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Week 4

Investor's skittish attitude toward tech companies.
We know some stocks just won’t make the cut. But we also know they don’t have to.

That's a monumental movement in the bond market
figure out the illicit activity
emphatically
cheekily
unleash
foreshadow
The movie had a really tacky ending
Your suggestion has been duly noted.
floral
tush
gerbil invasion
I would chalk this up to typical profit taking after a spectacular run-up.
I spend an inordinate amount of my time in Vim. I do all my development in Vim and I have even customized my workflows for building code, running tests etc

there are no plans to taper their asset purchases; and that he would clearly communicate a change in policy before taking any action
these are the very times when owning a diversified portfolio of stocks makes the most sense
There is an intelligent, active, malign force working against us
We can not dilly-dally at this point.

He buttoned up his remarks on a positive note by adding, "while we should not underestimate the challenges we currently face, developments point to an improved outlook for later this year."
It was a backhanded compliment.
We all stank and nobody minded
aimlessly
prettily
The wind whiffled through the trees.
gloatingly
skedaddle before I call the cops
Can you waggle your ears?
crossly
bathe
I had the most supremely awful day.
adios
tastefully
defecate
indignantly
emphatically
he was left alone and agape.
The bus had to deviate from its usual route because of a road closure
Naked, she stepped gingerly into the water.
these houses were strung along the thoroughfare.
He is highly strung for the game
grotesquely
the soldiers made a headlong rush for cover
anatomically
I can aft and luffed her to the open sea
Big Tech stocks have been the laggards so far this year and today was no different
The classics have been looking good since they started preaching the electric gospel.
The Federal Reserve remains vexed about the lack of inflation that has been a feature of the U.S. economy for the better part of the past decade
That's a matter for you to take up with your boss
As she is such a pretty woman, many men would like to take up with her
Their ire was directed mainly at the government.
Nobody wants fights. Let's call it quits

Week 3

faeces
lustily
pleadingly
sinful
discreetly
fervently
braised veal
your hands are softer than veal
christen
The air was filled with the sweetness of mimosa
He had a good rummage inside the sofa.
A taboo against sex before marriage.
I belong to a guild of wine butlers.
yuk
auntie
This new benefit has come as a godsend for low-income families
nympho
cantaloupe melon
A truck traveling south had a blowout and crashed
armadillo
hazel
manhole
houseboy
Values and mores and practices are changing all the time.
rhyme
Loch Ness monster
outreach
The boxers slugged it out to the finish.
Bruce is a spaz, but he's one of the best doctors I know.
sagittarius
creme, cream
crumble
eek, yikes
what are you jabbering about, shipmate?
You want to use waxy potatoes with thin skin rather than starchy potatoes like russets
North America’s first Bitcoin ETF got off to a stellar start in its debut, with investors exchanging $165 million worth of shares
We think the benefits will far outweigh the costs in the longer run
You might think risk and investing go hand-in-hand, John.
Time is pressing. Mr Biden and his successors may not get a second chance to recast policy on such a scale.
As we found ourselves spending more time at home over the past year, we decided to liven things up with a new four-footed member of the family
Since then, the stock is up well over 700%, thrashing the performance of the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) by more than 600 percentage points
Many things are cyclical, but our love of animals is ever-present — and growing
People will tighten their own belt buckles long before they let the kibble run out
2020 may have been a banner year for pets, but we think spending on our furry friends will keep rising in 2021 and well beyond
He breathed in the frosty air.
"New Car Smell" Is the Scent of Carcinogens. Even Short Trips May Overexpose Us
However, the truth is that the president's ability to impact the economy and markets is generally indirect and marginal
Relatively speaking, presidential salaries are pretty tame.
capital outlay, initial outlay
The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
Boston-based LEK Consulting predicts that drones could account for 30% of same-day package deliveries by 2040. That sound you hear is Amazon's drool hitting the floor.
She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.

Week 2

The booking is only provisional.
That there are not much that we can worry about, and the stock just kind of petering along, that can be a great opportunity to buy option
increasing their ideation capability
And life design will help you live into whatever version of you is now playing at the Cineplex
Radical collaboration works on the principle that people with very different backgrounds will bring their idiosyncratic technical and human experiences to the team
A well-designed life is not a life of drudgery
That may sound a bit melodramatic, but many people tell us that this is a good description of their lives
A painter can create an artistic masterpiece alone on a windswept coast, but a designer cannot create the iPhone alone, windswept beach or not
Most people do not have that one thing they are passionate about—that singular motivator that drives all of their life decisions and infuses every waking moment with a sense of purpose and meaning.
Let’s face it, you’re not reading this book because you have all the answers, are in your dream job, and have a life imbued with more meaning and purpose than you can imagine
You have a wicked problem.
he’s had a lot of problems, and would say that this whole book comes out of his astonishing ineptitude
So the unholy union of Jacques Cousteau and Mrs. Strauss caused Dave to work on the wrong problem for over two years
The premeds were killing it in class.
Academically, he was getting crushed, as were his dreams of someday getting paid to frolic with the seals while speaking in a French accent
Someday, however, he still hopes to frolic with seals.
We also tend to get mired in what we call gravity problems.
They fight it tooth and nail, with everything they've got.

And we’ll let you in on a secret—no one has ever failed our class. In fact, it’s impossible to flunk.
doctoral dissertation

After Tesla's cannonball into bitcoin on Monday, more established parts of the biz world are wading into the crypto waters.
All the while, rich gringos are walking around the island and paying no or very little tax

Any time a new tax reduction strategy comes along, you can bet the sharks will start circling, looking for weaknesses and ways to make things easier

That’s happening in Puerto Rico in spades.
Yet Mr. Mori suggested that he did not agree with the criticism levied against him, saying he had been misinterpreted
After Mr. Mori made his sexist remarks last week, a backlash swiftly followed, and he apologized the next day at a news conference
Many investors may fall prey to emotional decision making and trying to time or predict the market
If you miss opportunities like these in the months and years ahead, you may never live it down.

wicked problems
Chinese consumers are fickle
The weather here is notoriously fickle
Fickle lover
birthday flan
The snake has very sharp fangs
I will earmark this money for your research
Correct speech is an earmark of the educated man.
The volcano threw new showers of magma and ash into the air
Her voice had a soft Welsh lilt to it.
Confetti showered down on the newly-weds.
Anaconda sunning on a tree
Or even more tersely

Now I'm not one to get mushy, but I have to tell you that if love was measured in gold, I'd be a billionaire!
When you see an industry dominated by companies that are decades old, some approaching their centennial, you might wonder if that industry is ripe for disruption
time to ideate alternative futures

The world of trading is being flipped on its head by the once innocuous retail investors
Wall Street has been shell-shocked by a band of 'Reddit traders' who squeezed $10s of billions from short-selling hedge funds, bringing some major firms to their knees
That sector has been on fire since November, but today's action was head-spinning, to say the least. We'll see how long the enthusiasm lasts.

Rifles and cannons volleyed on all sides.
He played a backhand volley.
Lisa was rankled by his assertion
The police vigorously denied that excessive force had been used.

sizable
this very sizable fiscal policy package.
it's on the cusp
we're evolving towards the metaverse
the market is discerning, it's a sign we're not in a bubble
parle
bub
zine
out of whack
He gave the ball a good whack.
wack
I always took you for a nickel and diming cheapskate, Frank
Pigs on the farm go oink, oink.
parkway
skywalk
overpass
goldie
goldilocks economy
alphabetize
bumblebee
This report seemed to hit all the right notes: it clearly shows we're back on the mend from November's job losses
Cries for help were heard coming from the mangled concrete.

Week 1

Tepid jobs recover
As for Jassy, he's been at Amazon since 1997 and built AWS from a minor offshoot of Amazon's e-comm operations to a cloud computing leader.

Keep your head down and your nose clean.
However, the investor forfeits stock gains if the price moves above the option's strike price.

The only thing I ask of you is that you read what I wrote here rather than pay attention to the sound bites in the media
That, like creating the existing credit-based monetary system, is of course a type of alchemy—i.e., making money out of little or nothing
pre-liberated Neo caves to his fear.
a difficult but free life, or blissful subjugation?
many of them are so inert so hopelessly depend on the system
he flatlines
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Simply put, if an investor intends to hold the underlying stock for a long time but does not expect an appreciable price increase in the near term then they can generate income (premiums) for their account while they wait out the lull
if an investor is very bearish, they may be better off simply selling the stock, since the premium received for writing a call option will do little to offset the loss on the stock if the stock plummets.

The amygdala, is the part of brain that has the fight-or-flight that produces anxiety
the prefrontal cortex is the part of brain which we call for executive functioning, or reflecting
equanimity

zoonotic virus
That's what make this coronavirus so devious.
antigen, antibody
Its venture capital backers have stood firm and re-upped their support, pouring $3.4 billion into the broker since last week to help it weather the storm
Robinhood's vague statement Thursday morning and a CNBC interview with CEO Vlad Tenev that evening did nothing to douse the fire.
Amateur investors on Reddit have a new target for speculative trading: a white, lustrous metal known for its electrical conductivity called silver
There was thunder and lightning, and torrential rain