This is a short time series, just a week, so it is still possible that there will be more to the story.
And politicians in India, often cursed by their constituents for flocking to disasters to show their concern, compare rather well with a US president whose first big gesture after Katrina's damage became evident is to cut a five-week vacation short by two days to give the matter his full attention.
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The Fed Cup World Group finals caps their year a week later, while for the men it is the Davis Cup final in the first week of December and a short rest before it all starts again.
The data at the end of the week is likely to fuel either a sharp short-covering rally or more selling.
It can be a very short week in rugby so, while it is a disappointment now, one week you can be down in the dumps and the next week you are starting and getting man of the match.
Despite a short week due to the holiday, Wall Street is going to have to digest several important pieces of information to gauge where the overall economy is headed.
But, given the difficulty the government will face in keeping a force of this size and composition in the Gulf indefinitely, this week's deployment suggests it is planning for a relatively early and short war.
Still, the dollar index is just seeing short covering in a bear market after prices last week hit a six-week low.
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Over the years since, funders, trustees, and foundation professionals from around the world have chosen to come to our short-term programs, the longest of which is a full week.
The U.S. dollar index is firmer Wednesday on short covering, but did hit a fresh six-week low overnight.
The U.S. dollar index is trading higher again Wednesday morning and hit a fresh four-week high on more short covering.
The short-term analysis suggests a near-term low is likely this week, if the futures did not make their lows early Friday.
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Spencer Patton, president, Steel Vine Investments, is in the camp that the washout in prices this week will mean a chance for a short-term bottom to entice traders again.
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The U.S. dollar index is trading slightly higher Monday morning and hit a fresh two-week high overnight, on more short covering.
Even though the market is overbought in the short term, and we may see a sharp setback in the next week, it should be a buying opportunity.
Though bullish sentiment is at a five-week high and bearish sentiment is at a five-week low, neither reading suggests individual investors have become too optimistic about the short-term outlook for stocks.
The U.S. dollar index is trading firmer early Friday, on short covering in a bear market after hitting a six-week low Thursday.
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The U.S. dollar index is firmer in early trading Tuesday, on more tepid short covering in a bear market after prices last week hit a four-month low.
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Commercial paper is a way of borrowing money for short periods, typically ranging from overnight, to less than a week, and such contracts have become all but untouchable since the credit markets seized up.
There is talk in the gold market that many traders went short gold late last week, figuring that a U.S. debt deal would be reached before the August 2 deadline and gold prices would then back off significantly when the debt deal was reached.
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