For example, bearish sentiment hit 57.1% on Nov 20, 2008 and stocks continued to fall after that date.

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So as a father, I thank this team for reaffirming that sentiment, and for setting a good example for every young girl with big dreams.

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Investor polls are certainly showing bullish sentiment, for example.

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Mozilla has yet to get developers very interested in developing for Firefox OS, but improvements in the performance of web apps overall (see my recent story on Famo.us for an example of how far this has come) may change that sentiment quickly.

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For example, my volume analysis on gold turned positive in 2006, but sentiment toward gold was often mixed.

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For example, it tells countries to balance their budgets -- a fine sentiment, but how you balance a budget is critical.

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Wheeler, for example, was the head of the ASL, the largest bloc of teetotaling sentiment in America in the early 20th century, and lorded over Washington in a way few have.

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For example, UBS asked brokers to tailor their "run-throughs" - their overview of market sentiment and activity that they discuss with traders at the other banks - to benefit UBS's position in yen interest rates.

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One example of this is the eight-week moving average of bullish sentiment, which is above 51% for the third consecutive week. (It is at 51.4%.) This measure has not been higher since January 2005.

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