According to a study of race and equity in education, black athletes are dropping out of college across the country at alarming rates.

Mexico has historically had high drop-out rates as poor families pull kids out of school to help put food on the table, and children often sell candy and crafts in the streets or work in restaurants.

This reversal — a U-turn from rising interest rates and falling expectations that the Federal Reserve will move on rates anytime in 2010 — has also turned income investors' strategies inside out.