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  2. Art Fund - Wikipedia

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    Art Fund sponsors the Museum of the Year award (known as the Gulbenkian Prize from 2003 to 2007 and the Art Fund Prize from 2008 to 2012). This is a £100,000 prize awarded annually to the museum or gallery that had the most imaginative, innovative or popular project during the previous year. [11]

  3. History of Federal Open Market Committee actions - Wikipedia

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    It also provided for the creation of a fund to swap safe Treasury securities for less secure ones held by banks. It lastly shaved the difference between the discount rate and the federal funds rate from 50 basis points to 25. Official statement: January 30, 2008 3.00% 3.50% 9–1 Fisher dissented, preferring no change. Official statement

  4. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    A 2024 study by the USPS Inspector General found that the U.S. had a lower stamp price than 26 out of 30 comparable countries. Additionally, the overall increase in stamp prices from June 2018 to June 2023 (26%) was significantly lower than the average increase of 55% experienced by those same countries.

  5. Fidelity Magellan Fund - Wikipedia

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    The Fidelity Magellan Fund ( Mutual fund: FMAGX) is a U.S.-domiciled mutual fund from the Fidelity family of funds. [1] It is perhaps the world's best-known actively managed mutual fund, known particularly for its record-setting growth under the management of Peter Lynch from 1977 to 1990. [2] On January 14, 2008, Fidelity announced that the ...

  6. Federal funds rate - Wikipedia

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    Federal funds rate vs unemployment rate. In the United States, the federal funds rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions (banks and credit unions) lend reserve balances to other depository institutions overnight on an uncollateralized basis. Reserve balances are amounts held at the Federal Reserve.

  7. 2000s commodities boom - Wikipedia

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    The 2000s commodities boom or the commodities super cycle [1] was the rise of many physical commodity prices (such as those of food, oil, metals, chemicals and fuels) during the early 21st century (2000–2014), [2] following the Great Commodities Depression of the 1980s and 1990s. The boom was largely due to the rising demand from emerging ...

  8. Capital gains tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    20%***. * This rate was reduced one-half percentage point for 2001 and one-half percentage point for 2002 and beyond. ** There was a two percentage point reduction for capital gains from certain assets held for more than five years, resulting in 8% and 18% rates. *** The gain may also be subject to the 3.8% Medicare tax.

  9. The S&P 500's last 3 years look completely average: Chart of ...

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    Currently, this return stands at around 30%; a year ago, it was 34%. The impact of the market’s crash in March 2020 inflated this measure to nearly 60% in March 2023.