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 Hare investors go for stocks that move a lot in a short period of time and spurn those that make small price movements.

Hare-type investors go for stocks that move a lot in a short period of time and spurn those that make small price movements.

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SINGAPORE – In the well-loved Aesop’s fable of the tortoise and the hare, the nimble hare and the slow tortoise took part in a race.

The hare was actually way ahead of its opponent, but it decided to take a nap halfway through the race while it waited for the tortoise to catch up.

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