Without boring you in academia, one of the assumptions in the theory suggests that companies and asset classes have a natural, repeating cycle in which good performance begets bad performance and vice-versa.

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With growing middle classes and a vast array of natural resources, the countries are also vulnerable in that they are still tied to the fates of other countries: China, which is also a competitor, and Brazil, which is more like a primus inter pares.

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More particularly, cooperation between the scientific community, educational policy makers, parents, researchers of Learning and Natural Sciences, teachers and the industry is sought, so that they can make changes in school classes.

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