Edward R. Dewey was a Harvard-educated economist who worked for the Department of Commerce during the 1929 stock market crash. After the crash he was assigned the task of finding out what caused the

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Editor's Note: The following article was written by Raymond James Chief Investment Strategist, Jeff Saut. It has been reproduced with permission for the benefit of the Minyanville community.Las

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Except for maybe Guiding Light, ABC's (DIS) Lost has the largest, most complex storyline of any modern serialized drama. In just five seasons, creators Jeffrey Lieber, J.J. Abrams, and Damon Lindelof

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Editor's Note: This article was written by James Quinn, a senior director of strategic planning for a major university. James has held high-level financial positions with a re

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