Additional hedging activity can be seen in the rise in preference for calls on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX).
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In the 1990s when I was young, there was a land selling frenzy within the neighbourhood in preference for cheap or free forest land in Mau.
However, because there is such a strong contrast in the preference for menthol by race and sex and because there are large differences in the rates of these cancers also by race and sex, we felt that this was a case in which an ecologic approach could be informative.
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After watching the clips, members will vote in order of preference for up to five choices.
Indeed, scholars have found a discernable link between the Bible and the Budget: a strong belief in the truth of the former coincides with a strong preference for growth in the latter.
Focus group research presented in the report, The Smart Way to Display, shows a consumer preference for simplicity in visual displays of energy use.
In Shanghai, for example, consumers like bulk-size packages, whereas in Beijing there is a distinct preference for smaller-size formats.
On the Democratic side, like in Iowa, it's a much more social event where there's a lot more horse swapping and people meeting in groups and people having an open declaration of their preference for a candidate and standing up in front of their friends and co-workers and neighbors to declare themselves for the candidate they prefer.
In a survey by industry association Anrev tracking investment intentions in the Asian-Pacific region early this year, 68% of the 110 respondents noted a preference for investing in the industrial and logistics real-estate sector this year, up sharply from 28% in 2012.
These can be tied into gaming functionality, while you can also throw in your own personal preference for when you're simply clicking through Google results.
It reflects the contemporary intellectual preference in higher education for integrating the theory and practice of a discipline, and for reducing the divisions between vocational and academic qualifications.
Its reporters' prejudices, allied to the modern preference in broadcast news for context and commentary (that is, opinion) over facts, yielded a generally pessimistic account of British and American actions before, during and after the war.
Some see the leak about the ECB withdrawing funding from those banks as a giant blunder on a day when the president of the ECB, Mario Draghi, said in support of Greece only that the ECB had a "strong preference" for It staying in the euro.
The first is in the push for increased use of nuclear power in preference to other fuels, especially oil, which is volatile in price and entails many political ramifications.
Royce developed his disenchantment with glamour stocks and his preference for oddballs in the early 1970s.
All in all, the Japanese preference for sticking with bank or post-office deposits seems entirely rational.
And in emerging markets the preference is for dumb-pones or feature phones at best rather than smartphones.
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To the contrary, the West's preference for belief in hope and change has made things more dangerous.
While the idea of what constitutes the ideal body shape is changing in Sudan, the traditional preference for women to have thick legs remains.
Speaking earlier on Monday, Mr Livingstone urged other Labour members to stay within the party, while he promised to cast his second preference in the mayoral ballot for Frank Dobson, Labour's official candidate.
Results showed that women exposed to cues related to romantic goals reported less positive attitudes toward STEM and less of a preference for majoring in math or science fields compared to other disciplines.
The former Rangers striker also urged the SFA to speed up the process of selecting candidates and make an appointment quickly to give the new manager time to settle in, indicating a personal preference for the Dundee United manager Craig Levein to be handed the job.
The only scenario in which Mrs Clinton is the winner is one in which she is given all of the votes cast for her in Michigan, and Mr Obama is given none of the "uncommitted" voters (a majority of whom expressed a preference for him in exit polls).
Just as consumers have legitimate reasons for buying multiple brands in the same category, when we are beginning our careers (or have other reasons why being number one is out of the question), we can brand ourselves in a way that our offer is unique enough to keep us in demand despite a general preference for something else.
In reality, parents are allowed to express a preference for a school but children within the catchment area are usually given priority in the allocation of places, assuming the school is non-selective.
The young scholars still carry books around, for instance, in preference to reading them.
And by the 1980s many Japanese buyers had an instinctive preference for pastel colours in art as well as in fashion.
Instead of advertising, many Chinese production companies have shown a strong preference for product placement in TV programs, movies and online videos.
Critics expressed a clear preference for Google Maps in this commentary, with over 10% of all comments regarding maps being a direct vote for Google.
According to the New York Police Department, some 3, 890 Apple products were stolen in 2012, pushing crime figures up and prompting Mayor Bloomberg to say that thieves in the city were showing a preference for Apple goods.
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