Investigations into mutual fund misdeeds have multiplied since we addressed the issue in September. The funds we recommend have not been implicated nor do we expect that they will be. However, more than a dozen fund families that market conventional open-end mutual funds have now joined the list of alleged participants in improper trading practices. […]
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We have long implored investors to do their best to ignore the hodgepodge of investment advice that saturates the modern media, and instead consider the scientific approach to investing. Below we outline the history of this science, which is rapidly gaining favor with both institutional and individual investors. In particular we hope our readers will
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President Bush has proposed legislation that would eliminate the taxation of dividend income for individual owners of common stocks. We do not recommend that investors take any action at this point in anticipation what Congress might approve. Many aspects of the proposal have already been altered. Whatever new law survives the legislative process will very
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