The Shanghai Composite, China's main stock index, opened down 0.5 per cent after rallying for a 20 per cent gain over the past two months.

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In Latin America, Brazil leads the way with a 16 per cent gain in 2012.

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During the ensuing five years, the bubble burst, value stocks fared a lot better than tech stocks, and the clients who had left missed more than a sixty-per-cent gain relative to the market as a whole.

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The company reported a net profit of 24 cents per share, down from 27 cents last year, without an 84-cent gain related to the split.

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