INVESTING: As bull market winds down, time remains for bargains
There wasn’t enough space last week to complete the discussion of the long-base theme. These are stocks that have been trading in tight ranges for many years and can offer tremendous returns to investors. Last week, I brought up Honda and Franklin Resources. Here are a few more that have been moving sideways for years: Energy company Smith International Inc. traded as high as $44 a share at the end of 1997, then pulled into a tight sixyear trading range….