Nick Carn, a strategist at Odey, a hedge-fund group, says it is pretty simple: companies' revenues are determined by the pace of consumer spending; their costs are largely driven by wages.

对冲基金odey的策略师尼克·卡恩说，这相当简单：公司的收入受消费者支出的速度所决定；公司的成本主要受到工资的影响。

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"I loved Odey, I absolutely loved it, but I succumbed to the siren call of the highlands, " says Colin.

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Consider the Odey Continental European Trust, a British unit trust run by Hugh Hendry, who is also a hedge-fund manager.

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At the time, he was commuting to London during the week to work at Odey Asset Management as an analyst.

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