Generalist giant puts success down to focus on details not themes 

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Generalist giant puts success down to focus on details not themes 
JAMES Anderson of Scottish Mortgage says belief in individual companies is crucial.

Today's Financial Stock Winners and Losers 
Doral rises on news of an upgrade and recent mortgage deals.

Fifty-Year Mortgage Offers Limited Advantages 
There's a new kind of mortgage available. Statewide Bancorp is offering a 50-year mortgage. The advantage is that buyers will have lower monthly payments. The disadvantage is it takes decades before a buyer has any kind of equity in the home.

More new homeowners are late with their mortgage payments 
More new homeowners are late with their mortgage payments. The rise in delinquency rates is likely due to soaring housing prices and aggressive lending last year, recent studies find.

U.S. mortgage rates inch up 
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — In a volatile week for stock and bond markets, mortgage rates barely budged, leaving fixed-rate loans near four-year highs.