Retire Smart: Index vs. managed funds

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services
 
  ”What does your fund manager do?” screamed the headline of the April 8 edition of Barron’s. All I could think was, “What, indeed!” The article says some superstar fund managers “fly around the world, they crunch reams of data, they dissect industries” – and, for good measure, ultimately beat the index against which their funds are measured.

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Interpersonal Edge: Fixing rejection at the office

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services
 
  Q. I’m the one at work no one likes. I’m the one that’s hard to get along with, yet I am always respectful and nice to everyone. I am not a gossiper. This has been going on my whole work life. Within one to two weeks of starting a new job, it feels as though whatever “test” I have been given, I failed. And anything after that is just people putting up with me because I’m very good at what I do. Any advice?

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New Spotlight: Authorities Ask For Help Finding Missing Teen

The Ingham County Sheriff’s Office Delhi Division is investigating a missing juvenile. Jamia Janay Tyson, a 13-year-old  black female has been missing since April 20,2013.

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News Spotlight: Shooting Suspect of 16 Year Old Female Caught

 

On February 2, 2013 at  9:46 p.m. officers responded to the 1100 block of W. Maple on reports that a 16 year old female had been shot. The female victim remains in stable condition. 

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It Takes a Village to Raise a Garden

Left:  Village Summit is a located at 119 East Barnes in Lansing , MI. They focus on unity and bringing together people in their community while being inclusive of others as well. Community participation is a main objective at the Village Summit. They teach children that it may take one person to dream but it takes the entire village to make one’s dream a reality. 
Courtesy photo

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Massive Explosions Disrupt Marathon Celebrations by Kenyans and Ethiopians in Boston

 
 
 
By Harrison Maina and Moses Mathenge, AjabuAfrica.com 
 
BOSTON, MA– The increasingly popular Boston marathon celebrations by the Kenyan community in the Boston region were abruptly thrown into disarray today.

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Movie Review: Jurnee Smollett-Bell: Tyler Perry’s latest Leading Lady

Tyler Perry’s “Temptation” releases in theaters April 29 with Jurmee Smollett-Bell also starring Lance Gross, Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Williams, Robbie Jones and Brandy Norwood. 

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Welcome to Lansing Rev. Dr. Patricia Coleman-Burns

Rev. Dr. Patricia Coleman-Burns

LANSING, MI — A “First Lady Celebration” was held for Rev. Dr. Patricia Coleman-Burns.  She is the wife of Rev. John H. Burns, II, pastor of St. Matthew A.M.E. Church, located on 522 West Maple St.  She  is also an Assistant Professor of Nursing and Black Studies at the University of Michigan.

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