This year was the first year in many that I had a chance to watch the game, anticipate and critique the ads just like every other consumer, and not worry (at all) about what the pundits would say on Monday morning.

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After one of the many European summits last year I can recall the British prime minister being asked whether he was a "Eurosceptic".

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There is no way of knowing how many billions dollars in stocks were sold before year end to avoid higher capital gains, but I think it was a lot.

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