.4 billion in assets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Earnings</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/02/01/beyond-earnings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ From all outward signs, what we can expect from the stock market in the months ahead may be disconcerting to investors. Case in point: The S&#38;P 500's 4% drop in November was the worst monthly showing since 2002. Prognosticators foresee a bear market, and experts say worries over credit markets and a rapid drop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money In The Middle</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/01/01/money-in-the-middle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Stock markets and families may have more in common than meets the eye. In both cases, the biggest and smallest members get the most attention, while those in the middle can often go unnoticed. So it was in 2007, a year when shares of the largest and smallest companies generated much of the news. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get the RightMix</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/01/01/get-the-rightmix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ "It’s time for a change." As the calendar turns to 2008, it’s more than likely that you’ve made such an assertion—whether it’s about your diet, job, or even relationships. But you might want to add your finances to the list. Now is the perfect time to perform an annual portfolio checkup to determine whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2007/12/01/real-opportunities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Problems in the real estate market may make you want to run for the hills, but there are still some investment opportunities to be found. According to Arthur Oduma, a senior equity analyst with Morningstar, the Chicago-based fund research group, investors may want to look at real estate investment trusts, or REITs. He suggests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power Up!</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2007/11/01/power-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Forget the legacy of Enron and the shadow that it cast over utilities and corporate America as a whole. Today, utilities have managed to return to their more conservative, buttoned-down ways-and that's benefited their stocks, says Joe Sterling, a portfolio manager for the investment firm American Century. Sterling specializes in the sector that includes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time For Bonds?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2007/10/01/time-for-bonds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Once in a while the stock market sends investors a jolt to remind the financial world that bonds, too, make good investments. One clear signal that investment portfolios need balance came in July, when for one brief moment, the Dow closed above 14,000 only to bounce around in a series of dramatic point swings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Explorer</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2007/09/01/world-explorer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Dow crosses 14,000." "Nasdaq hits six-year high." Lately it would be hard to say that the headlines from Wall Street could look much better, so why would you look abroad for investments? Well, the numbers tell the story. Over time, stock markets outside of the U.S. have done quite well and, in some instances, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Standouts</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2007/08/01/a-few-standouts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Will they or won't they? The ongoing speculation of whether the Fed will cut interest rates later this year has helped fuel recent market volatility. But the likelihood of such a cut seems to have dimmed, and that's cast a shadow on several sectors. It's also made the job of Standard &#38; Poor's senior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware Of Deceptive Financial Advisers</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2006/12/01/beware-of-deceptive-financial-advisers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ There's good reason to check out a financial planner before you sign on for his or her services. In fact, Melanie Senter Lubin can point to a few hundred of them.
Lubin, a commissioner in the securities division for the Maryland attorney general's office, which investigates financial and securities firms accused of fraud and regulates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Squeeze Play</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2005/06/01/squeeze-play/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It is nothing less than the hot-button labor issue of our times. The unions have howled about it for years, and the press chimes in regularly with bushels of bad news on the topic. Last year, the story elbowed its way into the presidential debates and became one of the thornier issues in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Large</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2005/03/01/getting-large/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ With interest rate hikes scaring money out of the stock market, consumer spending rising, and fuel costs climbing, you couldn't ask for a better backdrop for large-cap value funds. The reason: Large company shares and cheaper priced, or value, stocks tend to hold their worth better in uncertain stock markets. Also, well-established companies often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Cure For Health Concerns Insurance</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/11/01/a-cure-for-health-concerns-insurance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ They're not like many thirty-somethings, but Vickie Seabon-Moore and her husband, Kenneth, saw the light three years ago when they decided to sign up for long-term care insurance. They signed up shortly after Seabon-Moore's mother died, after seeing her illness drain her resources and then pose a problem for her children.
In 1999, Seabon-Moore's mother [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inn Vogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It's only dawn, but Monique Greenwood and her husband, Glenn Pogue, are already up and at it. In the hours ahead, Greenwood will nurse someone's sunburn, cook breakfast for 10, and spread out refreshments for the same horde a few hours later. Pogue changes beds, tidies up around the house, and offers up tour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delightful Dividends</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/11/01/delightful-dividends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This past summer, Alan Greenspan set off a rise in interest rates that many experts believe is only the start of a steady increase. If you are invested in stocks and equity mutual funds, this could well signal a period of low or no returns since higher rates generally lure investors out of stocks.
Historically, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Caps, Big Value</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Henry O. Jackson's minority-owned firm, Banneker Capital Management, is right where he wants it to be. The newly minted asset management firm in Owings Mills, Maryland, opened its doors in early 2003 and invests in small and mid-cap growth companies with a stock market value between $100 million and $4 billion. From March 20 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Ways To Change Your Financial Life</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/06/01/8-ways-to-change-your-financial-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ These are tough times for the sort of scrimping and saving required to boost net worth. Wealth building during the '90s stock market gave way to a cruel bear run just ending in 2003. And some experts say the situation might degenerate again after 2004 if the real estate rocket runs out of fuel.
Taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Build Your Portfolio</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In the face of it, the markets seem to be swirling, murky, and uncharted waters. Tides rise and fall; fortunes are made and are lost. Dangers -- icebergs, sharks, and typhoons -- lurk about ready to wreck your investment boat and send your savings to the bottom of the sea.
Once you grasp the basics, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Toward Expansion</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/03/01/looking-toward-expansion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ There are indications that the current administration's economic policies have finally begun to lift the economy, at least for the short-term. One of the most severe bear markets ever is starting to fade into a memory.
Chicago money manager Barbara L. Bowles has taken notice and, after surveying a host of factors, she expects the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Elation!</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/02/01/asian-elation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ If stock markets along the Pacific Coast of Asia are any indication, the region's economies have come back from their mid-90s demise with a vengeance. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index measuring that region's stocks was up 30% by mid-October. Stock markets in Indonesia, Malaysia, and India were up 51%, 63%, and 21%, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding The Middle Ground</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2004/01/01/finding-the-middle-ground/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2004 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A fair number of market experts will tell you that middle-sized companies offer a unique opportunity under most market conditions. For one, they often go under-appreciated by large brokerage firms until they report dazzling profit news. This means that a well-run mid-cap is often poised for the same potential for large gains that investors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Back On The Bull</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2003/11/01/getting-back-on-the-bull/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This year has provided a lot of encouragement for investors. A bull market hoofed its way through all the major stock indexes, boosting the Standard &#38; Poor's 500 and the Dow Industrials some 12% or more by the end of August, and treating Nasdaq investors to a gain of more than 30%. The good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biotech Balance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ There is a peculiar split down the middle of the health sciences industry. On one side, there are stalwart pharmaceutical companies, such as Merck and Pfizer, which put out blockbuster medications and earn billions of dollars a year. On the other side are upstart biotechnology outfits that are discovering new treatments on the frontier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pick Of The Pack</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Standard &#38; Poor's analyst Robert McMillan preaches that a slow economic stretch for an industry does not ruin every company within it. Although the two industries on his watch -- brokerage companies and consumer credit firms -- are taking divergent paths, McMillan has found investments among the 30 companies he tracks in both industries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profit From Flexibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Convertible bonds were made for times like these. They are a hybrid investment, combining features from both bonds and stocks, which can bolster portfolios in uncertain times. Essentially, convertibles are fixed-income investments that companies issue, which offer the comforting income of a bond, but can also be exchanged for shares of company stock should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Large And Small In The Mix</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ At mid-year 2003, investors were at a crossroads. The market's strong spring seemed to have bulls ready to sharpen their horns for a new run upward, while weak economic signals had bears licking their chops. Dawn Alston Paige, portfolio manager for Piedmont Investment Advisors in North Carolina, took a position between the two extremes.
"Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Find Jewels In Junk</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Bond fund investors have been worrying about two things recently: interest rates and the economy. If the Federal Reserve starts lifting rates, which have sunk to rock bottom levels, it could hammer interest-sensitive government bond funds. And if the economy tanks, it could cause worries about corporations and their ability to pay off their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rely On The Revisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Does a 22% surge in the Standard &#38; Poor's 500 during the first part of 2003 signal that all is clear and stocks are ready to roll? Or is the recent climb only a false alarm?
Trevon Hunt, an advisor at Zacks Investment Research, a Chicago stock market firm, says the answer lies in being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short And Sweet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The past three years have proven that investors, young and old, need to have a stake in bonds. While a stalled economy has put a damper on stocks since 2000, the Federal Reserve's efforts to spark a recovery have given a boost to bond fund investors. Portfolios made up of short-term government obligations, such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slick Profits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ We've had a cold, miserable winter. The Middle East is in turmoil, and the price of oil and gas is up. It all adds up to making it a great time for mutual funds invested in oil and natural gas shares.
In short, 2002 was a banner year for the natural resources fund category because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Searching For A Pure Portfolio</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Portfolio manager Drake J. Craig senses the presence of a rebound, but he's not taking chances. Craig, who is part of a team that invests $55 million for ALIC Investment Advisors, a subsidiary of Atlanta Life Financial Group (No. 3 on the BE INSURANCE COMPANIES list with $98.7 million in assets), is a growth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contrary To Popular Opinion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Houston money manager Hamilton Lewis doesn't necessarily advocate going with the crowd. Instead, he prefers to see what the majority of investors are doing and then to take an opposite tactic. The 19-year veteran of the markets, who started as a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch and later launched his own firm, Hamilton Lewis Capital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reviewing 22 Stocks From 2002</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ At the beginning of 2002, BLACK ENTERPRISE sifted through large and small companies and chose two groups of stocks we hoped would weather the effects of a sagging economy. We tailored one portfolio to include value stocks, shares with bargain prices relative to the market that also paid sizeable dividends to investors to cushion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overseas Earnings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In 2002, it seemed as though investors couldn't find a safe spot on Earth to invest their money. By Dec. 11, the Standard &#38; Poor's 500 index was down more than 20% for the year. The developed world's index, Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (MSCI), however, was off a similar amount, posting a 19.9% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Linchpin For Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Over the last two years, the growth economy of the '90s has been replaced by a bear market that has gnashed its way through stocks and left investors reeling. Enthusiasm for the equity markets has slowed and company profits are sluggish at best.
Through it all, institutional portfolio manager Derek Batts' view of stocks has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Precious Portfolio</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Historically, gold has been a safe, solid shelter for investors the world over. During times of war when inflation roars out of control, or anytime stock markets are shaken to their core, investors typically turn to the shiny metal. The reason? When economies are unsteady, currencies and stocks tend to lose value. But whenever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charting A Course</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Whether the economy is on its way up or down, at the end of the day, theres only one thing that matters for money manager Terry Bedford: a stocks price. When it comes to markets, perception is always more important than reality, he says. What people actually think about the economy tends to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perfect Chemistry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Professionals know that different industries take turns shining in the stock market. And right now, with signs of a possible economic recovery beginning to sprout, Deutsche Bank Securities Vice President John Moten says it's time for chemical company stocks to make a move.
Moten, based in New York City, has worked in the securities industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Power To You</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ There was a time when investors could lean on utility stocks -- and mutual funds that focus on the sector -- to weather rough markets. Electric, gas, and telephone companies were reliable. They grew profits slowly, but surely, retaining their value through thick and thin. Not only that, but they treated investors to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Management Gives You The Edge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ One of the rare African American hedge fund managers, Bill Thomason says he likes to assess company management face-to-face before committing a cent of his money. Thomason, head of Thomason Capital Management in Oakland, California, says it's even more important to gauge the mind-set of CEOs, particularly in light of the accounting and management [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long-Term Bunker</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Louis A. Holland is hunkering down. The 34-year money management veteran feels a volatile and overvalued stock market is in for even more pain. "Markets tend to go through three phases -- love, hate, and indifference," he notes. "Right now I think we've passed into the hate stage and could have some more to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comparison Shopping</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Growth investors obsess over the future. They talk constantly of profit predictions, and they plot and chart company revenues from 12 months to three years in advance.
But that's just half the picture, says William Young, president of Buford, Dickson, Harper &#38; Sparrow Inc., a $50 million institutional money management firm that invests pension funds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Green Season Is Ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Isaac H. Green says there are changes going on in the stock market. After all, every phase of life has its season; the ups and downs of company shares suggest that they do too.
Green, who handles $160 million in institutional money as president and CEO of his Durham, North Carolina firm, Piedmont Investment Advisors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South American Treasure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ If you've been keeping track of the headlines, you might be surprised to find just how well mutual fund investing in Latin America has done lately. Remember in 2001 when there was news that Argentina's currency was melting down, dragging that nation's economy with it, and sending a good number of citizens out in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Big Picture Portfolio</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Wall Street likes a good story. In fact, many money managers say there's a tale behind any stock that has climbed over a long period. Comerica Bank's Perry Cabean says the trick is to identify those stories and jump in before a stock takes off. A money manager who helps supervise $18 billion in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bargains Galore</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/06/01/bargains-galore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It's not enough that value investing is suddenly in vogue. Howard Morris, a 15-year veteran of the money management business, still takes a "play-it-safe" approach to picking stocks. "We're looking for companies that are trading at a 40% discount to what we feel they're worth," says Morris. "If we buy stock below a company's [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look to Asia for Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ If you've read the newspapers or looked at broadcast news lately, you might not think Asia is a great place to invest. Think again. Yes, the Japanese economy remains in recession. And true enough, the region's economies -- including South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, and others -- took a bath in 1998 when "the Asian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Offense Is A Good Defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Value investors often shine when the market is gloomy. Case in point: Randall R. Eley, a portfolio chief who manages over $1.5 billion for institutional clients such as the city of Detroit and Northrup Grumman for The Edgar Lomax Co. in Springfield, Virginia. At the onset of 2002--a time when Enron and a sluggish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second Times A Charm</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ We got it wrong. We thought December 2000 was a good time to jump into mid-cap growth funds. That wasn't the case, although it looks to be true now.
Our thinking at the time was this: Funds investing in the growth stocks of mid-range companies had done well during 1999 when they returned an average [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Betting On Biotechnology</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ If you're looking over mutual funds that focus on biotechnology stocks, you may find yourself in a quandary. On the one hand, the industry is loaded with potential, having dazzled the stock market in 2000. On the other hand, biotech stocks had a rough 2001. So what comes next?
There's no arguing the medical and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food For Thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It happens whenever the economy sputters. Wall Street develops an appetite for food stocks the minute bad news crops up. Once there's talk that a recession is coming, shares of companies like General Mills (NYSE: GIS), Kellogg (NYSE: K), or even Wrigley (NYSE: WWY) start to climb. And sure enough, funds that have large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>22 Stocks For 2002</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2002/01/01/22-stocks-for-2002/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ When it comes to buying stocks, the worst of times are often the best of times. When circumstances look the darkest, the wisest investors start to stir on the sidelines. They look for sustained drops, the type of grueling periods during which many folks choose to exit the markets, and then jump. They swoop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Should Bank On It</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2002 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Money manager Raymond C. Stewart says that bank stocks are in for a boom. Stewart's firm, Briarcliff Manor, New York-based RASARA Strategies Inc., manages $160 million in assets for institutional investors--money he invests in his specialty, bank stocks and financial services companies. He has covered banking for more than 20 years, starting as an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Intrigue</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2001/12/01/international-intrigue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2001 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Make no mistake: Even in the aftermath of the September 11 attack on the United States, this is no time to shun investing overseas. But you must be careful. The portfolio managers of a lot of international funds were having their share of troubles over the last couple of years, even after the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money In The Banks</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2001/11/01/money-in-the-banks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2001 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ There's nothing like rate cuts to wake up bank stocks. So imagine how happy investors in financial mutual funds were while the Federal Reserve sliced away at interest rates in 2001.
Here's why: Low rates help bank stocks because the rates make it easier for financial companies to boost profits. First, a decrease in rates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Sense Of Stocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2000 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Forget bonds, money markets, or CDs. These days, when people talk about investing, they mean stocks. Mind you, we'll spend much of this book telling you why it's good to balance a portfolio with those other items-bonds, money market funds, etc. All the same, there's no getting around the fact that over time, owning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shooting Stocks</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1999/09/01/shooting-stocks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 1999 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ As far as investing styles go, growth has been the most popular choice since 1995. In fact, growth stock pickers-the portfolio managers who scout the market for companies with rising profits and sales-couldn't have asked for a better economic backdrop than the latter half of the '90s. A booming economy kept corporate earnings, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holding out for growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 1999 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A strange thing happened to growth stocks this spring. Shares of companies that had been burning up the market-Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) and Merck (NYSE: MRK), to name a couple-stalled. In their place, it seemed that an unlikely cast of chemical companies, basic materials makers and retailers had stood up to take their turn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revenge Of The Value Investors</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1999/08/01/revenge-of-the-value-investors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 1999 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Imagine the high school chess whiz tripping up the football team's brawny captain. Or picture the conservative, buttoned-down accountant winning the girl over the burly motorcycle mechanic. You'd need to conjure up images of just that sort of "revenge of the nerds" scenario to understand just how value investors felt this past spring. After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A stock market report card</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1999/08/01/a-stock-market-report-card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 1999 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The fickle fortunes of technology companies are enough to confound even the most patient shareholders. One minute a technological breakthrough is making investors rich; the next day the same stock smolders in ruins.
One way to tell if a high-flying tech company is set to soar even higher or is headed for a crash landing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Well By Doing Good</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1999/07/01/doing-well-by-doing-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 1999 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Think socially responsible investing is for do-gooders who are willing to settle for lackluster returns? Don't tell that to Robert Cotten, a 51-year-old retiree whose portfolio of stocks and mutual funds was large enough to let him quit work a few years ago. Cotten, a former assistant general counsel for Hughes Electronics Corp. in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing or not?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 1999 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ We hear so much about earnings growth these days, you'd think we'd have it down pat by now, right? After all, it's pretty straightforward-a company that's showing an increase in profits from one year to the next is growing. And if those increases happen to be 10% or more, then you've quite possibly got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scavenger hunt</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1999/06/01/scavenger-hunt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 1999 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It's Dawn Alston Paige's job to conduct a daily stock market scavenger hunt. Instead of buying shares in the Microsofts or Pfizers that have blazed in the market, her fund, the Loomis Sayles Midcap Value Fund (800-633-3330), sticks to companies with a market cap between $1 billion and $5 billion (a figure calculated by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Global</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1999/05/01/going-global/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 1999 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ These days, it seems that you need a strong constitution, a bottle of aspirin and maybe even some hex-breaking abilities to invest overseas. Anywhere you look around the globe-whether across the Atlantic, the Pacific or in the Caribbean Basin-it seems some country is wrestling with economic woes. One day, Brazil devalues its currency. Twenty-four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A ROCKY CLIMB</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1999/04/01/a-rocky-climb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 1999 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Mutual fund investors couldn't help but be dazzled by a Houdini of a stock market in 1998. It was, after all, a year of high-wire drama, frightening falls, harrowing escapes, and, to cap things off, a happy ending. Yes, the Standard &#38; Poor's 500 did manage to end the year up 27%, but there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cashing in on TECH STOCKS</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1999/03/01/cashing-in-on-tech-stocks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 1999 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Audray McMillian has become wired into tech stocks. After watching share prices for myriad issues soar to phenomenal highs, he just couldn't resist expanding his holdings in these companies. "Tech shares offer some of the best opportunities around," he asserts. "You can only imagine that there are millions of e-mails sent every day, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sure &amp; Steady Securities</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1999/02/01/sure-steady-securities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 1999 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ For Iris Atkinson-Kirkland, municipal bonds not only represent a security blanket but also a great way to earn a considerable return. A conservative investor by nature, the 48-year-old accountant has always sought a safe haven-especially during unpredictable times.
That's the primary reason she's put roughly 45% of her $150,000 portfolio in municipal, or muni, bond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3Winning Portfolios</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1999/01/01/3winning-portfolios/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 1999 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Dear Mr. or Ms. Overachiever, you with the tower of resolutions so high you'll probably never get to half of them in the next 365 days. If nothing else, be sure to squeeze one thing into the beginning of the list: look over your investments and make a plan for the year. 
 Investment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Follow the leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1999/01/01/follow-the-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 1999 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ As a strategy, it can be summed up in one word: tailgating. Portfolio manager Russell Ewing says the way to make the most money in the stock market is not to second-guess investing's greatest minds. Instead, why not find out just who's making the best investments and then mimic their moves? 
 All told, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look out!</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1999/01/01/look-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 1999 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  We'd all have to agree that a sure, dependable source for the lowdown on the stock market is invaluable, especially with things as rough and tumble as they have been, right? Well, one place you might look to get up-to-date info is the Outlook, a weekly newsletter put out by Standard &#38; Poor's, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investing from scratch</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1998/12/01/investing-from-scratch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 1998 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Excuses, Excuses, Excuses. When it comes to getting into the stockman, there always seems to be a hurdle or two in the way. Maybe you think it takes too much money to get started, say a lump sum on the order of $10,000. If not that, perhaps you're under the impression can with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The power of diversification</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1998/12/01/the-power-of-diversification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 1998 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The portfolio: There's a good reason why investment pros keep harping on diversification: safety. Take Hamilton Lewis Private Screening portfolio from December 1997. Over the past year, while the market buffeted tech stocks and healthcare issues like the ones Lewis (888-373-2082) chose, the Houston money manager finished the year up 14% thanks to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low expectations&#8211;big gain</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1998/12/01/low-expectations-big-gain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 1998 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Growth, growth and more growth. It seems that everywhere you turn, there are mutual funds and investment advisors telling you to aim high and reach even higher. So how's this for a bit of contrary stock market advice: keep your expectations low and you'll make out well in the end.
Those seemingly paradoxical words are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Year-End Run For Mutual Funds</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1998/11/01/a-year-end-run-for-mutual-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 1998 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Conventional wisdom says that investing money in a stock mutual fund late in the year is about as appropriate as prancing about in shorts and sandals around November 30. And for good reason: late in the year mutual funds pass on their tax burdens to unsuspecting investors like you and me, whether you got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turtle power</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1998/11/01/turtle-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 1998 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Talk about getting paid for going out on a limb. In Private Screening last November, Eric McKissack, one of the portfolio managers of the Ariel Appreciation Fund, reached beyond some of the oft repeated picks--Cisco Systems, Gillette, and Microsoft-to gather up a scrappy bunch of companies that Wall Street doesn't focus on as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safety first</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1998/11/01/safety-first/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 1998 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ What's the difference between the stock market and a pleasure cruise? After a long stretch of fantastic sailing, the cruise ship passengers aren't wondering if it'll soon be time to jump overboard.
They may be an easy target for jokes, but nervous investors are no laughing matter to portfolio managers. With shareholders at times a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking an Investment Advisor</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1998/11/01/seeking-an-investment-advisor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 1998 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Talk about a change of heart. Not so long ago, Dawn and Scott Jackson wondered what good could ever come of seeking help with their finances: it was a waste of time. In fact, the Jacksons felt that a financial planner would only bully, patronize and even lead them astray. Rather than deal with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Screening for Investment Gold</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1998/10/01/screening-for-investment-gold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Investors, behold. HERE, in the guise of a simple software package, is your miracle. For expert and novice alike, it's something akin to the tablets delivered on Mount Sinai and the gift of fire rolled into one: the stock screen.
Sound like hype? Don't laugh. Stock screening programs, readily available in a variety of places [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Survive In A Volatile Stock Market</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1998/10/01/how-to-survive-in-a-volatile-stock-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ For investors young and old, experienced or green, it's head-scratching time. And what's got us all puzzled comes to this: how can the market keep defying all the rules, and all the pundits and all the experts who say things can't go much higher?
Talk about a surge of almost mythic proportions. Look at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knights Of The Roundtable</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/1998/10/01/knights-of-the-roundtable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  They came. They foresaw. And, by and large, they conquered. Last year, BE gathered up 13 stock picks from four panelists on our investment roundtable. How well did they do? The answer: fairly well--a 10.9% gain dating from July 18 of last year. Of our panelists, Rob Lamb led the pack, with a [...]]]></description>
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