But the basic implication is that if the past repeats itself, if one could replicate the past, the implication is as follows: Those seeking to gain fast profits, they should try and profit from the fast, buying shares prior to the start of Ramadan and selling them at the end of the Holy Month or,preferably, immediately after Eid al-Fitr, where our results begin to decline.

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I'm talking about four-week Treasury bills; 2.25% the Federal Funds Rate is still at 2.25% but at least the more prominent three-month T-bill rate is at the end.

我在谈论月国库券；,联邦基金利率仍在%,但是至少显著地,季度国库券利率还在最低端。

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That's because, at the end, if- -suppose you're one month or two months away from the payoff of the mortgage, you don't have any balance left, so the interest that you're paying is -hardly any balance left--is very low and so you're payment is paying off principal, mostly.

这是因为,在最后,如果,假设你还剩1到2个月,就可以还清抵押贷款,那么剩下的贷款余额就很少了,因此你所需要付的利息,将会非常少,因为贷款余额几乎为零,此时你偿还的就主要是本金

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