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The Bare Essentials

At its heart, stock investing is about owning a piece of a business whose potential you believe in. While that sounds like a no-brainer, many investors have lost sight of that fundamental truth, says Douglas Coe, managing partner and chief investment strategist at Moody Reid Financial Advisors in Kansas City, Missouri. As Coe sees it, the process of picking stocks for your portfolio shouldn’t be any more complicated than buying into solid businesses. “I think about owning companies, not stocks,” says Coe.

The $800 Billion Question: Will Foreign Creditors Continue to Finance U.S. Debt?
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The $800 Billion Question: Will Foreign Creditors Continue to Finance U.S. Debt?

I’ve been laying awake at night worrying about our credit status. I’m not talking about my own ability to borrow. I mean, ours—all of us— President Obama’s, mine, yours, our children, the whole country. With all the talk of the Obama administration’s coming stimulus package, there’s been very little discussion of how, exactly, we’re going to pay for the $800 billion program.

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Friendpreneurs: How to Find Success, Preserve Relationships

Going into business with a friend can be a risky endeavor. "There is a risk of meshing the business with friends, as now a dispute or difference of opinion not only affects the business relationship, it affects the friendship," says business consultant Michael D. Brown, author of Fresh Customer Service (Acanthus Publishing; 2008) and CEO of the Michael D. Brown Co. "If not handled properly you can diminish and/or loose both the friendship and the business."

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