At the start of the 1998 election cycle, a good economy, peace and historical precedent suggested a status quo election.
You stay with a good acting stock for its full cycle, maybe 5 to 10 years.
Figure 1 provides a good example of an ETF liquidity tightening cycle.
Without boring you in academia, one of the assumptions in the theory suggests that companies and asset classes have a natural, repeating cycle in which good performance begets bad performance and vice-versa.
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The dedicated cycle trails in town are a good idea, but often seem to be an afterthought where cars frequently drive on them, or park and block them, or pedestrians use them instead and defeat the purpose of a dedicated cycle trail.
Thanks to supply-chain technology and a very good CIO, Ralph Szygenda, General Motors was able to shrink the development cycle of a new Chevy car or truck from 60 months to 24--with 18 just around the corner.
Check out the Market Blaster video above for a couple of stock ideas: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters for its hyper-growth that is suddenly on sale, and Altria, because the fat yield and the potency of nicotine addiction are good things for a portfolio regardless of the economic cycle.
The company says they are starting in China, which could be a good strategy as it is a huge market, there are more players fighting each other, and their cycle times are faster.
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Watson too was a pretty good way to tell the story of the next cycle.
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That, too, would lead to higher prices for almost every supply chain component and consumer good requiring road transportation, and set in motion a vicious cycle of economic headwinds.
The coal industry is a good example of how managements get carried away in the up cycle, committing serious money to new mine development and buying sizable coal operators at premium prices, further leveraging their capital structure.
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It has a 2-hour cleaning cycle, is lighter weight, and is especially good at cleaning the pool floor and cove.
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Every stock market cycle and every asset class bubble, people get sucked by a good story at the top and sell at the bottom in a panic.
There is good reason to believe that there has been a turn in the business-scandal cycle.
Ms Lange said the distances in Scottish cities were good for cycling and that if you reach a critical mass of about 10% of cycle traffic it starts changing the dynamic to make the roads safer for cyclists.
If you pass on this can of worms, take a good look at pharmaceuticals and other sectors pretty much immune to politics, taxes and the business cycle.
New presidents, says Hirsch, like to get their dirty work done in the first year or two of their term and then "prime the pump" to produce good times during their reelection campaigns--a view held by most of those who observe the cycle.
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