Paul does it againBY BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010 9:15AMPerhaps it is this human ability to complicate that is our failing when it comes to predicting whether share prices will or will not win. Investors/speculators/punters all have their own predictions - and predictions on predictions - based on interpretations -and interpretations of interpretations - of available economic and financial information. |
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