Tis the season for getting

Dear Santa Claus, my name is Virginia, and I am eight years old. Some of my friends say you are going to give us mutual fund shares this year instead of toys. Papa says, "If you see it on Bloomberg News, it is so.'' Please tell me the truth, am I going to find a fund statement in my stocking in place of a stuffed animal or a video game? Dear Virginia, your little friends have only part of the story. They have been affected by the euphoria of a long period of financial expansion. They have forgotten that there is more to life than the stock market and money management. Yes, Virginia, a la...