Rethinking Stocks for the Long Haul

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February 4, 2011
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NEWS  THIS WEEK'S TOP STORY COLUMNS Rethinking Stocks for the Long Haul Investors raised on the wisdom of the DIY boom years may be taking on more risk than they know with their retirement nest egg   MORE TOP STORIES FUNDS Metals Thunder Among Top Mutual Funds Surging metals prices put funds that focus on them atop Businessweek.com's best-performing mutual funds list for 2010. Can demand for jewelry and construction materials keep them running? How 2010's Best Mutual Funds Are Investing The best-performing mutual funds of 2010, determined by Bloomberg Rankings, pursued a lively assortment of investment strategies. The 18 winning funds' specialties range from precious metals and U.S. real estate to emerging market small-cap plays, global high-yield bonds, and preferred securities POLITICS & POLICY The Real Estate Lobby Is Ready to Rumble Financiers, homebuilders, and real estate agents are uniting to save mortgage subsidies INVESTING Making Collectibles More Investable The market for antiques and other collectibles is inefficient and daunting to nonexperts. WorthPoint, a new website, thinks technology is the answer MARKETS & FINANCE Wells Fargo Is Ready to Roll Careful mortgage lending practices helped the San Francisco bank avoid the problems plaguing large rivals such as Bank of America and Citigroup SAVING Money Funds Come Out of the Shadows Investors will soon see when a fund's market value drops below $1   INVESTING TOOLS 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 This newsletter is a FREE service provided by BusinessWeek.com. To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, change delivery options or change your e-mail address, please go to our Newsletter Preferences page. If you need other assistance, please contact Customer Service or contact: Wanda Cooper BusinessWeek Customer Rights Communications Data Services 1995 G Avenue Red Oak, IA 51566 Phone: 1-800-635-1200 To learn more about how BusinessWeek.com applies this policy, you can contact our Marketing Department. Copyright 2009-2010 by BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Terms of Use | Privacy Notice

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