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Kennedy: Mother hears son’s heart in another person’s body
On the night before his 2019 heart transplant, while lying in a hospital bed in Nashville, Chris Hopkins couldn't shake a troubling thought: For him to live, s…
- By Mark Kennedy
Personal Finance: ETFs versus Mutual Funds -- what's the difference?
In 1928, Calvin Coolidge was president, Shirley Temple was born, and Americans were introduced to the first publically available mutual fund, the Massachusetts…
- By Chris Hopkins
Hopkins gives Texans win over Tennessee Titans, 30-24
HOUSTON - The Houston Texans drafted DeAndre Hopkins to take pressure off star receiver Andre Johnson.
September 15, 2013
Hopkins gives Houston Texans win over Tennessee Titans, 30-24
HOUSTON - Andre Johnson often tells DeAndre Hopkins that the rookie will be better than he is one day.
September 16, 2013
Hopkins: Understand what your investments are costing you
Today we are confronted with a bewildering array of investment options.
- By Chris Hopkins
Personal Finance: Euro rates sink deeper in the hole
It's hard to appreciate a truly extraordinary period in time when we are immersed in it, but this is one of those times.
- By Christopher Hopkins
Allergic reaction to snake venom caused death
Wade Westbrook had experience handling snakes and even had been bitten by a copperhead before, friends say.
- By Kate Belz
Personal Finance: Investors romping in the sandbox
This year's hot investment commodity isn't gold, silver, corn or soybeans. It's sand. Thanks to the bonanza in North American oil and gas production, high qual…
- By Chris Hopkins
Personal Finance: Are tech stocks getting too high?
It seems like only yesterday that we were seeking to rationalize the excessive valuations of tech stocks as the market surged toward its early 2000 highs. Many…
- By Chris Hopkins
Personal Finance: Weak holiday shopping outlook means deals for consumers
Did you notice Christmas promotions sharing the aisles with Halloween candy his year? Welcome to the logical extension of post-Thanksgiving Black Friday sales:…
- By Chris Hopkins
Personal Finance: Thanksgiving in America means business
With the demise of the traditional Turkey Day interruption in the extended holiday shopping season, many of us lament the promotional intrusion into our family…
- By Chris Hopkins
Personal Finance: Corker-Warner plan good start for mortgage reform
Last week we considered the need to reform the mortgage market by phasing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Today we explore a blueprint for eliminating them tho…
- By Chris Hopkins
Personal Finance: Internet Bubble 2.0 awaits new investors
Get ready for the next episode in the eternal cycle of investor amnesia.
- By By Chris Hopkins
Personal Finance: U.S. corporate tax structure is a job creator overseas
Several pharmaceutical and medical device firms have been in the news recently, and not for their latest blockbuster drugs or lifesaving devices. Many of these…
- By Chris Hopkins
Personal Finance: Will the economy return to normal this year?
The recovery is more than 4 1/2 years old, and up until now has depended upon life support from the government. It has been argued with good evidence that the …
- By Chris Hopkins
Personal Finance: Happy Mother's Day, you deserve a raise
"The good mother, the wise mother ... is more important to the community than even the ablest man; her career is more worthy of honor and is more useful to the…
- By Chris Hopkins
Personal Finance: What determines GDP, what does increase mean?
Q: I read that GDP was revised higher. What does that mean?
- By Chris Hopkins
Personal Finance: REIT sector still worth a look
Achieving a diversified portfolio is accomplished by adding exposure to a variety of assets whose prices tend to move disparately under changing external force…
- By By Chris Hopkins
Get ready for the new American energy boom
Every U.S. president since Richard Nixon has espoused a policy to make America energy independent. Clearly, none has delivered, and realistically no government…
- By Chris Hopkins