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Skarbeck: Skyrocketing student debt looms large over economyRestricted Content

June 15, 2013
Ken Skarbeck
Student loan debt has increased at a 14-percent annual rate since 2005 and now totals more than $1 trillion—more than credit card and auto loan debt.
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Kim: How studying goalkeeping can improve your investingRestricted Content

June 8, 2013
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Skarbeck: IPO of N.Y. skyscraper is a real landmark dealRestricted Content

June 1, 2013
Ken Skarbeck
Investors soon will have the opportunity to own a piece of an American landmark. The Empire State Realty Trust, whose signature property is the Empire State building, will offer shares to the public.
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Kim: What investors should learn from Facebook's IPO fiascoRestricted Content

May 25, 2013
Mickey Kim
Facebook’s initial public offering on May 17, 2012, was the most highly anticipated IPO since Google’s in 2004. As we know now, Facebook’s $38-a-share IPO turned out to be a fiasco from the moment NASDAQ catastrophically botched the opening of trading.
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Skarbeck: Financial markets brace for era of social mediaRestricted Content

May 18, 2013
Ken Skarbeck
Two recent episodes have regulators scrutinizing the role social media plays in the investment markets.
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Kim: Twitter-fueled mayhem should worry investorsRestricted Content

May 11, 2013
Mickey Kim
I’m old school when it comes to investing, so it baffles me that some professionals consider a tweet important to the investment decision-making process. But those 140 characters can do real damage when improperly used.
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Skarbeck: Research error reignites stimulus vs. debt debateRestricted Content

May 4, 2013
Ken Skarbeck
Economic and political spheres are abuzz with the recent discovery of a mathematical error made by Harvard professors Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff in their seminal analysis of debt-laden economies.
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Kim: Does the collapse of gold mark the end of an era?Restricted Content

April 27, 2013
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Skarbeck: Mutual funds' rate of return paints misleading pictureRestricted Content

April 20, 2013
Ken Skarbeck
The calendar can provide the investment industry the sleight of hand needed to grab investors’ attention when advertising investment performance.
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Kim: Investors must steer clear of the narcissistic CEORestricted Content

April 13, 2013
Mickey Kim
A number of academic studies have concluded narcissistic CEOs make poor choices that can cause the company and your investment to perish.
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Skarbeck: Stockman 'rant' draws welcomed responsesRestricted Content

April 6, 2013
Ken Skarbeck
A lengthy New York Times opinion piece by David Stockman has set off a firestorm of response from a variety of sources who editorialize about stock markets and politics.
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KIM: Discipline in the short term required for long-term gainRestricted Content

March 30, 2013
Mickey Kim
Investors fret about the stock market. The market has more than doubled from its low four years ago. Am I too late? There is still so much uncertainty, here and abroad. Are stocks too risky?
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SKARBECK: Alternative investments not worth their high costsRestricted Content

March 23, 2013
Ken Skarbeck
When it comes to choosing the products or services offered by the investment industry, the evidence suggests that when investors pay less, they often get more.
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KIM: Buffett to worried CEOs: 'Let us unburden you'Restricted Content

March 16, 2013
Mickey Kim
Veteran investing fans like me eagerly await the release of Warren Buffett’s annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders.
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SKARBECK: Don't get overly excited about new index recordsRestricted Content

March 9, 2013
Ken Skarbeck
The frenzy surrounding a new market high tends to raise the blood pressure in investors. It seems to stimulate a feeling that they need to “do something.”
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KIM: Mutual fund choices influenced by conflictsRestricted Content

March 2, 2013
Mickey Kim
Have you ever wondered how and why the mutual funds your brokerage firm recommends or those that appear on your 401(k) plan’s menu of investment options were chosen?
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SKARBECK: SEC enforcement powers important but limitedRestricted Content

February 23, 2013
Ken Skarbeck
The SEC's reputation had taken a hit when an internal investigation found that senior employees were surfing pornographic websites during the financial crisis.
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KIM: Protect yourself when buying mutual fund sharesRestricted Content

February 16, 2013
Mickey Kim
While the concept of a mutual fund is beautiful in its simplicity, actually investing in one can be complicated.
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SKARBECK: Weakening currencies spur economic growth or inflationRestricted Content

February 9, 2013
Ken Skarbeck
The value of a currency can be influenced by all sorts of variables—including politics, monetary policy and interest rates.
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KIM: Disciplined approach key to '13 investing successRestricted Content

February 2, 2013
Mickey Kim
Investors who heeded FDR’s advice—“When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on”—were amply rewarded for staying the course.
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SKARBECK: Now's the time to reflect on investment results, costsRestricted Content

January 26, 2013
Ken Skarbeck
With 2012 now in the books, it is a great time to undertake an analysis of your financial results.
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KIM: Look for ways to invest without following the herdRestricted Content

January 19, 2013
Mickey Kim
We don’t waste time trying to anticipate events that are uncontrollable. Still, some highly experienced and skilled investors make unconventional predictions I think are worth noting.
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SKARBECK: Value investors tempted by HHGregg valuationsRestricted Content

January 12, 2013
Ken Skarbeck
A fascinating case study can be found in the divergent fortunes of locally based HHGregg and Texas-based Conn’s Inc.
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KIM: Turn off TV and heed this timeless investment adviceRestricted Content

January 5, 2013
Mickey Kim
In today’s era of 24/7 media bombardment, it can be easy to become overwhelmed by all the “expert” opinions out there.
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SKARBECK: Investors' dour mindset costing them moneyRestricted Content

December 29, 2012
Ken Skarbeck
Every day, U.S. investors are bombarded with a lack of action from inept politicians who can’t seem to take one positive step toward solving our fiscal crisis.
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  1. These higher rates Co. e about only because physicians are now hospital employees. otherwise physicians couldn't charge these rates and share the windfall with the hospital. Community/rural hospitals probably not buying physicians practices and thus weren't getting the windfall anyway.

  2. The incentive for poor people to get themselves off public assistance and "no longer be poor" is even with help...they're STILL POOR! Being poor, even with some assistance, isn't all that pleasant. (I speak from experience) It's a stubborn myth that poor people, who are on public assistance, are sitting in the lap of luxury. You should try living on just those "freebies" that you mentioned and see how meager they actually are. By the way, I didn't mean you had to buy/own a puppy...just pet one. :)

  3. As near as I can tell the minority has ZERO constitutional obligation to offer a quorum to the majority. A requirement for quorum was inserted into the constitution so that tyrannical majorities could not simply shove through odious and objectionable legislation (which is exactly what they did.) By allowing a tyrannical majority to charge fines against the minority for exercising their constitutional prerogative to deny quorum the court as made a mockery of constitutional governance in the state of Indiana.

  4. The voters elected the Reps to make a vote not walk out on the vote. They had to the right to exercise their opinion and vote "no" to the bill. Let me ask you this if you walked out of your job for 5 straight weeks would you get paid? Would you even have a job to go back to? If any elected official walks out on the people they should be arrested for stealing tax dollars from the public. They were elected to do a job and not leave when the job gets stuff.

  5. I have been to several of their locations in Pennsylvania and always go in for 1 item and leave with a basket full of things. I'm very happy they decided on Indiana, now if only they would put the other store in eastside.

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