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It won’t be news to most shoppers that beef prices have been on a long-term ascent.

We immediately stop our ascent, and our momentum leaves us suspended in the sky for a moment.

People familiar with the matter say his ascent to that position without passing a standard FBI background check was unprecedented.

For his exceptionally rapid ascent, Mr. Hoyos credits Scipio’s ready access to funds as well as “self-confidence—not far off arrogance—and impatience with inconvenient convention.”

While that spectacular ascent has some market watchers warning that stocks are due for a a meaningful correction, downturns are part of a healthy bull market.