In our negative real interest rate environment, the market has begun to put a premium on the certainty of income.

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But it is heaven for the young and flexible: help-wanted signs usually impose an upper age limit of 30, and the shift to free enterprise has put a premium on educated newcomers who do not have to unlearn the bad old ways.

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The sheer swiftness of gold's decline on Monday meant that investors were willing to pay a premium for put options on gold and silver-backed exchange-traded funds, a centerpiece of his strategy.

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Trading in commodities such as oil and gold also stayed open, and the threat posed by Hurricane Sandy to gasoline refineries on the East Coast put a particular premium on watching the price moves in energy-related commodities.

WSJ: Idled Stock and Bond Traders Watch, Wait and Position

He was trained at Arnold and Porter in Washington and was a partner at Howrey, Swidler Berlin and Dickstein Shapiro, specializing in dispute resolution and insurance, areas that put a premium on calculating what a case would cost to litigate and how much a jury might award in damages at the end.

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Kids love to talk, they love to send text messages and to download custom ring tones, and they put a high premium on having the newest and most stylish devices.

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Among the banks, this will put a premium on investment-banking skills, which hardly plays to Japanese strengths.

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He finds that both institutions put a premium on deep knowledge of academic disciplines and using technology to change the world.

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Ryan would put a cap on the per capita growth of the premium support equal to nominal GDP growth plus 0.5%.

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