Bay's Salil Deshpande argues that betting small amounts on a basket of companies is the right way to play the trend, for now.

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Armed with all this historical evidence, I think investors who are able to stomach the added volatility should consider buying a basket of small, value-priced, high-dividend-paying stocks.

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Besides the footballs and baseballs, Leather Head recently produced a small batch of peach-basket-era laced basketballs for Converse, and he dabbled in rugby balls after an inquiry from Ralph Lauren.

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He made the cake small enough to fit in a picnic basket, just big enough to share.

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Mr. Lucier also seems to have put most of his eggs in the Ion Torrent basket, which as any businessman small or large will tell you, may be too risky in this day and age.

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These form a big basket of worries, enough to dampen the spirits of small-business owners in the food delivery industry.

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No mystery there: Analysts estimate that Apple orders composed 30% to 40% of Synaptics' sales--filling the customer basket with too few eggs is a common hazard for small companies (see p. 182).

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Brazil also has a generous land to people ratio, with a large basket of natural resources, including petroleum, for a population that is relatively small (200 million) compared to China and India.

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Lately, we have been thinking about combining relative strength (buying the one asset out of a basket of assets that has the strongest performance over time) with value, momentum, low beta and small stocks investing.

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