That 28 percent increase could be a result of the longer cycle for receivables, McNeilly said.
There's not enough creative sector-weighting and no core group of Coca-Cola-like stocks that are big enough positions to carry the fund over the longer cycle.
No company can wait longer for the cycle to turn than Exxon.
Having begun in March 2003, the current bull market is in its 42nd month, already three months longer than the historical median cycle.
But to the naysayers calling for a recession this year, I acknowledge that the business cycle is getting longer in the tooth, but ask: Where are the excesses in the system?
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And we knew pretty soon after I took office that this was going to last for a while -- because, historically, when you have recessions that arise out of financial crises, they last a lot longer than the usual business cycle recessions.
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The longer a woman has her menstrual cycle, the greater the risk of getting breast cancer, medical experts said.
And historically, after financial crises, recessions are deeper and they last longer than after the usual business cycle recessions.
But in the longer term, whenever the industrial cycle picks up again, platinum should regain the upper hand against gold, Bhar said.
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Indeed, that businesses are buying back shares, rather than investing in new plant and equipment, may help sustain the cycle for a bit longer.
While iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper, and crude oil faced temporary supply side disruptions that boosted prices excessively, the longer-term, commodity super cycle remains intact.
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Its regional maps for day and weekend tours, and cycle tour maps for longer excursions, are available in book stores, at tourist offices and online (in German).
Historically financial crises brink about recessions that are deeper and longer lasting than the normal business-cycle recessions.
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With storage density quadrupling every presidential election cycle, customers can no longer justify making hardware investments that quickly become obsolete.
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There is no longer a 2-5-10 year cycle in product, like there used to be.
And it's important to empathize with people who become stuck in a cycle of hopelessness and depression the longer their unemployment continues.
Just how much longer will the downturn in this boom and bust cycle last?
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That output is known to vary during the course of the 11-year sunspot cycle, as well as over the longer term, and although such changes have not been matched to temperature changes in the way that rises in the level of greenhouse gases have been, they may still be making a contribution.
Verizon subscribers, we hope your device habits don't revolve too closely around that 20-month upgrade cycle: it's about to get longer.
The lack of that guaranteed repeat business is a worry for longer-term bonds, which can have maturities ranging far beyond a given product cycle.
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Although I am still intermediate-term bearish on the market, not expecting the low for this second year of the Four-Year Presidential Cycle until October or November, this short-term rally might have longer legs than the last three oversold rally attempts that have taken place since the market topped out in April.
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