Figure 1 shows the potential benefits of holding positions for longer periods of time.

FORBES: Buy-And-Hold Investing Vs. Market Timing

Figure 1 shows the clearly positive relationship between oil and the Canadian loonie.

FORBES: Use This Currency To Short Oil, Another One To Buy Gold

Figure 1 shows the recent movements of employment superimposed on the average movement over the past six recessions.

CNN: The Business-Cycle Peak of March 2001

Figure 1 shows that portfolios using actively-managed funds beat the all index fund portfolio only 18 percent of the time.

FORBES: Indexes Beat Active Funds Again in S&P Study

Figure 1 shows the valuation change in several bond sectors since 1980.

FORBES: Total Bond Index Funds are Not the Total Bond Market

Figure 1 shows Coughlin Associates historical data for HDD unit shipment growth year-over-year from 2002 to 2011, estimated for 2012 and projected into the near future.

FORBES: A Pause Before Future HDD Growth?

So as Figure 1 shows, we expect resumption in HDD demand growth in 2013 and later years although perhaps not at the average rates seen in the past.

FORBES: A Pause Before Future HDD Growth?

Figure 1 shows that we never really landed.

FORBES: Don't Fall For The Market's Head Fakes

Figure 1 shows the result.

FORBES: Analyst Downgrades Don't Mean Anything

Figure 1 below shows how extracted equity relative to income increased sharply along with house prices in the US during the housing boom.

FORBES: Home Equity Extraction: Where Did All The Money Go?

The revised figure shows a big jump over the 1.3% annual rate of growth in the second quarter.

ECONOMIST: Overview