These are undeniable indications that companies have been successfully adjusting to market conditions.

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This is a classic example of traders adjusting to market inefficiencies and an example of their behavior having a direct influence on market inefficiencies.

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In 2013, you should protect your profits when you have them by adjusting your stop when a market moves in your favor.

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Market participants are adjusting, making disclosures, raising capital and re-pricing assets.

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In comparing America's economy with China's, for instance, whether you convert yuan into dollars at market exchange rates or after adjusting for purchasing power matters a lot.

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And ETFs are among the favorite tools of fast-trading hedge funds, which can dart in and out of smaller overseas markets so quickly that market makers occasionally have trouble adjusting share prices in time.

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Indeed, mutual funds that used options for either speculation or hedging from July 2003 to June 2007 showed no sign of market-beating returns after adjusting for risk, according to a working paper by Gjergji Cici, an assistant professor at the College of William and Mary.

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What seems clear is that the economy is still settling from the shocks of recent years and industrial organizations are in the process of adjusting their strategies and personnel needed to tackle new market conditions.

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But because barriers change as the market for technology develops, policy makers should take a dynamic approach, adjusting policies as deployment grows, said the agency.

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