Ironically, a red light also flickers when the markets hit a new high.
It was good enough to set the stage for Disney's stock to hit a new high in Wednesday's trading.
The blue chips, which hit a new high on March 5, notched their best first quarter since 1998, adding more than 11%.
Almost every day since the exchange reopened, it has hit a new high, despite the retreat of foreign investors and Cypriot institutions.
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The blue chips, which hit a new high on March 5, were on track to notch their best first quarter since 1998 as of Wednesday's close, adding around 11%.
Though consumer credit has recently hit a new high, the housing market is no longer a force for higher interest rates, says Ciaran Barr, an economist at Deutsche Bank.
The Royal Bank of Canada report on consumer sentiment hit a new high for the year, and their jobs outlook was the best it has been since President Obama has been in office.
By contrast, Goldman's value-at-risk the amount it could lose on a bad day and thus a widely used (if imperfect) measure of risk appetite hit a new high last quarter, jumping most in equities, even as stockmarket volatility fell.
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a new record high in 2011, the World Meteorological Organization has said.
Recently, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a new record high in 2011.
Meantime, the Japanese stock market hit a new 21-month high overnight and the yen hit a 28-month low against the U.S. dollar on ideas the Bank of Japan will continue to use monetary policy to stimulate the Japanese economy.
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Meanwhile, although other global markets have reacted quite negatively to the situation, the U.S. market hit a new bull market high just three weeks ago, and although more volatile since, is down only 6% from that high.
If the rally carries over into Thursday's regular trading, Netflix's stock would hit a new 52-week high.
Shares were up more than 20% in 2012 and hit a new 52-week high on January 3, 2013.
Buying climaxes occur when stocks hit a new 12-month high and end that week lower--usually a bearish indicator.
New orders hit a six-month high of 49.7 and new export orders continued to show activity contracting, but at a slower pace.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new all-time record high Tuesday, which did pull demand away from safe-haven markets, as traders exhibited better risk appetite on this given day.
By June of 2008 it was clear that the bear market rally was over, and on July 15, the number of new lows hit a high of 1144 (see circle).
How ironic that on a day when Facebook shares hit a new all-time low, Apple shares finished at a new all-time high.
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Sugar hit a 30-year high in New York on February 3 and cereals show no sign of slowing down either.
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The Bloomberg China-U.S. Equity Index, which tracks the hotly traded Chinese ADRs, recently advanced 1.1% in New York to hit a 9 day high of 105.70.
With new fears of worldwide inflation being fanned, gold saw a new all-time high hit on Wednesday while silver has rallied almost 6% this week.
New homes starts in Australia hit a six-year high last quarter thanks to stimulus spending on public housing.
"The chances an armed teacher will hit a child are high, " Dean Michener, of the New Hampshire School Boards Association, told lawmakers earlier this year.
The price of pork - a staple of the Chinese diet - has reached a new high, while crop-growing regions have been hit by severe flooding.
The number of permits issued for the construction of new homes has hit a four-and-a-half-year high.
U.S. 10-Year Treasury note futures prices this week hit a fresh contract high, with the cash 10-year Treasury note hitting a new low yield near 1.68%.
Elsewhere, new-home sales increased in April and topped expectations, while prices hit a record high, according to the Commerce Department.
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