Dealing With Those Alpha Types (and Winning)

Dealing With Those Alpha Types (and Winning)

Do you compulsively change lanes when driving?
Do you clock yourself when you jog?
Do you always have to be right?
When colleagues, friends or even your children say someone else’s mistake made them miss a goal, do you accuse them of whining — even if you are the “someone else”?

Then you may be an ALPHA.

Learn how to use your ALPHA type personality to lead your team to victory and grow your business.

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UITs regain popularity ... this time with stocks, not munis

UITs regain popularity ... this time with stocks, not munis

UITs Get New Life As Equity VehiclesUnit investment trusts, once a popular method of holding municipal bonds, are gaining popularity as an investment style for equity holdings. UITs, which have a fixed expiration date, now are often used to try and beat a particular index.

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UITs regain popularity ... this time with stocks, not munis

UITs regain popularity ... this time with stocks, not munis

UITs Get New Life As Equity VehiclesUnit investment trusts, once a popular method of holding municipal bonds, are gaining popularity as an investment style for equity holdings. UITs, which have a fixed expiration date, now are often used to try and beat a particular index.

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Islamic bonds don't pay interest, but attract Western investors

Islamic bonds don't pay interest, but attract Western investors

The value of bonds that comply with Islamic law, known as sukuk, has more than doubled in the past year to $4.6 billion, as U.S. and European investors flock to the investment style. Western investment banks are working to become more familiar with the rules of sukuk, which forbid the paying of interest.

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Islamic bonds don't pay interest, but attract Western investors

Islamic bonds don't pay interest, but attract Western investors

The value of bonds that comply with Islamic law, known as sukuk, has more than doubled in the past year to $4.6 billion, as U.S. and European investors flock to the investment style. Western investment banks are working to become more familiar with the rules of sukuk, which forbid the paying of interest.

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Rethinking the retirement nest egg.

Rethinking the retirement nest egg:
When enough for someone else isn't enough for you

The typical methods of calculating how much savings someone will need for retirement is flawed, according to Jack Vanderhei, a fellow at Employment Benefit Research Institute. Vanderhei is promoting a new methodology that emphasizes individual health and spending habits.

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`Blank Check' IPOs Alarm NASD

`Blank Check' IPOs Alarm NASD

Amid Resurgence of Unnamed Deals type of initial public offering that vanished in the 1990s in a wave of scandals is making a comeback, and regulators say they are concerned investors may be defrauded again. NASD, which polices more than 5,000 U.S. brokerage firms, says it is investigating the resurgence of ``blank checks'' -- shell companies that raise money in public markets without saying what they will spend it on.

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Boiler room "cockroaches" continue to prey on elderly

Boiler room "cockroaches" continue to prey on elderly

The securities industry and regulators have had little success in stopping "the cockroaches of the investment business" -- the boiler room con-artists that specialize in fleecing the elderly, according to Registered Rep. magazine. The crooks are getting smarter, enforcement officials are short-handed and investor education has failed to teach people of the dangers.

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Stocks to Ride the Demographic Tide

Stocks to Ride the Demographic Tide

As the U.S. approaches the 300 million population mark, here are five stocks that should see benefits from our swelling ranks

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Incoming NASD chief working to shield boomers from scams

Incoming NASD chief working to shield boomers from scams

Pitching unregistered securities and annuities, scam artists are snatching up portions of unsuspecting seniors' retirement savings, but incoming NASD chief Mary Schapiro is working to shield the aging from such scams. The promise of a free dinner and social interaction is often used to lure seniors into fraudulent investment schemes.

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Secrets of Online Business Success

Secrets of Online Business Success

Here's what you should know if you are moving your brick-and-mortar to the Web or building a Web-only business.

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