Spread traders do this by buying gold and selling silver in equal dollar amounts.

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Other gold investments, such as mutual funds, may be made in smaller dollar amounts than bullion, and also may not have as much direct price exposure as bullion does.

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While the region remained the largest single component of the global IPO market in the quarter, as it has since 2009, the number of deals completed and the dollar amounts raised both declined.

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"It's the job of Congress to do it and we need to be a partner in this operation, " Hastert said, adding that he and the president did not discuss specific dollar amounts.

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While workers are often paid in small amounts around a dollar or so per microtask, the work can be quite simple and quick to complete.

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And after that window, for a period of a year, the writers settled for fixed dollar amounts in return for the streaming of their work, which will limit their earnings compared with those of the studios.

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