My Guru Strategies (each of which is based on the approach of a different investing great) look at a myriad of financial and fundamental data when analyzing a company and its shares.

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MetLife conducted the study by analyzing news articles that referenced financial abuse of the elderly and extrapolating data from the findings.

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Incidentally, various financial institutions and hedge funds use traffic data as one of their data points for analyzing the economies and markets.

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