The higher this ratio is, the more invested hedge fund managers are, as they typically buy puts on these broad-based exchange-traded funds to hedge long equity positions as they accumulate shares.

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He noted broad agreement on such long-term issues as the structure of a federated Cyprus.

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This ratio tends to move higher when fund managers are in equity accumulation mode, as they purchase puts on these broad-based ETFs to hedge their long stock positions.

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Americans are coming to terms with the fact that a broad, decade-long security relationship with Pakistan, seen as essential to producing stability in Afghanistan, is coming to a close with little to show for it.

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According to all, the only way is up in the medium- to long-term as yen dynamics continue to serve as a trigger for this broad asset market move.

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In the waiting room as we checked into the hospital, his father sat next to my mother and I remember the image of him exactly: olive skin, broad face, and long shiny hair, his head held in his big hands as if it had cut loose from his body.

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In broad terms, though, they said trusts had received the theoretical power to vary terms and conditions as long ago as 1990 under the Conservatives.

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While broad majorities of the court have voted to affirm protections for such long-recognized forms of expression as picketing, movies and now videogames, conservatives have outvoted liberals to confer First Amendment rights on business and void campaign-finance regulations that advocates say promote fairer elections.

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