The rest of the time, when you do not know anything special, you need the discipline to be invested essentially in funds that diversely mirror the market as a whole.

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Besides attracting prestige, membership of the FTSE 100 offers some support to a firm's share price, by attracting investment from so-called tracker funds, whose performance is designed to mirror that of the index.

BBC: Matalan poised for FTSE promotion

In 1997, when Times Mirror Corp. sold its 30% stake in Tejon to funds run by New York investment firm Carl Marks Management Co.

FORBES: Acreage plays

In 1997, when Times Mirror Corp. sold its 30% stake in Tejon to funds run by New York investment firm Carl Marks Management Co. and mutual fund manager Martin Whitman, speculators thought Tejon's time had come.

FORBES: Acreage plays