Word: twice
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
When buying on margin, an investor who wants, say, $5,000 of AOL shares need put up only 50% of his own money. The rest ($2,500) is borrowed from a broker. It's a tantalizing deal. If AOL's stock moves up, you make twice as much profit as if you had paid all cash. If the stock dives, though, that leverage works in reverse. But few investors seem to focus on the downside...
...diet rich in fruits and vegetables, includes low-fat dairy products and keeps the lid on saturated fat can lower blood pressure dramatically. It might take you a while to get used to eating the required eight to 10 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, which is twice what most Americans consume, but your efforts are likely to be rewarded. Among members of the multiethnic study group, diastolic pressure (the bottom number) dropped an average...
NEEDLESS SNEEZES Allergies affect nearly 40% of all Americans --twice as many as usually estimated--and millions of them suffer needlessly or rely on medications they'd rather not take. According to a new survey, that's because two-thirds of them are unaware of other treatment options, like allergy shots, which are considered both safe and effective...
...seriousness is how seriously he takes himself, and Beatty has taken politics seriously for more than 30 years. After stumping for Robert Kennedy, Beatty strategized for George McGovern. His political influence crested when his friend and pool-party partner Gary Hart wiped the lipstick off his collar and twice sought the Democratic nomination. Beatty was single, Hart married and acting single, and their buddy movie ended abruptly. After Hart sailed off with Donna Rice into his private political sunset, Beatty remained friends with him while edging away from, though not out of, politics...
...throat. "There?s always that bit of uncertainty as the day draws near," Baumohl says. Come noon, along with the profit-taking from Monday to contend with, there?ll be plenty of investors who don?t feel quite as smart as they did the day before. No hike? Twice the hike? Rally? Sell-off? Stay out of it until Greenspan?s gospel (2:15 p.m.) is fully digested. For the record, the safe betting is on one quarter-point hike (come on, guys ? when was the last time the Fed raised a half-point?) and then let things...