The recent price pullback in gold is not unhealthy for a market that is in a longer-term bullish uptrend.
However, WM said that 2001's poor performance should be viewed in a longer-term context.
If prudence suggests patience, that leaves time to analyse America's current fiscal fortune in a longer-term context.
Those at the top are involved in a longer-term contract in which they are rewarded not only by income but also by promises of rising income and perks.
One interesting point I found is that generally in a longer-term secular bear market, the absolute low of that bear market is generally reached in the middle of the bear market.
"Religion and connection to something higher than oneself, connection to the sacred, connection to a tight-knit religious community allows you to modulate your reactions and your emotions to believe there is a broader purpose, " says Dr Kerry Morton, who is involved in a longer-term study on Adventist health.
The system has encouraged workers to suppress short-term demands in exchange for a share in the longer-term benefits of growth.
But the three might be in for a longer-term share slump as details of the new taxes and rules become known and investors flee.
The size of the raise in the debt ceiling in the near-term (a larger raise in the ceiling buys the politicians more time to create a longer-term deficit reduction plan).
If your request for a raise is turned down this year, take it in stride and consider a longer-term view.
"Michael Yardy's inclusion is a reward for performing consistently to a high level in the World T20 in the Caribbean and also reflects our longer term planning for a World Cup in the Indian sub-continent next year in which spin bowling will be a major feature, " added Miller.
However, Ofsted says some of the improvement will be down to the particular group of schools checked last term and it "does not necessarily expect this to be a permanent change in the longer term trend".
U.S. and U.K. authorities have stepped up enforcement of bribery in foreign business dealings, which may herald a longer-term shift in how foreign companies operate in the Gulf, lawyers say.
But in the longer term a lot depends on how blame for this catastrophe is allocated.
But even in the longer term a rising trend is not inevitable.
Operation Twist is a program where the Federal Reserve sells shorter-dated securities and buys longer-dated ones in a bid to push down longer-term yields.
And the jury is still out on whether a one-month decline in unique users will turn into a longer term erosion of the Facebook story.
The question for persons interested not only in a profitable short term trade but in the longer term growth and health of the Japanese stock market is inevitably about the listed companies themselves.
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As a result, one interpretation of the price divergence is that, while equity investors know that things have got worse, they remain more willing than junk-bond buyers to take a longer-term bet in the hope of achieving a huge reward.
Trading short-term oversold and still trading far nearer to long-term highs than long-term lows, current weakness in Sprint is likely both to attract short-term traders looking for a bounce as well as investors who have been waiting for a sale in the stock to build a larger, longer-term position.
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The ensuing pullback in the shares simply exacerbated a longer-term swoon for FCS, which has given up more than 20% of its value in 2011.
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Describing the latest payment mechanism as a stopgap matter, the senior Indian official said a delegation of Indian officials will be visiting Tehran in mid-January to discuss a longer-term oil-payment mechanism.
If the private sector is accepting a 21% reduction in the net present value of their Greek holdings, in exchange for longer term bonds from a country that is now able to service to its debt, that would be a pretty good deal for the banks.
But in the longer term, a livelier jobs market will improve Europe's growth prospects, just as it has done in the United States.
With the European Commission signalling an end to battery production in the longer term its a price we may all have to pay one day.
Marketing is in a unique position to bring a longer term, market-driven perspective to the planning table.
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In the longer term it is a recipe for the euro zone's collapse.
The weekly relative performance dropped back below its WMA in August, and shows a longer-term pattern of lower lows.
What remains to be seen is if Ackman can turn the retailer into a more profitable company in the longer term.
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And he said the new performance-related pay system for teachers at the top of the basic salary scale would make "a substantial difference" in the longer term.
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