But it is still not a time for over-confidence, or to adopt a buy and hold approach.
But dictatorships can make a mess of things, too, if dictatorial over-confidence leads them to ignore hard facts.
But that period of careless talk and occasional over-confidence did lasting reputational damage.
At JPMorgan, all the elements were in place to lull even the sharpest analysts in the world into cocksure over-confidence.
Over-confidence can make you take on projects that are beyond your capability, and you might not be able to complete them.
We may well be warmed into hope by this result, though we should neither be lulled into apathy nor stimulated into over-confidence.
Early success can lead to overly rosy projections and over-confidence in what is currently working while underestimating the difficulties that still lie ahead.
Over-confidence and emotion are the enemies of a high quality portfolio.
Being caught there was probably the result of over-confidence.
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Researchers at the University of California found that over-confidence is often driven by a desire for a higher social status and that pursuit of this status often resulted in more material or career rewards.
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As far as the author is concerned, Mr Clinton epitomises woolly-headed liberalism and arrogant over-confidence in his attempts to put the expansion of democracy and the spread of market economics at the centre of foreign policy.
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Carr, who spent five years studying bank robberies and interviewing crooks, argues that a warm greeting to a would-be robber eliminates psychological "trigger points"--confidence, anonymity, control over his fear--that the robber needs to go ahead with the crime.
Last month, the school's trustees supported by 8-4 a no-confidence vote over Ammons' performance.
Faldo, who unlike Chamblee can call himself a major champion -- six times over -- is troubled by Woods' apparent lack of confidence.
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Democrat secretary-general Sanan Kachornprasart mused that the bombing spree will end once the no-confidence motion is over.
But since he will not be in a position to redress Plaid Cymru's grievance, he could then be subject to a no-confidence vote all over again.
Many farmers believe the crisis over mis-labelled food has damaged consumer confidence in the supply chain.
But the no-confidence vote was held over the decision to push ahead with the plans, which the full council had voted against.
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When capital was scarce and confidence fragile, such over-caution made some sense.
And to cap it all, the government made hard work of facing down a no-confidence motion in parliament over a financial scandal involving Ulf Sundqvist, once the Social Democrats' chairman.
The LDP will hold over his head the threat of a no-confidence motion should he break his promise.
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Ferguson's claim that an Arsenal side eight points clear at the top and still going strong in their two favoured cup competitions were over-confident was countered by a statement that confidence is only natural in a team still chasing a treble in March.
Keothavong had managed a confidence-boosting three set win over world number 41 Jarmila Groth the day before, but couldn't repeat her efforts on Wednesday.
Billionaires have been plunking down extravagant sums for trophy homes the country over since 2011, injecting would-be sellers with confidence to try their hands at turning a hefty home sale profit.
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The never-ending parade of last-minute brinksmanship over taxes, the deficit, and the debt ceiling is a sure-fire way to destroy confidence in our economy.
They may offer not only, potential savings over time-and-materials approaches, but also the confidence to push forward with other initiatives.
As we agonize over consumption and twist free-market principles to restore market confidence, the tragedy is that Washington's mistakes could be rectified at any time, ending the crisis.
The trouble is, if he's wrong - if the spare capacity isn't there - then this policy risks making the situation worse, by pushing up inflation over the medium term, and weakening confidence in the government's commitment to cut public borrowing and re-balance the economy.
In fact, as stocks have continued to sell-off over the past month, those showing the most confidence have been the very firms that have seen their stock plummet.
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