George Hodgson
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"George Ritchie Hodgson" was a Canadian swimmer of the early 20th century, and considered by many to be the greatest swimmer in Canadian history.

He was born and died in Montreal.

Hodgson won the two longer freestyle swimming gold medals at the 1912 Olympics, the only categories in which he competed, and was undefeated in his professional career.

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The American numbers showed the people who had been getting nervous about interest rates may now think we may be overdone.

After the bubble in the tech sector this spring, I expect the shares to get positively cheap before people start buying again, and we aren't there yet. My view is that we have more downside to come.

We're going to see no enormous change in trend. Ahead of the upcoming [earnings] reporting season, the market mood is going to remain apprehensive.

The deals have been the de-icing on the cake. The more dominant issue is the Nasdaq bounce, which we remain distrustful of, as we feel the market is being too complacent about interest rates.

Markets are still trying to firm up where rates will peak in the U.S. and Europe.

I would sign up for the view that industrial, 'old economy' stocks could well be the next to move higher. But I don't see a definitive move until we see some of the economic data in July.

Having shown that the nut can be cracked, this has set some sort of precedent.

It's a market of stocks, not a stock market. A lot of [the gains] are corporate driven, which is surprising, given that all of the news isn't good.

After a 240-point fall on the Dow, people are expecting a bounce.