Investments
June 30, 1976
Trading on Thin Ice
Wanted: financial alchemist to turn liquid paper into hard cash.
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The Customer's Man
35 Articles
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May 31, 1976
Paw Knows Best
Your dog may be not only your best friend but your best financial advisor as well.
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April 30, 1976
Toro! Toro! Toro!
The good new is we can predict a bull market. The bad news is we waited too long to tell you.
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April 1, 1976
Gassing Game
Something you can’t see, hear, smell, taste, or touch could turn you a tidy profit—if you play your cards right.
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March 1, 1976
Little Big Man
The small investor is still the key to a big-time market.
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January 1, 1976
Nothing Happened
For the market in 1975, no news was good news.
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December 1, 1975
Leaps and Bonds
Today‘s market offers the best bonds since 007.
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September 30, 1975
Opsie Daisy
On Wall Street, as in football, the option play isnÃt the big gainer it used to be.
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August 31, 1975
All Systems Stop
It used to be pretty hard to make money on the stock market but at least there were some things you could count on.
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July 31, 1975
Stormy Weather
Why should Texans worry about New York going broke?
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June 30, 1975
Light Switch
Turning off the juice to Texas utilities.
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May 31, 1975
Exile’s Return
Polish up your statues of Adam Smith: supply and demand is back!
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April 30, 1975
Private Pleasures
Why going public is not the stock market killing it once was.
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March 31, 1975
Sold Arabian
The Alamo was only the first step in the Arabs’ attempted takeover of what’s sacred to us Texans. The Customer’s Man
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February 28, 1975
Stolid Gold
A funny thing happened on the way to the gold boom.
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January 1, 1975
The Year That Was
Awful. That’s what it was.
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December 1, 1974
To Beans or Not To Beans?
It takes guts to fool around with pork bellies and other commodities.
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November 1, 1974
Fool’s Gold
In today’s market all that glitters is not gold.
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September 30, 1974
Tight Money, Loose Talk
Belt tightening is in order; the present credit crunch may last and last.
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August 31, 1974
Diversify and Conquer
The oil companies are hedging their bets in the energy crisis by buying other firms.
Marginal Utilities
Utilities companies’ long range plans didn’t include a fuel shortage. Now they have shortages of a different kind to worry about.
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May 31, 1974
Ashes to Ashes, Trust to Dust
Real Estate Investment Trusts proved that you could lose money in real estate; and nobody ever wrote to thank them for the lesson either.
Going For Brokers
It costs money to make money, nut how are brokers commissions affecting the private investor’ss chances of turning a profit?
Come Back, Little Trader
Senator Bentsen is proposing legislation to end the two-tiered market. It might work; then again the market might take care of itself.
The Last of the Red Hot Deals
In the past people have made a pretty penny from initial offerings. No more.
Running Out of Gas
The energy crisis has caused a crisis of nerves for the Chicken Littles of Wall Street.
The Market Sheds a Tier
IBM and friends could soon be steping down from their pedestals.
The Gold Bugs
When inflation hits the international scene the gnomes of Zurich and the goldbugs start racing for the ingots. But how smart an investment is gold these days?
It’s a beautiful day in Chicago
How to keep your options, stock that is, open during Phase IV.
Is There Hope For Wall Street?
Institutions give the little guy the squeeze.
Crime On The Streets
Don't look now Dow-Jones, but white collar crime is becoming a major growth industry.
Amateur Hour
How to invest when the market gets wild.
Banzai Chicken!
A conversation about closed-end funds with a man who should know.
Wall Street Overkill
Look out, offshore operators, they're headed your way!
Air Today, Gone Tomorrow
THEY DID IT TO ME again.Yesterday I bought my number one customer 500 shares of Continental Airlines at 231/4. The Dow-Jones was crossing 1,000, the airlines were strong and it looked like a good trade. Today the New York Stock Exchange delayed the opening of Continental Airlines due to an