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Perhaps more interesting, however, is that as stocks were gaining, investors were positioning themselves for volatility.
From MarketWatch
Even if they do produce acceptable future returns, extraordinarily high investment fees for small investors will reduce net gains.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 rose to new records on Tuesday, lifted by broad-based gains across healthcare and smaller technology names.
From hiding their jobs, to secret relationships and faking Welsh accents, many contestants have trialled strategies in the past to gain people's trust.
From BBC
If that pace held steady for the month, that could translate to a December private payroll gain of as much as 45,000 on Wednesday, writes Samuel Tombs, chief U.S. economist with Pantheon Macroeconomics.
From Barron's
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