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First, the good news. The stock market crash of 2008 lasted through March 9, 2009, but things improved rapidly after that. From March through July of last year, Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index gained 35.62%, enjoying its best five-month run since 1938. For the entire year, the average U.S. stock fund returned about 33%, and virtually every category of mutual fund tracked by Morningstar wound up with positive results.
Never have the choices been wider. Never have the stakes for 21st-century America been higher. The 2008 presidential campaign has already made history in terms of its diverse slate of...
Soaring to higher heights! Honor this year's 132 Black scholars with the Executive Leadership Council.
Massive cuts and layoffs continue but as companies restructure, opportunities for job seekers will increase. Do you have what these organizations are looking for?
Rewards-based crowdfunding has taken off in the last couple of years. A number of campaigns have reached million dollar goals. Pebble Time, a smartwatch that manages calls and e-mails as well as tracks one’s steps and sleep patterns, raised more than $20 million on Kickstarter with nearly 80,000 backers. Named after Martin Luther King Jr., the King Chapel on the campus of Morehouse College raised more than $5 million on IndieGoGo to help restore the building. It’s often the viral nature of a crowdfunding campaign that leads to such success.
