29 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Stupendous Failure Of Big City Education: How The Philly Teachers Union Loots The Schools
The Stupendous Failure Of Big City Education: How The Philly Teachers Union Loots The Schools
29 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Government To Regulate Groundwater For 1st Time As California Drought Becomes "Race To The Bottom"
Government To Regulate Groundwater For 1st Time As California Drought Becomes "Race To The Bottom"
The ongoing disaster that is the drought in the West is leaving wells dry across California – which account for up to 60% of water usage. As WSJ reports, as groundwater levels plunge (100 feet or more lower than norm), wells are being driven further and further into the earth (500 feet in some cases) forcing the state legislature is considering regulating underground water for the first time.
29 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on This 149-Bagger Hedge Fund Bought Google Inc. Should You?
This 149-Bagger Hedge Fund Bought Google Inc. Should You?
29 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Week In Funds: Stock Funds Notch Another Gain
Week In Funds: Stock Funds Notch Another Gain
Stock mutual funds rose for the third straight week, this time led by mid- and small-cap growth funds. Midcap growth funds climbed 0.58%, hoisting their year-to-date gain to 4.49%, according to Lipper Inc. Small-cap growth funds added 0.56% in the latest week, ended Aug. 28. Their year-to-date return, at -1.67%, was the only long-oriented diversified group still in negative territory.
29 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Value Funds Resting On Laurels?
Value Funds Resting On Laurels?
Value stock mutual funds have left growth funds in the dust in the past 15 years of performance, with much of their edge stemming from their ability to withstand the bursting of the dot-com bubble in 2000. Value funds have generated an average annual return of 6.20% since July 1, 1999, according to Morningstar Inc. data. That’s enough to have pumped up a $1,000 investment to $24,887.
