High-yield acts like stocks in a recession, says James Swanson, chief investment strategist at MFS Investment Management. The average junk-bond mutual fund lost 26.4 percent in 2008. Thats closer to the 37 percent loss for the S&P 500 index than the 5.2 percent return for the investment-grade
The Washington region has produced numerous experts on the minute-by-minute tick-tock of Booth's desperate flight, including James Swanson (author of "Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer"), Michael Kauffman ("American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies") and James O. H
Date: Apr 15, 2015
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Free DC anniversary events of Lincoln's death offer best chance to participate
.m. on April 15, the Fords Theatre Society and the National Park Service will host a wreath-laying ceremony on the steps of the Petersen House. The Federal City Brass Band is scheduled to play Taps, followed by remarks by Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and historian James Swanson.
Date: Apr 14, 2015
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Ford's Theatre marks 150th of Lincoln assassination
In addition to these historical interpreters, Fords will facilitate two guided tours by authors Brian Anderson and James Swanson, who will provide signed copies of their books. There will also be a pair of panel discussions at 12:45 p.m. both days the first exploring the ties between Lincoln and
Date: Apr 14, 2015
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US judge dismisses La. flood board's coastal damage suit against dozens of ...
"We don't think this is going to be the last word on it," James Swanson, a lawyer for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East, said in a telephone interview. He said attorneys for the flood authority were studying the ruling. He said attorneys had not yet decided on their next move,
Questions remain and conspiracy theories abound 50 years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Author James Swanson takes readers on a minute-by-minute account of that fateful day in Dallas in "End of Days."
Date: Nov 11, 2013
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5 new books on Kennedy let readers reflect — and remember
James Swansons End of Days, which goes on sale Tuesday, offers a crisply written and keenly detailed account of the assassination and why it ranks with Pearl Harbor and 9/11 as an etched-in-the-memory day for those who recall it. He advances no conspiracy theories and settles on Lee Harvey Oswa
Rather will get a chance to talk about the assassination locally. Hell be part of a JFK event at 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at Henry Ford Museum. The talk, which is sold out, also will feature author James Swanson and historian Douglas Brinkley.