He digs like a dog to learn his subject, particularly if the subject is narrow and peculiar, such as opto-electronic switches, P-N junctions or a hailstorm's effect on spread spectrum wireless video transmission.
It would be interesting to know how much money others made on the spread between what Rivera got for his shares and what the suckers on the other end ultimately paid.
Each year, I analyze the primary drivers of asset class long-term returns including risk as measured by implied volatility, expected earnings growth based on GDP estimates and foreign business expansion, market implied inflation based on the spread between long-term Treasury Bonds and TIPS, and current cash payouts from interest and dividends on bond and stock indexes.
After the initial outbreak in Tottenham overnight on Saturday, violence also spread on Sunday the north London suburb of Enfield, Brixton in the south and Oxford street in central London, the capital's main shopping district.
Currensee get a cut of that, plus a few basis points on the spread of every trade.
Trading volume thins dramatically the longer you go out, so you risk getting killed on the spread.
On my spread in the Hudson Valley, red-winged blackbirds came back a week early and met a heavy snowfall.
The RSPCA, which opposes a cull, said studies found it would not have a major impact on the spread of TB.
The health insurance industry operates on the spread between what it charges the consumer and what it allows providers to spend.
The bankers were only doing what comes naturally to bankers-trying to profit on the spread between the cost of money and what they can charge.
Since Mr. Zuckerberg received the options as part of his compensation, the tax code says he had compensation on the spread when he exercised.
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In addition, though throttling has a big impact on the spread of a virus, it makes little difference to ordinary activities such as web browsing.
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The paralysis on agriculture spread to the rest of the talks, because many developing countries were reluctant to make concessions elsewhere without progress on farm trade.
The leasing companies borrow from a bank at one interest rate and offer the lease at a higher one to the driver, making money on the spread.
There's a clear favourite to win the Academy Award for best foreign language film this time - based on its spread of nominations alone, Amour is already an Oscar hit.
The statistics bear this out: The inflation expectations metric based on the spread between treasuries and TIPS correlates very badly with inflation, in some cases as badly as negative 80%.
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Some healthy banks hold mortgages and other loans that are mispriced and unlikely to ever make money on the spread between what they charge and their true cost of funds.
Unlike most immunisation programmes this is unlikely to have a major impact on the spread of whooping cough because it is young adults who are most likely to spread the infection.
But this is now drying up, because new rules imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission have shrunk the profits that market makers earn on the spread between buy and sell prices.
This year, the team looked at aspirin's effect on the spread of cancer, and found it reduced the risk of secondary spread to the lungs, liver and the brain by "about half".
"If people living in or visiting invaded areas are careful and check for the crazy ants when moving or going on longer trips, they could have a huge impact on the spread, " LeBrun said.
American Express earns a net interest income on the spread between the rate it earns from un-loaned amounts sitting in bank deposits and short-term investments in financial securities and the rates at which it extends credit to card members.
On Tuesday, the bid-ask spread on Spain's 10-year note hit roughly 0.12 percentage point.
The water-gate brouhaha began on Twitter, spread across the Web and was replayed endlessly on television.
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In the case of an investor going long the total return of the NCREIF index, he or she would accept the total return on the NPI (paid quarterly) on a predetermined notional amount and agree to pay the LIBOR rate, plus a spread on the same notional amount.
By coincidence, photo retailer Photojojo featured a pointer on its Twitter feed today to the pop culture blog Accidental Mysteries, and a lovely spread on Camera Comics, a 1940s comic-book series glamorizing the work of historical photographers like Matthew Brady and fictional heroes like Jim Lane Insurance Investigator!
Yet, at the same time we have seen that the steps of both individuals and organizations have taken on their own, in their communities or with their employers reduce their carbon footprint have defused and spread on a large scale.
Later on Monday trouble spread to the leafy London suburb of Croydon, where several buildings, mainly shops, were set on fire.
The last time we saw a wider spread was on July 8, 2010, when the spread was -36.1 percentage points (bullish sentiment was 20.9% and bearish sentiment was 57.1%.) This occurred just as the market was setting a bottom during the summer months.
More salt is being held in reserve to spread on Cumbrian roads this winter.
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