Word: trap
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...going to get your financial needs met," said Kohn. "Getting rich is life's biggest booby trap...
...very tempting," Wheaton said of the trap. "They lay it out for you and you just say, 'Ah, I'll just put it behind them.' They posed a problem we're really not used...
...have good speed, and it's dangerous to pull an offsides trap when you've got good speed up front," Moore said. "That's why we did better with it in the second half, even though it took a little bit of time to iron...
...trying to invest around the weak euro, avoid companies with extensive operations abroad. Those tend to be consumer-product giants like Colgate-Palmolive and Procter & Gamble, typically thought to be defensive investments. Tech stocks fall into the same trap. Even those without European operations aim to benefit from business there. Your salvation may be in oil, natural gas and electric utilities. Although they've run up, these stocks look best from a risk-reward point of view...
Moreover, "about half of the high techs end up repurchasing stock near their highs," says Bob Gabele, who tracks stock-option activity for Thomson Financial Securities. That's hardly a wise use of cash. But companies fall into the trap because they've been doling out so many options for so long. They must buy back shares whatever the price--or issue more shares...