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Dec. 28, 1998
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WHERE TO INVEST IN 1999 -- INTRODUCTION
Shifting to a Lower Gear
COVER IMAGE: Where to Invest in 1999
WHERE TO INVEST IN 1999 -- THE FRAMEWORK
The New Year's Bundle of Jitters
TABLE: Economic Forecast Survey for 1999 (.pdf)
CHART: Economists See a Gloomy Profit Outlook...As World Growth Remains Subdued
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Forecasting: And the Winner Is...
Policymakers: Steering with Both Hands on the Wheel
Fine-Tuning the Portfolio: The Old Rules Still Apply
TABLE: Small Caps? Treasuries? Here's the History
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For the Record: Myra Drucker
WHERE TO INVEST IN 1999 -- STRATEGIES FOR STOCKS
Stocks: A Slower Gain Is Better Than None
CHART: Large Caps Lead, While Others Lag
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For the Record: Elaine Garzarelli
Forecasters Go Once More into the Breach...
TABLE: Market Forecast Survey for 1999 (.pdf)
The Clearest Crystal Ball of All
A Note of Caution from the Global Gurus (int'l edition)
TABLE: International Market Forecast for 1999 (.pdf)
So Much for the Experts...
Investors Are Unflappable (Extended)
In Financial Services, 'boring Is In'
TABLE: Picking Your Spots
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Tech Stocks: Wild, Woolly--and Profitable in '99?
TABLE: Top Tech Picks
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For the Record: Paul Cook
When the Best Offense...Is Finding a Safe Haven
TABLE: Safe Havens for the Savvy
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For the Record: Sean N. McDaniel & Cappy R. McGarr
Looking for Gold? Try Digging Deeper
TABLE: Small Wonders?
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Europe's Continental Divide
TABLE: European Stocks to Watch
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Emerging Markets: Pearls among the Perils
TABLE: Emerging Plays
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Is Japan Mending?
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A Tale of Two Gurus: Guarded in the East, Wary in the West (int'l edition)
TABLE: Shaw's Picks
TABLE: Davidson's Picks
The Options Game: It's Up. It's Down. It's O.K.
CHART: Volatility Stays High
Swimming Downstream with the Shorts
TABLE: Some Short-Seller Favorites
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May the Best Stockpicker Win
TABLE: Larry Sondike's Picks
TABLE: Tracy Stouffer's Picks
TABLE: Roger McNamee's Picks
TABLE: Roy and Rose Papp's Picks
That Was Just the M&A Warm-Up
TABLE: Whisper Stocks
WHERE TO INVEST IN 1999 -- THE INVESTMENT SPECTRUM
Mutual Funds: Can Anybody Out There Beat the S&P 500?
TABLE: Mutual Funds: The Best Returns...And the Worst Returns (.pdf)
Bonds: So Long, Easy Plays
TABLE: Smart Bond Buys
For the Record: William Gross
Return of the Reits
TABLE: Top Property Picks
The Net's Buried Treasure
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Art: These Prices Are Surreal
PHOTO: Man Ray's ''Noire et Blanche''
PHOTO: Robert Rauschenberg's ''Dry Run''
PHOTO: Vincent Van Gogh's 1889 Self-Portrait
PHOTO: Rene Magritte's ''Personal Values''
Are Emissaries Visiting St. Paul?
CHART: On the Road to Nowhere
Why Brookstone Is Such a Bargain
CHART: Its Web Promise Is Untapped
Chs Hoists Its Sails for America
CHART: Full Recovery Still to Come
Earnings: On Your Mark, Get Set--Crunch
TABLE: Winners, Losers and Opportunities (.pdf)
WHERE TO INVEST IN 1999 -- THE SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard: 1999 Investment Outlook Scoreboard (.pdf)
UP FRONT
Talk Show
A Labor Lockout Dims ABC News
Microsoft Makes a Witness Disappear
Tel-Save to Short-Sellers: You Win
CHART: Tel-Save's Tumble
No Matter What, Goldman Spins Gold
Disney's in Dry Dock--Again
Teaching Old Tools High-Tech Tricks
A Not-Too-Swift Kick at Kickbacks
CHART: The High Cost of Vittles
Footnotes
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: The Jingle of Cash Registers Rings in the New Year
CHART: Retail Sales Continue to Soar
CHART: Builders' Optimism Is through the Roof
CHART: Manufacturing Is Slowing
Mexico: Walloped by Cheap Oil
CHART: Oil Prices Are Plunging
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
The Internet: Filling the Need for Speed
TABLE: Telephone vs. Cable
Now, Beam Up Some Customers
CHART: The Dish People
AT&T's Wireless Path to Local Service
Commentary: Forget Saving, America. Your Job Is to Spend
CHART: Not Bad--All in All
The Big Three Are in the Catch-Up Lane
TABLE: Half Car, Half SUV
Does Twa Need a New Captain?
TABLE: TWA: Following the Fleet
Commentary: High-Tech Exports: Simple Steps Will Protect the U.S.
The Softest Side of Sears
A Telecom Vet Takes on Eds
RESUME: Richard H. Brown
The Disk-Drive Baron Goes for Another Spin
TABLE: The Finis Conner Formula for Cut-Price Drives
Carl Icahn's Toxic Takeover
TABLE: The Mess Piles Up at Philip
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Jill Barad: Barbie Dolldrums
Holiday Cheer for Microsoft
The Fed Gets Tough on Hedge Funds
Deutsche Bank's New Role
The Citi Never Stops Cutting
Closing the Book on Asbestos
Et Cetera...
Moviefone: A Hit
CHART: MovieFone Stock Price
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Social Security: Behind Clinton's Sudden Tilt to the Right
Livingston Zigs--and Zags
Big Bro and Your Checkbook
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Indonesia: What Did Mobil Know?
MAP: The Killing Fields of Aceh
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
How Bombing Iraq May Deepen the Divide in Washington
A Thai Sell-Off Flops
Israeli Elections Loom
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Baan: Look Who's Bait Now (int'l edition)
CHART: The Rise and Fall of a Software Legend
Deutsche Bank: Big Noise, Little Impact (int'l edition)
Commentary: Shell Needs to Step on the Gas (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
A Talk with China's Top Banker: The Year of Living Carefully (int'l edition)
Taiwan's Siew: 'We've Intensified Our Reforms' (int'l edition)
INTERNATIONAL -- AMERICAN NEWS
Commentary: A New Olympic Event: Greasing the Skids (int'l edition)