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ˌrɪp væn ˈwɪŋ kəlrip van win·kle

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  1. Rip van Winklenoun

    a person oblivious to social changes

  2. Rip van Winklenoun

    a person who sleeps a lot

  3. Rip van Winklenoun

    the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens

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  1. Ryan Padgett:

    I felt like Rip Van Winkle, waking up ... and realizing that the world had shut down.

  2. Bill Gross:

    A purchase of Treasuries and a sale of Bunds allows for not only a potential capital gain if the spread narrows, but a yield pickup while the Rip Van Winkle investor potentially waits for a probable outcome.


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