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• The Magic Number for Your Retirement
He's the founder of Ibbotson Associates (now owned by Morningstar ), the folks who document the historical returns of bonds and stocks -- you know, that "stocks have returned 10% a year since 1926" stuff you often hear about.
• Get Ready to Buy
That's the fatal flaw with all historical data: The future is not the past. So forget the numbers Fortunately, you don't need me (or Excel) to tell you that many of tomorrow's blue chips are small companies today.
• As gas prices go down, so will food, right? No
Though commodities prices have fallen from record levels, they're still well above historical levels. Corn and soybeans have dropped 24 percent and 17 percent, respectively, in the last two months but are still about double where they were two years ...
• Clooney, Pitt join Toronto Film Fest lineup
Toa Fraser's British historical tale "Dean Spanley," starring Peter O'Toole, Sam Neill and Jeremy Northam; and Jodie Markell's "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond," based on a Tennessee Williams screenplay and featuring Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans ...
• See today's average credit card rates across the country.
But if investors weren’t so nervous, rates would be about 1 percentage point lower, based on historical comparisons. “Mortgage debt is viewed as much riskier now than it was a couple of years ago during the housing boom,” said Greg McBride ...