Word: caps
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...thousands of Australians sigh and slump exhausted into their seats. Two rows down, a portly woman is gasping for breath. "It's harder work up here than in the pool," she says. The air is cool now, but her husband is dabbing with his athina 2004 cap at streams of sweat. "My bloody oath," he replies. Strangers are toasting each other with plastic cups of Heineken, tough-looking businessmen with smiles so wide you glimpse the children they once were...
...Thirachai to pointedly deny the reports and announce the new restrictions at a hastily convened press conference. That incident was just the latest example of regulators trying to control an unruly market. With a total capitalization of only $121 billion?far less than half of Microsoft's current market cap of $295 billion?the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is dominated by small investors who spook as easily as a school of herring, causing volatile price fluctuations. During a roaring market last year (the Thai market's 116% gain in 2003 was tops among the world's exchanges), regulators tried...
...picking highs and lows based on recent trends works only until the trends change, and that can happen at any time. The surest way to maximize returns in a dull market is to rebalance your portfolio once a year to preset levels of bonds, cash, real estate and large-cap, small-cap and foreign stocks. You automatically sell what has done best (while it's up) and buy what has done worst (while it's down). But even rebalancing falls short when nothing moves higher...
...RACED WITH A FULL MUSTACHE, NO CAP AND NO GOGGLES. TODAY'S SWIMMERS WON'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR A COMPETITION WITHOUT SHAVING FIRST. DIDN'T ALL THE HAIR SLOW YOU DOWN? Goggles were not allowed. A cap was allowed, but I chose not to wear one. I grew the mustache because a coach in college said I couldn't grow...
Despite the anticipated popularity of the class, Sandel wrote in an e-mail that he and Summers do not plan to cap enrollment to “Globalization and Its Critics...