The two most widely discussed options are to revalue or to shift to a currency basket (which Kuwait has already done).

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The shipping price on the basket varied every time I changed the combinations and tried multiple permutations of delivery options and services.

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For the investor with less to invest that wants direct exposure to a finite basket of municipal bonds that will be held to maturity, there are now options.

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The underlying index to which the options apply, however, is less volatile than an individual stock because it represents a diversified basket of shares.

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