Today’s News Items

Here is a round-up of some of the stories in the news today. I’ll add more as I find them.

* Interest-only loans caused a wave of foreclosures in the Great Depression, and today’s are even riskier.
* There are more millionaires now than there have ever been. It’s not such the exclusive club it used to be. Much of the increase of wealth is due to stock market gains.
* Google’s [GOOG] stock price is approaching $300 and analysts still think there is room for more gain. There’s talk about the stock being included in the S&P 500 Index.
* Warren Buffett is buying utilities. Are you? I’m not.

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