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Walking in Peter Lynch's Shoes

Harry Lange is the fourth manager to lead Fidelity's Magellan Fund since Lynch stepped down in 1990. Lange's immediate predecessor, Robert Stansky, probably alleviated some of the pressure on Lange after Stansky turned the storied fund into something ...

From CHRIS JONES, The Money Times,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Peter Lynch,  NYSE,  Seagate Technology,  Apple, Inc.,  Applied Materials, Inc.

This Moneymaker Is Dumping Its Deadweight

The credit card transaction processor has finally found a buyer for its money transfer business. The sale, long in the making, essentially amounts to the removal of a growth-sucking leechfrom the rest of the company. Pending regulatory approval and ...

From CHRIS JONES, The Money Times,  21 Nov 2009
Related Topics: NYSE,  Western Union,  MasterCard,  Citigroup

Nathan Lane embraces an emotional Gomez in 'The Addams Family'

CHICAGO — For Nathan Lane, the fall of 2003 in Chicago was the happiest of times. The out-of-town tryout of Mel Brooks’ “The Producers,” which starred Lane and Matthew Broderick as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, was greeted by cheering audiences right ...

From CHRIS JONES, PopMatters,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Nathan Lane,  Mel Brooks,  Matthew Broderick,  Anne Bancroft,  Marian Seldes

Make This Mine Yours (Now!)

Often, the most obscure musicians -- and not the overplayed crowd pleasers -- end up producing your favorite songs. In the investing world, with its impressive mineral reserves, Taseko Mines (AMEX: TGB) is among the most underappreciated companies ...

From CHRIS JONES, The Money Times,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: NYSE,  BHP Billiton Limited,  Procol Harum (musician),  Yamana Gold, Inc.

Chris Jones: Get Over the Gloom and Buy This Stock

Go ahead and kick Tyco (NYSE: TYC) to the curb. As for me, I'm gonna pick it up in my dune buggy and feed it a happy meal. Looking around, a lot of people are focusing on the negative aspects of the home security, fire protection, and safety company. ...

From CHRIS JONES, Town Hall,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Chris Jones,  NYSE

Chris Jones: The Sun Is Setting on This Stock

Remember MCI? After emerging from bankruptcy in 2004, the renamed Worldcom again had shares trading on the Nasdaq. While many seemed skittish about the company's troubled past, savvy value investorssaw that its assets were of very high quality, and ...

From CHRIS JONES, Town Hall,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: NYSE,  Chris Jones,  MCI,  Ventas, Inc.

Who's Watching the Bankers?

One bank overseer, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., used to have a program qualifying supposedly stronger banks for reduced scrutiny. On the FDIC's list of failed banks -- along with IndyMac, Washington Mutual (now part of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) ...

From CHRIS JONES, The Money Times,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: NYSE,  FDIC,  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,  Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.,  Washington Mutual, Inc.

Chris Jones: Utility Stocks: Not as Safe as They Used to

For a long time, electric utility companies had reputations for being boring yet safe stocks where even the most conservative investors could put their money. Volatility was usually low, and you could even find attractive dividend yields in the ...

From CHRIS JONES, Town Hall,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Chris Jones,  NYSE,  Edison International,  U.S. Department of Justice

Chris Jones: Bill Miller Thinks Outside the Box

Every fund manager aspires to earn returns that beat the fund's benchmark. So a manager that consistently beats the benchmark eventually builds a reputation and gains a following among investors. After a while, a streak of outperformance becomes like a ...

From CHRIS JONES, Town Hall,  28 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Bill Miller,  Chris Jones,  Atlanta Braves,  Legg Mason, Inc.,  NYSE

Kenny Ortega had no choice but to make 'Michael Jackson's This Is It"

be shown on the massive high-definition screen planned for the O2 arena. The third was material shot by a separate crew that was filming documentary-style footage — interviews and the like — that would have been an addendum to the likely movie version ...

From CHRIS JONES, Contra Costa Times,  27 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Michael Jackson,  Sony Pictures

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