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mergers of, 221–22

  momentum investing and, 209–16, 218, 294, 301–3

  one-stop shopping for, 164

  quarterly reports, 163–64

  ranking services, 220–22

  TIPS trading by, 383

  value funds, 23, 176, 203–16

  See also fund managers

  Nasdaq, 17, 30, 50, 86, 209, 250, 295, 324, 364

  crack and implosion of, 308, 317, 338

  extreme climbs and losses, 28, 283, 324, 325

  peak in March 2000, xx, 318

  percentage gain in 2003, 387

  National Association of Securities Dealers, 347, 352

  National Bureau of Economic Research, 362

  National Center for Employee Ownership, 135, 136

  National Medical Enterprises, 126

  National Presto Industries, 43

  natural resources, 372–75, 377, 396

  NBC, 67. See also CNBC

  NBC News, 67

  Neff, John, 187

  nest eggs. See savings

  Netscape Communications, 97, 100–101

  Neuberger & Berman, 312

  Neuhausen, Benjamin, 135

  Neumann, John von, 379

  New Economy, 87–88, 239–65, 279, 280, 330

  flaw in theory of, 258

  media on, 167, 254

  myths of, 32

  success symbols of, 18

  technology and, 25

  thinness of, 256

  Newsweek, 22, 166, 170, 171, 200, 263

  New York City Teacher’s Retirement Fund, 110

  New Yorker, 37, 91, 241

  New York Post, 11, 299

  New York Stock Exchange, 30, 352, 405n.33

  advance/decline ratio, 192, 315

  Clinton and, 248–49

  CNBC broadcasts from, 153, 155

  crash of 1987 and, 66

  New York Stock Exchange

  on individual investor numbers, 58, 107

  1960s market and, 37, 40

  shares trading record, 47

  short selling and, 54

  stock highs, 11–12

  top-performing stock, 243

  Yippie protests at, 37

  New York Times, xix, xx, 20, 41, 61, 63, 162, 164, 181, 183–84, 256, 293, 298, 346, 413n.21

  blue-chip favorites, 210

  on Dow’s 10,000 high, 300–301

  financial reporting, 169

  “Nifty Fifty” stocks, 40–43, 45, 210, 224, 234, 302, 327, 354

  in late 1990s, 302–3, 305, 406n.18

  Nikkei, 215, 263, 355

  Nixon, Richard, 88, 89, 155, 390

  Noble, George, 272–73

  Nocera, Joseph, 66, 414–15n.35

  Norris, Floyd, 183–84, 343–44

  Norton, Leslie P., 443n.27

  Now (PBS series), 352

  NYSE. See New York Stock Exchange

  Oakes, Brian, 200

  Oakmark Equity & Income Fund, 22–23, 215, 217

  Objectivist Newsletter, 90

  Odyssey Partners, 283

  oil consumption, 374

  oil investments, 45, 354, 355, 374, 375, 396

  oil prices, 316, 373

  oil wealth, 372

  older investors, 334

  Old Money vs. New Money, 43, 381–82 “One-Decision” stocks, 41, 302

  O’Neill, Paul, 14–15

  one-time expenses, 273–75, 479

  online trading, 18–19, 21, 182, 257, 295, 338

  OPEC, 316, 373

  operating earnings, 257–58, 273–75, 363

  Oppenheimer. See CIBC Oppenheimer options market, 282–83

  Oracle, 28, 205, 210, 281

  nonexercised stock options, 145, 277, 428n.42

  stock performance, 259

  Orange County (Calif.) bankruptcy, 20

  overvaluation, xx–xxi, 13, 55, 62, 171–72, 262

  bear market beginnings and, 326

  Blodget’s concerns about, xxi, 347, 350

  crash of 1987 and, 67, 69, 71

  Dudack’s concerns about, 305, 306–7

  Greenspan’s concerns about, 92, 247, 248

  Internet stocks and, xxi, 26, 297

  late 1998 market and, 287, 303

  momentum and, 202, 203–16, 234, 235, 244, 307

  share buybacks and, 133

  2004 bubble potential and, 389

  Oxford Health, 270

  Pacific Tel, 112

  PaineWebber, 71, 73, 74

  Kerschner and, 96, 120, 305, 313

  Warburg merger, 312–13

  Parker, Richard, 435n.53

  Pascal, Blaise, 212

  Pauli, Wolfgang, 165

  PBGH Growth Fund, 205

  PBS, 30, 71, 304, 307–12

  PCS GP, 276

  Pearlstein, Steven, 270

  Pelican Fund, 113

  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., 110

  pension funds. See retirement plans People’s Market, 17–32, 49, 73

  PepsiCo, 145, 195, 428n.42

  P/E ratio. See price/earnings ratio Perry, Donald, 261

  Pfeiffer, Eckhard, 145, 428n.42

  Pfizer, 210, 277, 287, 302, 327, 387, 388

  Phelps Dodge, 206

  Philippines, 355, 377

  Phillips, Don, 15, 219, 220–21, 438n.30

  Phillips, Susan M., 255

  Picciotto, Robert, 62

  Piece of the Action, A (Nocera), 66, 414–15n.35

  Pilgrim, Gary, 205, 208–9

  Pimco, 119, 330, 371, 374, 377

  Piper Jaffray, 71

  Pitt, Harvey, 352

  Pittman, Bob, 199, 200, 201

  Pixelon, 288

  Polaroid, 41, 42, 210, 302

  popular wisdom. See conventional wisdom Porter, Barry, 320

  portfolio insurance, 68

  portfolio managers. See fund managers Postlewaithe, Jennifer, 105–6, 108, 114, 121, 337–39

  Powers, William, 168, 169

  Prechter, Robert, 369, 412n.9

  preferred stock, 381

  presidential election of 2004, 395, 396

  press. See media

  Preston, Michele, 98

  price/earnings ratio, 69, 70, 85, 191, 406n.18

  blue-chip favorites, 210

  earnings misrepresentation, 270

  emerging markets, 377

  large-cap stocks, 226

  as long-term returns guide, 363–64

  1990s “Nifty Fifty” and, 302–3

  projected 2004 earnings and, 389

  Priceline.com, 288

  prices

  commodities, 372–74

  deflation threat and, 260

  excess capacity and, 25, 258, 259, 261, 278

  See also inflation; stock prices

  Primerica, 125

  Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 146, 148

  probability vs. certainty, 283–85, 369

  Procket Networks, 321

  Procter & Gamble, 46, 195, 425n.24

  Prodigy, 194–95

  productivity, 32, 251, 254–65

  economist definition of, 255

  excess capacity, 258–62, 329

  overestimates of, 256–57

  profits

  AOL accounting and, 201, 202, 306

  deflation and, 260

  dividends and, 379, 380

  lowness of, 329, 362

  momentum funds and, 205

  operating earnings and, 273–74

  productivity and, 256–58

  “reported” earnings and, 145, 271–75, 280, 389

  stock option effects on, 276–79, 280, 343

  profit-sharing plans, 103

  Providian Financial, 26, 27, 178

  Prudent Bear Fund, 178

  Prudential, xviii, 8–12, 96, 291, 307

  Prudential Bache, 74

  Public Citizen, 147

  Putnam Investments, xx, 222, 223, 320

  put options, 279, 281–82

  Quantum, 280, 374–75

  quarterly earning
s reports, 163–65, 170, 274, 433n.32

  analysts’ raised estimates, 62, 206–7, 262

  buybacks and, 277

  Quattrone, Frank, 97–100, 325–26, 341

  Quayle, Matt, 161

  Quest, 28

  Quinn, Jane Bryant, 22

  Qwest, 319

  Radner, Gilda, 280

  Rand, Ayn, 90, 91

  randomness, 284

  rational market. See efficient market theory Raychem, 127

  Razzouk, William, 197–98, 199

  Reagan, Ronald, 91, 128, 155

  real assets investment, 354, 375, 376

  real estate investment, 31, 45, 116, 341, 354, 372, 376, 404–5n.33

  conventional wisdom on, 191

  drop in market, 116

  rise in value, 392–93

  stockholdings as greater than, 430–31n.5

  use value and, 376

  See also mortgage rates; REITs

  real interest rates, 410nn.12, 13

  “RealMoney” website, 184

  “real returns,” 395

  recession of 1990–91, 48, 73, 85, 86, 93, 95, 96, 116, 232, 409n.1

  recession of 2001, 326, 392

  Redback Networks, 321

  Red Hat, 107, 335

  Reebok International, 145, 428n.42

  Reed, John, 127

  Regan, Don, 39

  Reichardt, Carl, 429n.42

  REITs, 59, 381

  Rekenthaler, John, 226

  “Religion Stocks.” See “Nifty Fifty” stocks

  Republicans, 19, 91, 128, 131, 143, 333, 392–96, 418n.45

  research, 177–92

  Amazon.com price forecast and, 290

  brokerage deregulation effects on, 182

  independent, 71, 177–84, 189–91

  investment banking influence on, 10, 184

  long-term past performance and, 186

  mutual fund reports, 185–89

  shortcomings of brokerage, 182–84, 295, 345–46, 349–52

  short selling and, 55, 56, 178, 181

  tips vs., 189, 190

  as women’s Wall Street slot, 242

  See also analysts

  retail sector, 257

  retirement plans, 4, 51, 224

  baby boomer financial fears and, 117–18, 173, 211

  cautious stock 1982 investments for, 51

  dazzling growth of, 18

  federal insurance pool, 102

  individual investments as, 15, 18, 21, 23–24, 28, 31, 59, 103–4, 184–85, 334

  media how-to articles on, 119–20, 305

  Social Security safety net, 119, 265

  traditional pension vs. new model, 102–3, 109–11, 340

  unrealistic earnings assumptions for, 389

  worker-coverage percentages, 419n.6

  See also 401(k) plans; IRAs

  Rhea, Robert, 430n.3

  Richard Russell’s Dow Theory Letter, 3, 4, 7, 27, 63, 154–55, 182, 316, 370, 481n.3

  “sell” signal (1987), 63

  Richebächer, Kurt, 362, 380

  risk

  anxiety as motivator of, 116

  awareness of, 106, 384

  bear market management of, 366, 368–71

  buy-and-hold strategy and, 359–60

  Dow Theory and, 370

  faded fears of, 77, 329

  Federal Reserve intervention and, 92

  fund manager picks and, 188, 225–35

  market cycles and, 173–74

  probability-certainty confusion and, 283–85

  retirement saving and, 118–19

  returns and, 76

  small investors’ motivations for, 118, 211

  stock options and, 127

  stock vs. bonds, 423n.49

  TIPS as free from, 384

  for value investor, 213

  Rite Aid, 44, 280

  Rivlin, Alice, 248

  RJR Nabisco, 74

  Roach, Stephen, 244, 251, 263, 330

  Rogers, Jim, 374–75, 413n.18

  Rohatyn, Felix, 76

  Rolling Stone, 195

  Rosenberg, Joseph, 265

  Rubin, Robert, 82, 248–49, 376

  Rubino, Kathy, 289

  Rukeyser, Louis, 189, 307–12, 313, 341–42, 438n.30

  Rukeyser Report, 189 “rule of 72,” 381

  Russell, Richard, 35, 46–47, 163, 190, 371, 375

  alternative investments and, 396

  bear market and, 315, 316, 342, 365, 366, 370

  on compound interest, 381–82

  crash of 1987 warning, 63, 77

  Dow Theory and, 3, 4, 7, 27, 63, 182, 370

  on gold market, 377

  on long-term returns of 2003 stock purchases, 363–64

  on market feeding frenzy, 153–55, 171

  on mid-1990s bull market, 191–92, 228–29

  on 2004 new bubble, 388

  on wealthy investor’s approach, 381–82

  Russia, 357, 372, 377

  bond payment default, 282, 283, 284

  Rutenberg, Jim, 433n.32, 434n.39

  S&Ls, 59, 74–75, 93, 147

  federal bailout, 94

  S&P 500. See Standard & Poor’s 500 Safe Harbor Provision of 1995, 146–49

  Saldich, Robert, 127

  Salomon Brothers, 98, 136–37, 245, 246, 82.

  See also Grubman, Jack

  Salomon Smith Barney, 246, 285

  San Francisco Exchange, 64

  Santoli, Michael, 206, 207

  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 343, 390

  Sauerwein, James, 22, 107, 111, 335–36

  Saurwein, Shirley, 106–8, 114, 121, 335–36

  savings

  capital spending and, 378

  compounding, 381

  inflation effects on, 47

  inflation/investment relationship, 49

  invested in stock funds, 31, 104–7, 114–21, 154, 204, 297, 391

  losses in stock market, 27–28, 31, 334, 336–39

  low interest rates and, 104, 114, 115, 116, 391

  See also retirement plans

  savings and loans. See S&Ls

  Scanlon, John, 320

  Scharfer, Paul, 341, 404–5n.33

  Schilit, Howard, 442n.10

  Scholes, Myron, 427n.36

  Schwab. See Charles Schwab

  Schwed, Fred, 436n.60

  Schwert, G. William, 452n.19

  Scient, 319

  Scott Paper, 145, 429n.42

  Scudder, Stevens & Clark, 279, 280, 287

  Sea-Land, 44

  Securities and Exchange Commission, 30, 75, 91, 143, 144, 148, 229

  AOL earnings disputed by, 202, 457–58n.7

  Bond’s kickbacks complaint by, 312

  congressional freeze on budget of, 147

  momentum funds and, 205

  operating earnings filing with, 275

 

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