In the right circumstances, debt and steroids in the right amounts can be beneficial.

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They both require high-quality ingredients, mixed in the right amounts, and discipline when baking.

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You can start with this short risk tolerance questionnaire and asset allocation worksheet to make sure you have the right amounts in stocks, bonds, and cash based on your time frame and your comfort (or discomfort) with the ups and downs of the market.

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Being in a 2-2 series isn't the right time for Heat panic over now being in what amounts to a best-of-three, or Heat lament over anything that isn't going their way, Spoelstra said.

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To be clear, right now the ECB is purchasing modest amounts of Italian and Spanish government debt, for example, in an attempt to keep the respective interest rates they're charged at a bit less than the penal and prohibitive 7%.

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