Ironically, a contributor to this trend appears to be one of the newer, low-cost government-backed reverse-mortgage options.

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Low-risk funds exhibit the reverse behavior, lagging on the way up but not losing as much on the way down.

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Gerstein will be tweeting his commentary and fielding your questions about low-priced stocks, his current picks, Chinese reverse mergers and more.

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Another article takes a brief look at recent efforts by the Malaysian government to reverse an influx of migrants from Southeast Asia looking for low-wage work.

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We are likely to see the reverse innovation phenomenon in a wide range of industries such as ultra-low-cost transportation, renewable energy, clean water, micro finance, affordable health, low-cost housing, and many others.

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