The MSCI World Index gained more than 13 per cent last year, its best performance since the recovery from the global financial crisis in 2009.
And beyond the performance of specific stocks, a solid recovery in the housing market should lead to policymakers, starting with Bernanke, breathing a sigh of relief.
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Only a handful of agencies reported on their recovery auditing activities in their FY 2004 Performance and Accountability Reports.
It further expands GE's solutions portfolio for unconventional resources, consisting of more than 40 technologies that are addressing fundamental industry challenges, helping customers and the industry improve operational performance, reduce their environmental footprint and increase resource recovery while creating innovative technologies to drive demand for natural gas.
Good performance from them will be needed to underpin a sustained recovery.
Other than Avon (AVP), the premier cosmetic stocks have amazing performance returns for the past six months and that should continue as the recovery gains traction.
"We cannot be certain whether this encouraging performance is merely a World Cup phenomenon or a longer-term trend towards recovery, " Chairman Ralph Bernard said in a statement.
Moreover, though this boom is impressive judged by past performance, it is only to be expected as the region makes a cyclical recovery after nearly a decade of lacklustre growth.
Bank loan funds cite historically low default and high recovery rates, but many fail to cite nuances that imply that past performance may not predict future performance.
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The weakening global economic recovery and looming market uncertainties are anticipated to weigh on plans for investment and performance this year, but despite global economic jitters, Samsung will respond to the market's ebb and flow with a capex plan that is flexible in manner.
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It was performed in Sarajevo under siege in the 1990s, in South Africa it was seen as a critique of apartheid and in the wake of Hurricane Katrina a performance in New Orleans was seen as an emblem of the city's wait for recovery.
The 1982 recovery took the economy's usual 6 months to reach the prerecession peaks of performance.
R. 1827 includes some promising provisions on paying for audit recovery services out of proceeds, gainsharing for financing management improvement, and rewarding employee performance.
Even so, Mr Morales reckons the economy could grow by about 3.5% this year, its best performance since 1998, thanks to high mineral prices, textile exports to the United States, and recovery in Brazil and Argentina.
While lower gas prices and the recovery of the auto sector (as supply chain disruptions eased in Japan) boosted economic performance in the third quarter, Hatzius believes the U.S. economy will continue to muddle through until the private sector feels comfortable enough that it has fixed its balance sheet to begin spending.
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While our performance this quarter attests to the leverage in our model, our served markets continue to reflect an uneven recovery as questions around global growth trends persist.
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If RG3 does not fully heal from the injuries sustained in the 2012 playoffs against Seattle, and if a less-than-full recovery negatively impacts his long-term ability to lead his team to the same levels of performance that were experienced in 2012, then Washington fans will be paying more money for a devalued product.
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But even those who know recovery will be slow and painful are perturbed by the persistence of one particular symptom: poor export performance.
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