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Team Building Emotional Bonds

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The family-like bond that formed that day between me and the other leaders in the company fortified us through many years of tough challenges and hard work and accounted for much of the tremendous success we built during the subsequent years.". It's hard to express all the feelings that flooded my mind and body at that moment.

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2 Debt Instruments Pose Peril to Millions of Investors

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In a world of low and even negative rates, bond investors are so hungry for yield they're willing to accept high levels of risk. For example, bond investors are increasingly embracing debt instruments known as covenant lite loans, which provide minimal protection should the issuer get into financial trouble. Related articles.

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Getting to the Heart

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Team Building Emotional Bonds. Source: Ted Frank: Get to the Heart: How movie storytelling secrets can make your presentation clear, compelling, and earn you a seat at the table. Related articles. Would it surprise you to know.? Words and Phrases Remind Us of the Way We Word.

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High Performing Organizations

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Despite the diverse range of industries--business, sports, technology, finance, education, and the arts--each of these successful institutions share a common bond: they are world-class industry leaders and have repeatedly outperformed their competition. "At

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Can Stock Values Simply "Disappear"? Yes.

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It just moves from stocks to bonds to money funds. Financial values can disappear through a decrease in prices for any type of investment asset, including bonds, stocks and land. Turn the direction around and mention that financial values can disappear into nowhere, and they insist that it is not possible. It never goes away.

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Many Are Betting on a Calm Market. We're Not.

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Recent figures show a record low investment in conservative money-market funds, meaning nearly everyone is invested in stocks and bonds. Stocks Peak One Year After Bonds (History Set to Repeat?). The Rydex family-of-funds data afford good sentiment indicators. Related articles. Commodities Falling Despite QE: What Does That Mean. .

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Putting Your Cash to Work in Real Estate

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Messina believes that originating home loans in the current environment, when many economists believe housing is at or near bottom, is less risky than putting money in the volatile stock market or opaque bond market. "I I can't drive by and look at those [stocks and bonds]," says Mr. Messina, who is 35 years old.