Simple: Because this quarterly reporting season is just the calm before the storm.

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As this period comes to a close, it seems as though the summer delay was merely the calm before the storm.

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Is this the calm before another storm, or is it the calm that will bring back sunshine for investors?

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Perhaps this current quiet period is the calm before a storm.

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There is always calm before the storm, and I fully expect Bordeaux prices to return and exceed their previous highs, although Chateau Lafite Rothschild may not get back to its highs as soon as others.

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Call it the storm before the calm.

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