1. 大多数专业顾问（包括我在内）都会对其客户大力鼓吹全球化多元投资组合的好处，然而，在12月看来，残酷的现实是2014年更像是个平局，而非大获全胜。事实上，上周摩根士丹利资本国际全球指数同比仅上涨了2％，而摩根士丹利资本新兴市场指数（MSCI Emerging Markets）和追踪美国以外发达国家市场的EAFE指数双双下跌了近5％。具有讽刺意味的是，除美国以外全球唯一一个表现上佳的市场——中国大陆股市的上证综指（上涨了45％），也是唯一一个美国投资者无法进入的市场。

2. 据Birinyi Associates的数据，今年迄今为止，各家公司已经宣布了376项股票回购计划，总额高达2,610亿美元。这个数字与2012年相比增长了近72%，但与回购创下纪录的2013年相比，略微有所回落。

3. U2乐队主唱波诺、主吉他手"刀刃"和蒂娜·特纳联手合作，共同完成了这首最狂野的007电影主题曲。你会被这首歌的演唱者吸引，并且愿意为她做任何事情。在电影《黄金眼》的主题曲中，蒂娜·特纳在《黄金眼》里面所展现的性感是我们一生都无法企及的。007系列电影主题曲从未如此甜蜜性感，好似歌曲里注入了性激素。

4. Tech giant Tencent's founder Pony Ma topped the list, with a fortune of 279 billion yuan, followed by Alibaba's Jack Ma, and Evergrande Group's Xu Jiayin, with their personal worth reaching 260 billion yuan, and 229 billion yuan, respectively.

5. The price of U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude, which is traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange, has been kept lower by problems transporting the oil to markets. Those troubles have eased recently, but Sabine Schels, head of fundamental commodity research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, doubts the problems will disappear.

6. The Global Obesity Epidemic

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1. It's a tall order, but if you want to go after one of the thousands of supply-chain jobs that are going begging, a solid start would be logistics training, available at many colleges and universities. Some programs, like Penn State's graduate certificate in supply chain management, are offered online.

2. Unemployment was the most searched for financial item, followed by "Wall Street companies" and "recalls".

3. “The worker threw a brick through the window with the words ‘I quit’ written on it.”

4. Each film Wes Anderson makes seems to exist in its very own universe. And “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” set mainly in the 1930s, uses distinct elements and props to help define its world.

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6. It is the thirdhighest overall behind the two Indian management academies at Ahmedabad and Bangalore, with respective salaries of $109,000 and $106,000.

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1. 但是又一次，科比仍然表示自己很健康，自己的投篮很好，之后就将话题转向了关于他的队友和球队赛程上面。

2. 三个泡沫分别是：20世纪90年代初的亚洲泡沫，90年代晚期的互联网泡沫，以及在2008年引起华尔街崩盘的那次泡沫，朱克斯称之为“信贷大泡沫”(Great Big Credit Bubble)。

3. 在Ross家附近的拐角处，一群男人坐在一家别墅的遮阳门廊，喝着啤酒，听着音乐。一个不愿意透露姓名的男人说，他从小就认识逮捕的这两个人。