Word: righting
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...also to hedge their investments. For example, if you want to keep shares in your portfolio as a good long-term investment but think the price may fall in the short term, you take a sell position with a spread bet and keep your portfolio intact. If you're right, you will earn money on both the down and the up sides. London dentist Sarab Singh, 35, has been spread-betting for about a year and at one time was up about $1.4 million. He has lost most of that but doesn't let his spread betting affect his investment...
...himself a "new mandate" to push ahead with his plans for a peace deal. Winning won't gain him much, though, because the same fractious and fragmented Knesset remains in place. In two months, Barak could find himself back to square one, trying to cobble together a coalition with right-wing and religious politicians without alienating the doves in his own party...
...Benjamin Netanyahu. "Bibi" has been preparing for a tilt at Barak since he was cleared of corruption charges in the fall. If the Knesset had been able to call general elections, as it was in the process of doing, Netanyahu could have challenged Likud leader Ariel Sharon for the right-wing spot to oppose Barak...
...election jockeying begins in earnest this week. Sharon, 72, could face opposition within his party from several colleagues, including former Finance Minister Meir Sheetrit and the popular rising star of the right, Silvan Shalom. Netanyahu's supporters may also try a parliamentary maneuver to push for a general election, undercutting Barak's anti-Bibi move...
...TAIL INVESTING Right when economists are sounding alarms against running up holiday consumer debt, one firm is tempting shoppers by offering a rebate that lets them save while they spend. Stockback.com sells a Merrill Lynch-managed mutual fund that allows merchants to provide Stockback owners with rebates that are funneled into their individual fund accounts. The minimum investment is $10, and there are no transaction costs to customers. But that's not carte blanche to click up all the PlayStation 2 games your kids' hearts desire. The typical $100 spent would siphon less than $5 back into the fund...