Word: nearly
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...spoke to is optimistic thatthings will change in the near future...
With the assistance of an 84-foot radiotelescope in Harvard, Mass., Horowitz and his assistants listen for frequencies near the neutral hydrogen line, which could indicate the existence of life in outer space...
...near panic over emerging markets was strongest among some of the hedge funds, the high-risk vehicles that often deliver high returns to wealthy investors. After famed investor George Soros lost $2 billion in Russia, John Meriwether's Long-Term Capital Management announced that it had lost $2.1 billion, or half its asset value, so far this year. "Russia and Asia became the trigger for the correction in the U.S. stock market," says David Wyss, chief economist at DRI/McGraw-Hill, a consulting firm. "Although there had already been a softening in earnings over the past few quarters, traders needed...
...your tolerance for risk is higher, try one of the concentrated mutual funds that I assess in my column near the end of this magazine, in Personal Time. Or invest in the small stocks of the Russell 2000, preferably through an index fund or an actively managed small-stock fund. These small stocks have been beaten down more than their larger brethren, despite having comparable earnings...
Good lord. He bites, he bullies a near pensioner, he kicks in the worst possible place. This may be a dangerous thing to say, but what a sissy...