Jeff and Amy estimate that Medicaid would cover three-quarters of long-term care benefits for a typical woman buyer of private insurance.

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However, the model also suggests that, if lower interest rates are to revive the economy, a cut of 2.5 percentage points (the size of the cut until this week) would normally be expected to have lifted share prices by 22% within a year, reduced long-term bond yields by three-quarters of a point, and left the dollar 5% weaker.

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If Dell can string together a few quarters where the revenue growth cadence points to long-term growth of 4-5% and gross margin holds up, then we expect the valuation multiples to rerate higher.

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But the fact remains that nearly three quarters of beds are occupied by someone with a long-term condition.

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Certainly not from well-funded companies with the resources to plan long-term and carry out strategies that support these projects over decades, not quarters.

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While there may yet be some long-term consequences of the CEO change, no one expects anything less than blow-out quarters from Apple in the foreseeable future.

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While the impact of these partnerships shall be noticeable only after a few quarters, these have the potential to securely put Expedia on a long-term growth trajectory.

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In six out of the past seven quarters, household spending grew by 0.4% or less, well below its long-term average rate of 0.7%.

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