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by Maggie Mahar


  See also credit; federal deficit; interest rates

  debt/equity ratios, 52–53, 85, 410n.14

  deficit. See federal deficit deflation, 260, 330, 374, 383

  Dell, Michael, 278

  Dell Computer, 106, 121, 290

  call options, 278–79, 425n.28

  Meeker’s touting of, 98

  as “must–have” stock, 302

  put options, 279, 281

  share buybacks, 278–79

  stock performance, 23, 26, 27, 278, 279, 287, 301, 338, 404n.21

  value investor and, 213

  Delta Airlines, 334

  “democracy bubble,” 415n.35

  democratization, 19, 20–21, 30, 175–92, 299

  Democrats, 19, 128, 131

  Den of Thieves (Stewart), 76

  derivatives, 279, 281

  Deutsche Bank (N.Y.), 57

  Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, 99, 100–101, 251

  Dickens, Charles, 32

  Dickson, Joel, 264

  Digital Equipment, 41, 302

  discount brokers, 182, 257

  discount rate, 92

  disinflation, 93, 260

  Disney Company, 125, 145, 428n.42

  Di Tomasso, John, 372–74

  Di Tomasso Group, 372

  Diversified Retailing, 38

  dividends, 59, 133, 376, 378–81

  average yield, 360

  compounding, 381

  1970s compared with Great Bull Market, 407n.23

  projected yields, 364

  reinvested, 5, 6, 54, 367

  share buyback effects on, 133, 277, 425–26n.29

  stock options effects on, 133

  TIPS and, 383, 469n.62

  Doerflinger, Thomas, 74

  dollar, 375, 376

  continuing decline in, 394, 395, 396

  Donald, James, 428n.42

  Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, 96, 228, 231, 346

  dot-coms. See Internet stocks

  Douglas, Susan, 458n.12

  Dow, Charles, 4, 6, 35, 362

  Dow Jones Industrial Average, 7, 16, 36–38, 40, 41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 54, 62, 64, 65, 66, 72, 85, 86, 121, 153, 244–45, 305, 336

  Dow Jones Industrial Average

  in 1998, 10, 11, 262, 401n.20

  in 1999, 300–301

  in 2000, xx, 315, 326

  in 2001, 327

  in 2003, 366, 387

  Asian crisis effect on, 260

  average stock trading (1999), 301

  bear market rallies and, 366, 387, 391

  crash of 1973–74 and, 3, 16, 39, 40, 41, 390, 391

  1000-point advances, 121

  top six stocks’ performance (1995–98), 26–27

  volatility and, 260, 366

  Dow Jones News Services, 61, 179–80

  Dow Jones Transportation Average, 315

  downsizing and layoffs, 47, 48–49, 58–59, 63, 86, 339, 376

  by Dunlap, 179, 180

  from productivity bubble, 261–62

  rate in 1990s, 19, 87

  as stock investment impetus, 116

  by Wall Street firms, 82, 341, 342

  Dow Theory, 4–7, 370, 400n.7, 467n.36

  Dow 36,000 (Glassman and Hassett), 20, 120

  Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, 425n.29

  Drexel Burnham Lambert, 52, 57–58, 75, 76, 84, 319, 355

  Giuliani indictment of, 351

  DSC Communications, 428n.42

  Dudack, Gail, 4–5, 6, 15, 228–31, 260–63, 275, 341, 371, 374, 381, 383, 446n.18

  on emerging markets, 377

  on “stealth” bear market, 304–14, 315, 325, 370

  2004 market and, 388, 391, 396

  Dunlap, Albert, 145, 157, 179–81, 429n.42

  Eamer, Richard K., 126

  earnings, 183, 243, 269–87, 363

  cycle theory and, 7

  dividends and, 378–80

  excess capacity and, 258, 260

  GDP growth and, 214

  lowness of, 328–29

  misrepresentation, 26, 56, 110, 144–47, 202, 207, 208, 270–80, 306, 318, 319, 389–90

  momentum fund managers and, 206, 212, 302

  one-time expenses and, 273–74, 479

  operating income and, 257–58, 273–75

  P/E ratio and. See price/earnings ratio

  profit relationship with “reported,” 145, 271–75, 280

  projected for 2004, 389

  raised estimates of, 62, 206–7

  shareholder suits on misleading, 146–47

  stock option effects on, 110, 125, 127, 131, 132, 137, 144–45, 276–79, 389

  stock prices over estimates of, 165, 182, 206

  stock valuation relationship, 13, 41, 406n.18

  Time Warner’s vs. AOL’s, 306

  See also quarterly earnings reports

  Ebbers, Bernie, 320, 344

  economy

  bubble burst effects, 249, 378

  Bush (G. H.) administration, 391–96

  Clinton administration, 19, 87–88

  conditions in 1982, 47

  corporate restructuring effects, 63

  crash of 1987’s non-effect, 72

  cycles in. See market cycles

  debt-based, 392–96

  early 1990s improvement, 86

  enormous problems facing, 396

  first Bush administration, 93–96

  GDP and, 85, 192, 214

  Greenspan approach, 93, 95, 251, 327–30, 362, 392–93

  IPO effects on, 24–25

  productivity parable, 261–62

  stock market as reflection of, 214, 248

  See also New Economy

  efficient market theory, 68–69, 92, 190, 271–72, 282, 345

  Einhorn, Steven, 83, 84, 85, 95, 298, 300

  Eisen, Harvey, 347, 412–13n.17

  Eisner, Michael, 125, 145, 428n.42 “elitist,” as term, 108

  Ellison, Lawrence, 145, 428n.42

  EMC, 327, 404n.2

  emerging markets, 355, 357, 377–78, 381, 396

  Employee Benefit Research Institute, 403n.12, 419n.6

  Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 103

  energy investment, 226, 354, 355, 357, 374, 396

  Enron, 14–15, 90, 343

  CNBC coverage of, 157–58, 159, 432–33n.22

  Congress and, 123, 146

  insider stock sales, 319

  investigative reporting and, 169–70, 434–35n.48

  Lay’s stock options, 145–46

  whistle blower on, 58, 423n.1

  ENSERCH, 177

  ERISA (1974), 103

  Eshoo, Anna, 131

  eToys, 319

  European Australian and Far East Index, 45

  Eveillard, Jean-Marie, 212–16, 217, 219, 232, 315, 375

  bubble prediction, 389

  excess capacity, 258–62, 322, 329, 361–62

  Executive Compensation Report, 130, 141

  extraordinary items reporting, 273–75, 479

  Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds (MacKay), 32, 418

  Exxon, 277, 327

  Faber, David, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160, 432–33n.22

  Faber, Marc, 182, 315–16, 342, 354–55, 357, 366, 371–77, 383

  alternative investments and, 396

  Faig, John D., 398n.5

  Farrell, Bob, 39, 45, 50, 51, 67, 73, 77, 116, 210, 242, 327, 371–72

  FASB. See Financial Accounting Standards Board

  Fast Company (magazine), 156, 161

  FDIC, 75, 89, 93–94

  Fed, The (Mayer), 252, 286

  federal budget projection, 328

  federal deficit, 63, 86, 87, 123, 328, 330

  Bush administration, 394, 395, 396

  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 75, 89, 93–94

  federal funds rate, 85, 86, 94, 115, 328, 330

  federal pension insurance, 102, 103, 111

  Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 285–87

  Federal Rese
rve System, 84, 86, 251, 330, 362

  crash of 1987 and, 92

  economic recovery strategy, 392, 393, 395

  limited powers of, 252

  LTCM bailout, 285–87

  market mania and, 262, 263

  productivity reports and, 256

  stock option survey, 276

  Volcker and, 91–92, 408n.30

  See also Greenspan, Alan; interest rates

  federal surplus, 394

  Federal Trade Commission, 198

  Feinberg, Jeff, 231

  Feldstein, Martin, 362

  Fenne, Michael, 288

  Fidelity, xx, 320

  crash of 1987 redemptions, 66, 72–73

  401(k) management service, 340, 448n.40

  interest rate cuts and, 95

  power and importance of, 447–48n.40

  profile of new account openers, 114

  Vinik charges and, 229, 230

  See also Lynch, Peter; Magellan Fund

  Financial Accounting Standards Board, 124, 127, 130–44, 243, 343

  financial bubble. See bubble financial cycles. See market cycles financial journalism. See media

  Financial News Network, 155, 414n.24

  financial research. See research

  Financial Research Corp., 223

  financial scandals. See fraud and corruption Fireman, Paul, 145, 428n.42

  First Eagle Gold fund, 376

  First Eagle SoGen Global, 216

  First USA, 429n.42

  Fishman, Charles, 156, 431n.13

  fixed-income investments, 59

  move to mutual funds from, 224

  pension funds and, 105–6, 109, 110, 111, 422n.44

  TIPS as, 374, 383–84, 422n.44, 469n.62

  fixed-rate loans, 393

  Fleckenstein, Bill, 111, 162, 165

  Floyd, Jim, 378

  FNN, 155, 414n.24

  Fontanelli, Elizabeth, 179–80

  Fooled by Randomness (Taleb), 188, 284, 368

  Forbes, 43, 137, 170, 229, 244, 288, 297, 408n.25

  Forbes, Malcolm, Jr. (“Steve”), 108–9

  Forbes Four Hundred, 54

  Ford, Gerald, 88, 91

  Ford Foundation, 241

  Ford Motors, 43, 46, 277, 340

  foreign currencies, 395, 396

  foreign investments, 45, 51, 355, 381, 394, 396

  Fortune, 119, 120, 124–25, 159, 170, 180, 190, 278, 342, 448n.40

  CEO compensation survey, 124–25, 126, 140

  401(k) plans, 102–13, 118, 119

  company stock and, 422n.44

  Fidelity and, 340, 448n.40

  401(k) plans (continued)

  Global Crossing and, 320

  high-growth funds and, 225

  investment in GICs, 59

  investor’s management of, 18, 23, 103, 184–85, 211, 235, 335–36, 340

  lack of insurance for, 111

  low interest rates and, 211

  mutual fund hold-ons and, 15

  research and, 184–85, 438–39n.31

  rethinking of, 340–41

  stock/bond ratios in, 422n.44

  stock losses and, 28, 109, 324, 334, 336–37, 340

  TIPS purchase for, 469n.62

  traditional pension plans vs., 102–3, 109–11

  2003–04 market confidence and, 388, 391

  Frank, Thomas, 108, 190, 415n.35

  Franklin Group, 439n.32

  Franklin Resources, 223

  fraud and corruption, 86, 116, 263, 288, 311, 342, 348, 351

  accounting reform skeptics and, 390

  Bush corporate responsibility speech, 343–44

  corporate culture and, 270–75

  1980s excess, 75–77

  Friedman, Stephen, 82

  Friedman, Thomas, 20

  Friess, Foster, 232–33

  Frist, Thomas F., Jr., 125

  fund managers, 217–35

  analysts and, xviii–xix, xx, 11, 183, 206, 207, 295

  caution in 1982, 50

  crash of 1987 and, 63, 65–66

  as financial pundits, 165–67

  full investment as pressure on, 225–30, 475

  growth orientation, 204–12, 302

  Internet stocks and, 295–96

  investors’ personal decisions vs., 29–32, 288–89

  IPOs and, 24

  long-term performance reports and, 186

  losses (2000–03), 341

  momentum vs. value stocks and, 203–16, 219, 295

  1960s youthfulness of, 36–37

  personal investments, 224–25

  portfolio turnovers, 294

  ranking of fund and, 220–21

  repeatable results, 187–89

  research capabilities, 185

  results orientation, 225–26, 295–96

  risk balancing by, 188, 225–35, 250, 296

  short-term success focus, 164

  as stewards, 219

  stock picks, 23–24, 41, 196, 218–19, 224, 232, 295, 301–3

  view of 2004 market, 390

  futures market, 247, 248, 374

  Galbraith, John Kenneth, xxii, 12, 62–63, 72, 307, 344–45, 413n.18

  Galbraith, Steven, 397–98n.3

  Galvin, Tom, 96

  gambling, 17–21, 30–32, 65, 112, 115, 129, 249, 339, 359

  American predilection for, 210–11

  option trading’s unlikely event basis, 283

  probability and, 285

  Social Security stock investment as, 263–65

  See also risk

  Gap, The, 26, 27, 289

  Garfinkel, James, 28

  Garment, Leonard, 89

  Garzarelli, Elaine, 240, 242, 413n.18

  Gates, Bill, 137, 278

  Gateway, 178, 305

  GDP, 85, 192, 214, 360, 462n.36

  Gemini Fund, 439n.32

  Genentech, 50

  General Electric, 107, 133, 328, 335, 336

  CNBC ownership by, 67, 155, 413–14n.24

  “managed” earnings and, 207, 272, 442n.10

  nonexercised stock options, 145, 277, 429n.42

  stock performance, 26, 41, 46, 301, 315, 327, 387

  ubiquity in mutual funds, 302

  General Motors, 24, 46, 334, 425n.24

  General RE Corp., 137

  Gerstner, Lou, 180

  Gibbs, Karen, 387

  GICs, 59, 422n.44

  Gilford Securities, 56, 57

 

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