When rules for investing suddenly are questionable, it’s time to make new rules (The Oklahoman)

Sunday, September 27th, 2009 at 5:00 am

BOSTON — Stocks always rise over the long haul. Bonds are for retirees and investors with little taste for risk. Companies rarely cut their dividends.Those are three of the long-followed rules of investing — and rules that, as investors learned during a year of the stock market's worst turmoil since the Depression, can't always be counted on.The new rules: Bonds may be the better long-term bet ...

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