That meeting, I think, is a little bit later on the afternoon.

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Lots of things are important when it comes to stock performance, and unfortunately a rather disturbingly high number of them are generally ignored by most investment analysts: religion (yes, religion), fertility, ethical corruption, moral corruption, property rights, soundness of currency, debt, tax progressivity, and size of government (which is another topic on which Mr. Mauldin has become a little muddled: more on this later).

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And now, a little over two months later, the group is closing in on 200, 000 members.

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But look, he has also on other occasions said, when he gets - once John McCain gets to the required number of delegates - and that really is feckless, and I think Mike Huckabee will see it that way a little later on this week - and pull out.

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As a result, little of the intended message is received, and even later, when they reflect on the incident, the histrionics are what they most readily recall.

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