Throughout the brutal and agonizingly long recession, only one large metropolitan area escaped largely unscathed: , D.C. The city that wreaked economic disasters under two administration last year grew faster in population than any major region in the country, up a remarkable 2.7 percent. The continued steady growth of the Texas cities, which dominated the ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 14:54

A group of our advisors attended a conference this past fall sponsored by Dimensional Fund Advisors. In his talk, ?Risk Dimensions of the Market,? Eugene F. Fama reviewed the latest data on the Fama-French three-factor model for investment returns. Modeling investment returns seeks to find an equation to predict your expected returns as much as ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 14:50

If you're searching high and low for tax deductions, take comfort from others who've done well at tax time.??Of course, no one wants to be challenged, which argues for keeping to the straight and narrow.??Nevertheless, if you're adventurous it's comforting to find someone challenged by the IRS who went to court and won. These aren't ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 13:55

It was not quite a national or MLS record crowd but nevertheless it was an impressive turnout that welcomed Major League Soccer and the Fire to Montreal on Saturday. (If you are just interested in the result go to the end!) The attendance at Olympic Stadium set a new record for a soccer game in ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 13:55

The market loves to climb a wall of fundamental worries. But can it climb the new type of wall of worries that is forming? It hasn't often managed to do so in the past.

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 13:55

A website is an opportunity for a business owner to tell visitors what the business is, what it has to offer, as well as who is behind the scenes and anything else that might be valuable to visitors. Here are some do's and don'ts to keep in mind when designing a website: 1. ??Do state ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 13:55

When I first moved to Asia in the late 1990s, I was puzzled by the centrality of luxury hotels in urban life. People met in hotel lobbies, entertained in hotel bars, partied in hotel clubs. Back in London, I rarely stepped inside a hotel, unless a visitor was staying there. in Asia, by contrast, seems ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 13:23

Monique Coleman is an actress, philanthropist, entrepreneur, UN Youth Champion and CEO/Founder of GimmeMo, a Mo?vement and online talk show that empowers youth through safe conversations about real issues. On November 16, 2010 Monique was named the first ever United Nations Youth Champion for the Year of Youth. She then embarked on a self-initiated 6-month, ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 13:23

Robert Redford's Sundance Institute is taking its show on the road for the inaugural Sundance London, to be held April 26-29.

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 13:23

Cloud computing will create more jobs than the early Internet did, because cloud applications and platforms will transform the entire IT landscape.?? The recent Sand Hill study confirms it. For example, an IT services startup launched operations with 4 employees in a few months.?? They accessed cloud applications for email, HR, marketing, collaboration and more.?? ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 13:23