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by John W. Rogers, Jr.
August 24, 2011
In his August 24, 2011 Forbes column, John W. Rogers, Jr., Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Ariel Investments, LLC, writes, “If we teach our young citizens about civics and history in school so they can understand our democracy, why don't we teach them finance and economics so they know about a cornerstone of American society—capitalism?”
This article was written by John W. Rogers, Jr. for Forbes and candidly discusses individual holdings. These opinions are current as of the date of the article, but are subject to change. The information provided in the article does not provide information reasonably sufficient upon which to base an investment decision and should not be considered a recommendation to purchase or sell any particular security.
In this article, John Rogers discusses stocks which, at the time the article was written, were held in certain portfolios Ariel manages. Portfolio holdings are subject to change. The performance of any single portfolio holding is no indication of the performance of the entire portfolio in which it is held. See current holdings information for Ariel’s portfolios on this web site.
