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Daily Archives: July 28, 2008

Two Ways to Play It

July 28, 2008
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When everyone thinks alike, the market has a way of proving them wrong.  After all investors have bought, the sellers eventually take control.  After you’re #1, there’s only one way to go.  That’s one reason the dollar, which you might view as a proxy for the value of the U.S., is down.  It was previously perceived to be the most powerful currency on earth; in recent years its reputation has been in decline. But I’m firmly convinced the long-term trend of the U.S. economy–and thus the U.S. stock market–is still up, and that the market will reflect that by...

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Greening College Campuses

July 28, 2008
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A few months ago, I wrote an issue of Cabot Wealth Advisory about the business of Green. I’m really interested in environmental issues and always on the lookout for when Green topics overlap with investing. I stumbled across an interesting article in The New York Times special Education Life section that talked about Greening college campuses and how this is affecting where students decide to go. One person interviewed in the story even said she hadn’t seen this much of a push for change on college campuses since Apartheid. The students are taking shorter showers and engaging each other...

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