The High Yield Trader signals can be applied to a broad variety of High Yield funds. To facilitate your decision and help you visualize how the system can benefit your high yield bond trading strategy, the table below provides the yearly and cumulative returns for a selection of over 50 mutual funds which have been tested with the High Yield Trader Model.
Please note this data is no longer updated and is provided to demonstrate that the High Yield Trader model may be used with large number of high yield mutual funds with excellent long term results.
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Ticker
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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4.3%
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2.2%
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10.9%
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6.6%
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17.8%
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9.2%
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2.2%
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8.2%
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4.7%
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6.9%
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35.6%
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171.9%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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2.9%
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41.1%
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45.1%
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8.6%
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4.8%
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11.2%
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12.5%
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24.4%
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9.4%
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3.1%
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10.8%
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2.8%
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8.6%
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41.3%
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249.2%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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7.0%
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12.2%
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24.3%
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9.3%
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2.9%
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11.2%
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2.6%
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8.4%
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41.1%
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192.5%
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6.6%
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-2.1%
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12.7%
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10.3%
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25.7%
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8.9%
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3.3%
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11.1%
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4.6%
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10.2%
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48.5%
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249.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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-1.9%
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8.2%
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4.2%
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6.5%
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34.7%
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58.7%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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10.7%
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15.7%
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22.6%
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9.9%
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4.6%
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10.5%
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4.6%
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7.8%
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45.9%
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228.3%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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6.9%
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18.2%
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8.7%
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2.9%
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11.1%
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2.7%
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8.4%
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41.1%
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146.6%
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3.7%
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6.1%
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7.8%
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7.5%
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10.8%
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8.3%
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3.5%
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8.0%
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4.8%
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6.6%
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31.6%
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151.5%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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3.1%
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7.1%
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24.4%
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11.6%
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1.5%
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12.7%
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6.9%
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2.0%
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35.9%
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159.9%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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5.4%
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8.3%
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23.9%
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9.5%
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2.6%
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10.5%
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3.7%
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6.5%
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48.9%
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188.9%
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0.7%
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1.4%
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10.3%
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14.9%
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24.0%
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9.7%
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1.9%
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8.6%
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5.3%
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9.0%
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34.0%
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199.7%
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2.8%
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0.9%
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10.7%
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10.0%
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24.7%
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9.4%
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2.1%
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8.3%
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4.7%
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8.3%
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33.8%
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188.9%
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8.4%
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-1.5%
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9.8%
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13.9%
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34.1%
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10.3%
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2.3%
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12.6%
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6.3%
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4.6%
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60.8%
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306.5%
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10.9%
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2.9%
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13.8%
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20.3%
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35.8%
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11.4%
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2.5%
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18.0%
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7.9%
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8.2%
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80.5%
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502.2%
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6.0%
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1.1%
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13.0%
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14.6%
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28.9%
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10.7%
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3.3%
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8.4%
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6.0%
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8.8%
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42.6%
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264.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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2.2%
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9.2%
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5.2%
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6.3%
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30.4%
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62.9%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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2.6%
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9.8%
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11.0%
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8.3%
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-0.4%
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10.7%
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5.7%
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8.2%
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39.5%
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137.8%
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5.1%
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2.9%
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10.1%
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7.9%
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22.5%
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11.3%
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2.1%
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10.9%
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3.4%
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5.8%
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48.9%
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223.3%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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7.4%
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1.6%
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11.1%
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5.5%
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8.7%
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49.0%
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107.2%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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6.2%
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4.5%
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10.6%
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41.4%
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73.3%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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3.9%
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10.5%
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43.1%
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64.3%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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1.4%
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8.4%
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37.8%
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51.4%
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7.5%
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5.3%
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8.7%
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6.9%
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14.7%
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7.8%
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1.8%
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10.2%
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5.1%
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6.5%
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33.9%
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173.5%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.9%
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10.8%
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3.5%
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6.8%
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50.6%
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86.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.6%
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9.2%
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3.8%
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6.4%
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37.4%
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66.7%
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7.2%
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1.2%
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-1.9%
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8.7%
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6.8%
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11.6%
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2.9%
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8.7%
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3.5%
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7.1%
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37.4%
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134.8%
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10.4%
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-1.5%
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0.9%
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7.7%
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6.0%
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8.6%
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1.9%
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9.1%
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5.2%
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8.5%
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36.2%
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134.9%
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3.7%
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3.9%
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1.7%
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10.2%
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1.8%
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10.6%
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2.1%
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9.6%
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4.0%
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7.7%
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46.3%
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149.3%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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2.5%
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4.0%
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22.5%
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11.1%
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3.1%
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10.0%
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5.5%
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8.5%
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39.2%
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162.6%
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5.8%
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3.4%
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4.0%
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18.2%
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-13.2%
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8.6%
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3.1%
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10.9%
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5.9%
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6.3%
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51.8%
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147.5%
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1.0%
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-1.3%
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5.1%
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5.0%
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5.3%
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9.1%
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2.6%
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11.0%
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6.0%
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6.0%
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41.2%
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128.4%
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8.9%
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4.3%
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0.3%
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11.1%
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-4.0%
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10.3%
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1.5%
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10.9%
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5.9%
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5.9%
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41.2%
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138.8%
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|
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0.0%
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2.1%
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0.9%
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11.0%
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8.9%
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9.6%
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2.1%
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11.4%
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5.2%
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5.0%
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44.5%
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147.8%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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8.4%
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12.2%
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8.8%
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2.7%
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8.5%
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4.7%
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8.6%
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46.8%
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145.8%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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3.0%
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10.3%
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7.7%
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1.1%
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8.0%
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4.7%
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6.4%
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40.5%
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109.1%
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7.1%
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6.6%
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-6.4%
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7.4%
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14.7%
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9.8%
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-0.4%
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8.4%
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2.3%
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1.7%
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24.6%
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102.3%
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0.0%
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3.9%
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5.8%
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12.1%
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-6.5%
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11.1%
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1.2%
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10.7%
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3.3%
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3.4%
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39.4%
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113.3%
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8.7%
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3.8%
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-2.2%
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12.1%
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3.3%
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9.4%
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-0.8%
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9.7%
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3.7%
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6.8%
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41.6%
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138.7%
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3.6%
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5.1%
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9.1%
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10.0%
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-2.0%
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8.5%
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2.2%
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9.6%
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4.5%
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9.5%
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37.1%
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144.1%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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6.6%
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13.2%
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8.5%
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2.4%
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9.4%
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4.4%
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9.5%
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37.1%
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130.0%
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6.4%
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4.8%
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-1.8%
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10.7%
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0.8%
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9.2%
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3.6%
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9.6%
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6.3%
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7.6%
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44.0%
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149.6%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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6.6%
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4.0%
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6.9%
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35.1%
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60.1%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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7.9%
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19.1%
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9.1%
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3.1%
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11.1%
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2.6%
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8.4%
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41.1%
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151.8%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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9.4%
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20.9%
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9.5%
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3.1%
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11.3%
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2.6%
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8.6%
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41.3%
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161.9%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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4.8%
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38.6%
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45.2%
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8.0%
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4.5%
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-3.1%
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10.6%
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5.8%
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9.4%
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1.0%
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11.6%
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4.7%
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7.2%
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51.9%
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169.1%
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8.3%
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1.5%
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2.1%
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13.1%
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-8.5%
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7.6%
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1.7%
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10.5%
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5.2%
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7.3%
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47.4%
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133.7%
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-4.9%
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-1.5%
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6.2%
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3.9%
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10.3%
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8.1%
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2.8%
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9.6%
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4.6%
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6.7%
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47.1%
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128.3%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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6.1%
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4.8%
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5.4%
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35.6%
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58.9%
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3.2%
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4.1%
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5.8%
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9.0%
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-8.2%
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10.7%
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3.1%
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10.2%
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4.1%
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2.7%
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47.6%
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125.6%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
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2.5%
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4.5%
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28.3%
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37.5%
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5.2%
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5.4%
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10.0%
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12.7%
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15.7%
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9.7%
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3.6%
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8.8%
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5.5%
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8.4%
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36.1%
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205.8%
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