This investing method has the highest probability for achieving long-term investment success.

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My model that determines the probability of reaching a long-term target is multi-dimensional and quite complex.

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Don't touch these stocks unless you can withstand the high probability of getting a short-term scorching.

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By defining human capital as an asset that must be grown and protected, investors can begin to ascertain how human capital issues impact overall portfolio risk and the probability of achieving their long-term financial goals.

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One of the reasons we diversify across more than just a few top ranked funds is to increase the probability of latching on to a long-term winner like ARGFX.

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The longer it holds above this short-term key moving average, the higher probability we could see a bounce back to highs.

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There is even the probability that the state's share of GDP may slip back in the short term, as the recovery lifts the overall economy.

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But there are impediments, among them the probability that the American-led bombing campaign may, at least in the short term, increase Afghans' support for their government.

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The reason for this is the nearer term option that you are selling is then out of the money which reduces the initial probability that the option will be exercised by a counter party and you will have the option assigned.

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Term life involves a calculation on the part of the brilliant number crunchers called actuaries to determine the probability of your passing away in an established period of time.

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