Alas, a similar logic makes it hard to be as optimistic about America's stockmarket, which last suffered a bubble that burst, and stayed burst, 70 years ago before most of the people now dealing in equities were born.
Though bullish sentiment declined slightly, individual investors continue to be optimistic as the major stock indexes continue to rebound.
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While I try to enter each year with optimism, I find it hard to be overly optimistic as we enter 2013.
"Anxiety, depression, hostility and social inhibition are all ... psychologically treatable conditions, and there's every reason to be optimistic as long as the individual identifies the problem and is getting treatment, " Carney said.
Still, Adgate argues there is reason to be cautiously optimistic about the network business as it is today.
"When you've been out as long as I have been, 30 years, in order to feel OK every day and be optimistic and productive, you can't dwell as much on what's not working as maybe people think you do, " Perry said.
But, Jackie, as you know, I tend to be an optimistic person.
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The chairman acknowledged that 2012 was already shaping up to be equally as challenging as last year but said he remained optimistic.
Villagers are not optimistic that Mr Feng will be allowed to serve as chief or that free elections will be held in future.
Thus, while individual investors are comparatively more optimistic, it would be a mistake to describe them as exuberant.
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And now with the commitment by Bloomberg Philanthropies as of Feb. 28, there is even more reason to be optimistic.
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"We're optimistic that this life-saving procedure will continue to be available as a treatment option for patients with debilitating illnesses, " the president of the American Psychiatric Association, Carol Bernstein, M.
DraftExpress, run by its President, Jonathan Givony, penciled Oladipo in as a late first round selection, while the popular NBADraft.net was not as optimistic, suggesting that Oladipo would leave school early only to be selected near the top of the second round.
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The Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire, Andrea Leadsom, a leading member of the backbench Fresh Start group, which is keen to renegotiate the British membership, said she was optimistic that a good compromise could be found in order to make the reforms, as long as the UK was bold in its ambitions.
The high frequency of words such as "confident", "delighted" and "pleased" in Queen Elizabeth's speech could be seen as an indicator that she is in a rather optimistic frame of mind, according to Ben Medlock.
On the other hand, however, in an era where doing nothing is an optimistic scenario, the can-kicking approach to fiscal policy can be a misleading panacea, as it avoids addressing the issues that postponement causes.
It will continue to trade as a going concern, and chief executive David Sculley says he remains "optimistic" a buyer can be found.
So even if COMAC catches up to Airbus and Boeing in a decade, as some optimistic observers think, the eventual market for new aircraft may be much smaller than currently projected.
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