A new academic study* shows that mutual funds use similar tricks to make their returns look more attractive.Under American law, mutual funds that advertise past performance are required to use set time periods of one, five and ten years.
Corporations, the officials and experts believe, may simply have more attractive options under the plan for how to maximize and protect their money.
The coming England-Pakistan series seems all the more attractive for having been comparatively under-promoted.
Who has not perceived himself to be wittier and more attractive than normal when under the influence of alcohol or, indeed, seen wit and attractiveness in others in the same circumstances?Another argument is that drugs for the brain are simply one more step down a road taken by orthodontics, face lifts, Viagra and other medical extras.
Europe, too, looks all the more attractive, as the United States under President Trump rethinks its stance on renewables.
With 11 Federal Reserve Board rate cuts ratcheting down short-term rates, adjustable rate mortgages will look more attractive, with yields remaining under 6%.
Meanwhile, according to the GOP proposal, coverage for low and moderate-income individuals would be expanded by the creation of a "'saver's credit' to cover contributions to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), making HSAs more attractive to families earning under $50,000 annually".
Instead of making two of medicine's most under-recruited specialties more attractive, the new contract would offer a huge pay cut to the invaluable doctors who consider becoming psychiatrists or GPs more than two years after they qualify.
In doing so high-risk/high-return research is found to be more attractive and financially rational than under the traditional peer review approach.
These stories can be told if they are hidden under a more attractive plot thread, such as "the circus comes to town," "a huge tornado is coming," or "Johnny has magic powers".
