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...make [getting] a suntan and putting money in your bank account your primary focus this summer," she said...
...morning sunshine by standing in a never-ending line wrapped around a studio. The ages seemed to range from late teens to early septuagenarians, with the majority being Gen X-ers in their late 20s and early 30s. Many were well prepared for the ordeal. I saw auditioners applying suntan lotion in varying SP factors, drinking bottled water sporting various designer labels, and several comfort-loving individuals who had brought portable beach chairs and recliners to help them endure what looked like a three-hour wait. They did not look like hardy types ready to brazen out an extended ordeal...
...different reason for coming here. "There is more finesse, a bit more je ne sais quoi, to French naturism," a well-tanned Austrian in his 60s tells me as he prepares for another day on the sandy "nudism obligatory" beach, where cameras are taboo and coconut-scented suntan oil seems to be the millennium rage...
...know if this is a suckers' rally? You can't. But note this: the NASDAQ's scintillating 19% gain Memorial Day week came on modest volume, and advancing stocks were roughly even with those falling--a tepid showing that suggests this rally could fade like a suntan. Don't be fooled by the sharp gain. Since 1900, there have been 31 bear markets, and in 17 of them there was at least one suckers' rally greater than 10% on the Dow, according to Ned Davis Research. All but one had at least one 5% bounce. The typical bear market...
What, you mean we have to actually learn something? Yes, the Harvard classes that adeptly teach us to speak so expertly on that which we know nothing about will not help us here. So while the rest of you smear on the suntan lotion, think of us, your future doctors, sacrificing our spring vacations to desperately remember the orgo we never learned. But if all else fails, just remember to choose answer...