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DOGS OF THE DOW ARE UNLEASHED — COULD IT BE TOO LATE? LOOK OUT, UNIT TRUST PACKAGERS: CHAS. SCHWAB IS JOINING THE FRAY

Besides mighty Merrill Lynch & Co., no firm has benefited more from the current bonanza in equity unit…

Besides mighty Merrill Lynch & Co., no firm has benefited more from the current bonanza in equity unit investment trusts than Nike Securities L.P., the Lisle, Ill., boutique controlled by investment marketing wizard Robert Van Kampen.

Propelled by the bull market, equity unit investment trusts, or

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