Yet if you own a fund that focuses on emerging-markets stocks, the chances are good that its performance this year has been lagging far behind the returns of the U. S. -stock funds in your portfolio.

然而，如果你持有一只专注于新兴市场股票的基金，它今年的业绩很可能远远落后于你所持的美国股票基金的回报率。

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The results showed that companies with a high growth, good pre-performance, younger executives, lower equity concentration, and the corporate nature is private are more likely to use stock options.

研究结果表明：成长性高、前期业绩好、高管较年轻、股权集中度低、公司性质为民营的公司更有可能使用股票期权；

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But one of the most mind-bending is the low probability prediction that one of the five companies expected to launch a drug next year will actually manage to deliver good stock performance.

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Barring a ferocious bear stockmarket, on past performance WorldCom's stock will be a good deal more valuable at the end of such a wait than it is today.

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It has a lot to do with the recent performance of the stock market, a pretty good measure of sentiment as well as one of the better leading indicators of real economic activity.

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