Middle-market purchase-price multiples for LBOs dropped further in the third quarter, averaging 7.2x, down from 8.3x in the second quarter, according to LCD.

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There were 118 down days for the index, averaging a loss of 0.56% on those days.

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Although history suggests you might do better diving into the market with a lump sum (because, over the very long haul, markets have gone up more than they've gone down), dollar-cost averaging has a lot of appeal these days.

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Those famed blue-and-yellow behemoths, averaging about 30, 000 square feet, must plop down in cities whose commercial real estate prices are, according to a McKinsey report, on par with those in New York.

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Davis, a former all-star, is averaging just 5.6 points and five assists per game this season, down sharply from his career averages.

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They are averaging 28, 979 fans per game at Citi Field, according to Baseball-Reference.com, down from 30, 248 in 2011.

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