In October The World in 2012 put three questions on the year ahead to five London dustmen (our careful sample took in Mile End, Chelsea and Earl's Court).

ECONOMIST: Might dustmen be the people to ask about 2012?

Based on MACD and the coming of the "best six months" period, the Almanac Investor went bullish on Oct. 2 this year, five trading days ahead of the Oct. 9 bottom.

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We have a lot of work ahead to fulfill our five-year business plan objectives.

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Their dividends have advanced at a compounded annual rate of at least 7% over the last five years, with a minimum estimated yield for the year ahead of 3%.

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Investors also bought government bonds after an earlier selloff drove the yield on German two-year paper up five pips to 1.71% ahead of the meeting while later slumping to yield 1.61%.

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Hindustan Lever's five-year annual return on equity of 46% puts it well ahead of Unilever's 35%.

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The bad news for oil consumers is that global demand has been growing at 1.5% a year over the past five years, while production capacity has been inching ahead at 0.2%.

FORBES: The Big Plunge

For the full year ahead, however, the economic confidence level stands at 55, down five points from the previous quarter.

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An early indication of who might be ahead came earlier this year when BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman won in a five-way competition to supply the military services with infrared countermeasures for their rotorcraft.

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If given the go-ahead, the council would continue to own the site, and offer it on a five year lease.

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