Word: dipped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Given the buy-on-the-dip attitude that infects everyone from mutual-fund managers to individual investors, who can blame these sellers? The technology-fund investors have the added woe of not knowing what awaits them with the year 2000 changeover, something that a slew of tech companies that reported earnings this week said, suddenly, had begun to impact the bottom line negatively...
While these reasons all have resonance, your basic trader is a superstitious fellow, given to viewing charts that show graphically how a company's stock has fared over time. One quick perusal of the chart book shows a heart-stopping dip every 10th month of the year. Why tempt fate? Why not just get out ahead of that plunging line...
...study confirms an old suspicion: more heart-attack deaths occur in December and January than at any other time of year. Though cold weather can cause a rise in blood pressure, it doesn't explain the phenomenon; the research was conducted in Los Angeles, where temperatures rarely dip below 50[degrees]. More likely, holiday bingeing on alcohol and salty, fatty food is to blame. Another possible explanation: wood-burning fireplaces release particles that can put stress on the lungs and heart...
...dip into your 401(k) account to pay current expenses, it will leave you less money to retire on. Why isn't the same true of the Social Security trust fund? First, because as a legal matter, Social Security payments are a government obligation completely unconnected to the size or existence of the trust fund. Congress may amend future benefits, and the size of the trust fund might influence its decision whether to do so. But neither the trust fund's size nor what the money is invested in is affected in any way by the government's non-Social...
...double dip not only clinched a playoff spot, but also a fortunate No. 8 seed and first-round match-up against RPI, which represented the best chance for Harvard to advance...