However, I would not accept for a minute a verdict of psychopathy based on a selective combination of characteristics of half a dozen different individuals.
What attracts Fried to Home Depot is the combination of its value characteristics and its active share repurchase program that has produced a net reduction in shares outstanding.
Thanks to a combination of "stealthy" characteristics that make it very difficult to detect and target, the ability to operate for sustained periods at supersonic speeds and its extraordinary agility, the Raptor seems likely to secure for years to come something Americans have taken for granted in every conflict since World War II: air superiority essential to victory on the ground.
It remains difficult to persuade investors to choose Europe over the U.S., thanks to a combination of the investor-unfriendly characteristics of the European loan market and the eurozone debt crisis.