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January 14, 2011 | ||
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| MARKETS & FINANCE A Winning Stock Strategy: Sell on the Rumor Companies named as acquisition targets typically deliver disappointing returns for investors REAL ESTATE A Housing Rebound Won't Lift the Economy With the foreclosure mess still to be played out, any recovery in housing sales is unlikely to boost growth much PERSONAL FINANCE A Stock-Bond Hybrid That Flopped Reverse convertibles promised high yields, but many investors got burned FEATURES Worthless Stocks from China When a retiree in Texas discovered that some Chinese companies listed in the U.S. are frauds, he unleashed an army of short-sellers INVESTING Little Relief for Madoff Victims Many former investors won't benefit even as a trustee found surprising success recovering funds lost in Bernard Madoff's $65 billion fraud INVESTING Stock Picks of Top Health-Care Funds A coming wave of drug-patent expirations has made many investors wary of health-care stocks. Forward-thinking health-care fund managers, however, are looking past the usual large-cap pharmaceutical suspects to find companies that will play a keyâ?"if far-less-glamorousâ?"role in the future of health care: companies that help contain exploding medical costs. REGULATION Nasdaq's Secret Agent Derivatives Campaign The exchange wants to limit banks' ownership of clearinghouses INVESTING In Health Care, Cost-Cutting Pays Investors If you're looking to profit from health-care stocks, start with companies helping to save money in the sector COMPANIES & INDUSTRIES Global Oil Companies Discover Cash in Their Trash Companies like BP and Shell fetch top prices for assets many thought they'd struggle to discard INVESTING What's Behind H&R Block's Free Tax Service As tax season begins, the hard-pressed filing service has a new strategy: Give it away for free COLUMNS Rethinking the Public-Pension Punching Bag Beyond the boiling rage over government workers' sweet retirement deal lies a great national opportunity to reform the 401(k) plan, which has plenty of drawbacks, too The Financial Nightmares Facing Boomers Sinking home equity, rising health-care costs, and low investment returns have left boomers near retirement confronting a pile of financial worries instead of happy visions of golf, grandchildren, and travel. Here are some potential financial disasters facing this generation—and tips on how to avoid them MUTUAL FUND SCOREBOARD How's Your Fund Doing? Our Interactive Scoreboard has complete results for some 2,500 equity funds, hundreds with BW's exclusive risk-adjusted ratings
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