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S&P 500

Standard & Poor’s $625 Billion Short Cover

The S&P 500’s New 800-Pound Gorilla (or is it Albatross?) Unlike the practice of going “long,” investors who short a stock profit when it drops, not when it rises. So, shorting “TulipsRUs” at $500 share yields a $450 gain if the price collapses to $50. Ahhh, but what happens if “TulipsRUs” instead rockets to $1,000?...
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Prediction: Pulitzer Prize for Blogs

The Olympics have “demonstration sports.” Why shouldn’t the Pulitzer Prize — awarded annually to the best journalism and writing in 21 categories — embrace blogs, if only on a provisional basis? In fact, in December 2008, the Pulitzer began considering content published in online-only news sources. Adding a category — or several — for best...
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