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He has listed grapes for sale on Facebook Marketplace, and sold some at a discount to friends.

But the discount doesn’t completely cover the lost credit.

“The report shows some signs of stabilization in labor-market conditions, but the regional discrepancies highly discount the strong headline numbers,” said Dominique Lapointe, director of macroeconomic strategy at Manulife Investment Management.

It took decades for index funds, ETFs and discount brokerage firms to drive the costs of investing down almost to zero—because lots of investors simply didn’t know or care about the fees they paid.

“There are clear reasons these trade at discounts to book, but the upside is large should these concerns subside.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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