To accurately assess the performance of this fund you would need to create your own benchmark that included the different US, international, and cash equivalent markets in the same percentage.

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The housing markets in both Arizona and Florida have bottomed out as cash-rich investors and foreigners snap up properties that are bargains compared with equivalent rental ones.

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But if a company keeps growing free cash flow and uses part of the cash to keep shrinking the float, why would not such a company outperform an equivalent dividend payer?

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The Mint has added a warning to its Web site that credit-card companies could consider the purchases cash-equivalent transactions not eligible for miles, and Mint officials plan to contact credit-card issuers "to try to implement a solution, " he says.

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That move reduced all equity and high-yield bond exposure, creating 50% cash or cash equivalent allocations across all portfolios.

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Think of it as the equivalent of a bookmaker placing bets with his firm's cash, and only pretending to lay off those bets with other bookmakers - which would be financial suicide if the real bets were not to come good.

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The change in net earnings and operating cash flows is primarily due to a 36% increase in the number of silver equivalent ounces sold, which was partially offset by a 24% decrease in the realized price per silver equivalent ounce, the company said in its quarterly statement Thursday.

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She struggled to meet a monthly bill that was equivalent to almost half of her cash income, but could not keep up payments and is now trying to go bankrupt.

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