"Fitting a deal of historical proportions into our short-term and long-term plans is very difficult, " Idzik said.

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"Fitting a deal of historical proportions into our short-term and long-term plans is very difficult, " Idzik said Sunday in a conference call.

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American real long-term rates are only a tad below their historical average.

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Obama's preparations included a recent session with presidential historians to discuss not only the climate he faces, but the historical differences for past presidents given the opportunity to serve a second term.

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Bradshaw says Ford is a good long-term buy now as auto sales could ramp up back to historical levels after dropping off sharply during the financial crisis and recession.

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As you can see on the chart below, when the VIX is at a discount or is trading at a small premium to historical volatility implying cheap portfolio insurance major short-term buying opportunities have occurred during the past several months.

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But to get the trade-off between 10-year government bond, not in America, but on a global basis, and the inverse of the PE or the earnings yield back to historical norms, long-term interest rates would have to fully double from here globally.

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Australia has gone two decades without a serious downturn, leading most to believe that house prices move in only one direction, despite historical data which clearly indicate that the ratio of home prices to income has always fluctuated around a stagnant long term average.

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