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Mike Clowes

Mike was founding editor of Pensions & Investments in 1973 and then Editorial Director of P&I and InvestmentNews from 1998 to 2006.

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Monday Morning – Long-run home run: Diversification

Here is a disturbing thought: What if stocks aren’t always the best bet long term? Certainly, during a…

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Monday Morning: War, it seems, is a very taxing affair

During the 1960s, President Lyndon Johnson tried to achieve his vision of “The Great Society” and simultaneously fight…

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Monday Morning: For higher bond yields, set a compass

Stock market returns have been negative for three years now, and the market is showing no sign of…

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Monday Morning: Companies don’t pay taxes, people do

Congress made a great deal of fuss last week about Enron Corp.’s use (or abuse) of the tax…

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Monday Morning: Consumer saving is trouble for economy

The economy appears to be delicately balanced on a razor’s edge. Nudged one way, it may begin to…

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Monday Morning: Golden opportunity may be near an end

Gold has long fascinated us, as evidenced by the many myths about it dating back to antiquity. The…

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Monday Morning: Easy livin’ over, advisers need response

“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy.” Those are Ira Gershwin’s immortal words from “Porgy and Bess.” The financial…

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Monday Morning: Options offer opportunities for advisers

Senior corporate executives have reaped hundreds of millions of dollars of wealth during the past 15 years by…

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Monday Morning: Dividend taxes give pause for thought

President Bush created a hot topic for discussion when he proposed ending the double taxation of dividends by…

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Monday Morning: Fuel cells aren’t yet heirs to the Internet

The last big idea that spawned an investing frenzy was the Internet. So what will be the hot…