From a macro perspective, traders also may have been exhaling a bit on Tuesday in response to the situation in Europe.

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Jackson, as opposed to Chanos, is very bullish on China from a macro perspective and even visited the country to verify his position.

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It is only by adopting a macro perspective across the entire array of work to be done from the customer perspective that sensible decisions can be made.

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Look at it from a macro perspective, and you can follow the jet plumes of a new generation criss-crossing the earth, curious about new cultures near and far.

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"This is a trivial amount from a Russian macro perspective, " said Ivan Tchakarov, Renaissance Capital's chief economist.

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From an investment perspective, even strong companies working in the right macro conditions are a bad bet if their shares are too costly.

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