According to JP Morgan, the problem is not the absolute price level but the speed of the rise.

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So, there is some merit to not wanting to price the Alibaba at the absolute zenith of an IPO price.

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But it does not seem very likely, when the German finance minister keeps asserting the absolute necessity of price stability, and asserting that there is no "symmetry" between debtors and creditors in the eurozone.

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The real way to determine if a stock is cheap or expensive is not on the absolute amount of the stock price, but on its valuation.

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As the name suggests, this tablet is loaded with incredible features and specifications including an "Ice Cream Sandwich" OS and a 1GHz processor for an extremely low price- an absolute steal!

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We look at stock-price performance on an absolute-return basis and rank winners according to portfolio performance of generally at least five stocks.

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The stock has performed pretty nicely thus far in 2012, but it was an absolute dog in 2011, and the price of copper is very important to the share price here.

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Over at Caris, the analysts kept an even higher price target, despite not having their absolute highest rating on the stock.

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As I wrote in a post earlier this year, the problem with putting Apple in the Dow is that the index is price-weighted: stocks with larger absolute prices have a bigger impact than smaller ones.

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The other piece of evidence for home ownership's benefits is that the house-price fall has so far spared most existing homeowners from absolute losses.

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