Stock Market Offers Opportunities to Negate Inflation

Published July 29, 2010

Stock market offers opportunities to negate inflation
As NS&I pulls its index-linked certificates investors must look beyond cash investments to combat the effects of inflation Should we be worried about inflation? More than 580,000 National Savings investors thought so – and the surge of interest in NS&I’s index-linked accounts means the state savings organisation has taken the unprecedented step of withdrawing the certificates without announcing …
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Gulf beach closings and warnings by the thousands from Louisiana to Florida, due to BP oil spill
Gulf beach closings from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle were nearly 10 times more often this summer than last because of oil from BP’s massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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U.S. Bancorp Announces Strategic Alliance with Nuveen Investments
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) today announced that it will receive a 9.5 percent stake in Chicago-based Nuveen Investments and cash consideration in exchange for the long-term asset management business of FAF Advisors (FAF). FAF, an affiliate of U.S. Bancorp, is advisor to the First American Funds family of mutual funds. This transaction will add approximately $ 25 …
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