Word: bullish
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...Those bullish on global economic recovery have their data points: the steady upward climb of world stock markets, three straight months of Chinese manufacturing expansion, the weak dollar. But there are still plenty of skeptics of a rapid and robust turnaround, with their own set of numbers to cite: continued bleeding of private-sector jobs in the U.S. and Europe, more record lows in new home construction, and, er, the weak dollar. (Watch TIME's video of Peter Schiff trash-talking the markets...
...order," notes the source. "I fear that overall rates will not be as responsive to the recovery as a whole." In other words, just as skyrocketing prices in raw-material transport don't guarantee a robust global recovery, nor would a sluggish rebound in shipping profits preclude a bullish outlook for the overall economy...
...Still, bullish investors see little downside in commodities, although returns may not come overnight. Some consider commodities a hedge against another looming threat: inflation. If loose monetary policies implemented by central banks to stimulate growth eventually spark inflation, commodity prices might escalate rapidly. "If the world economy is going to improve, commodities are going to be the best place to be," asserts Rogers. "If the world economy doesn't improve, commodities are going to be the best place to be." Anyone for a truckload of soybeans...
...while he was still in high school, was a windfall. Here was a chance to take action against an industry that, to Nesson’s mind, is advocating the repression of a fundamental freedom to access and trade information on an open Internet, and doing it in a bullish way. The professor had never seemed so excited as he did in the hours after the Tenenbaum deposition, says Isaac Meister ’09-’10, a thin, bespectacled undergraduate who serves on the team of students who are working with Nesson on the case...
...beginning of March. That means stocks are relatively cheap compared to an average of the past two decades of about 20, but nearly as much of a bargain as they were when the rally started. Still, followers of technical analysis say there are a number of reasons to be bullish now. First of all, while stocks are up, they are still much lower than they have been recently. The percentage of stocks above their 200 day moving average, which is a sign they they could be overvalued, is just 30%. Back in 2007, when the market peaked, 80% of stocks...