That said, he still argues that there is plenty of growth opportunities, particularly in the tech sector, that should be winners for investors in 2012.

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This is particularly true in the tech sector, where IBM, Google, Apple and now Yahoo!

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Einhorn is particularly interested in the tech sector recently.

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These have come to assume a growing proportion of many companies' value, particularly in the high-tech sector where the most valuable assets walk in and out of the front door every day.

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Costa Rica's reputation for relative transparency and order has brought in a lot of foreign capital in recent years, particularly in the high-tech sector.

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The tech sector is particularly vulnerable to declustering, due in large part thanks to the freedom from geography created by technologies of its own making.

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