Some had a worse worry: that the canny Mr Safra's sale of his beloved banks was a classic top-of-the-market signal.
Gyrating prices are the necessary market signal telling businesses what we need.
One market signal is giving me great concern: the yield on 6-month T-bills continues to decline and is now at a record low, just above 0%, even below the December 2008 crisis low.
Indeed, as the Sam's Club example amply proves, if market rates of interest rise to usurious levels and bank lending becomes scarce, this serves as a market signal for businesses outside the traditional banking system that their entrance into finance will be rewarded.
On December 8, 2011, the gold market sent a clear signal that the gold market was changing the combination of variables described above.
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The futures market does sometimes signal that prices are likely to rise, which might prompt speculators to hoard oil in anticipation.
For instance, there could be price pullbacks if the Federal Reserve were to disappoint the market and not signal any further monetary easing over the coming weeks or if European officials should not come up with any measures to help debt-plagued nations.
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There is an old adage on Wall Street: no one rings a bell to signal a market top or bottom.
The emotional indicator would signal a market turnaround when there are clear signs of moving from denial of major problems to acceptance.
Torquest folded the technology into a privately held firm called Global Traffic Technologies, which has the lion's share of the signal preemption market.
Over the next few months, MOS broke above this trendline, negating any short side opportunity, but I kept them on my radar knowing that MOS lagging the general market was a huge signal that could not be ignored.
It is a welcome signal that the market monitors at the SEC picked up on the obviously suspicious trade immediately.
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In the meantime, they've got to send a strong signal to the market, and I'm confident they can do that.
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Health care stocks are starting to perform a little bit better, which may signal that the market is viewing a Republican victory favorably.
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But the reports also signal that the market needs to look elsewhere for potential economic leadership if the tech sector is slowing rather than accelerating.
If defensive stocks are outperforming those that are more dependent on the economy's growth, it could be signal from the market that a slowdown is ahead, these investors argue.
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And the longer you stay in, the longer you stay in, the more you signal to the market that the government intends to be in the business of owning companies.
Bad employment numbers usually signal a stock market bottom.
For example you might have Texas Instrument or TI which is the biggest supplier in the base-band market or DSP (Digital Signal Processing) but still have competition from the likes of Lucent, Motorola, Qualcomm.
If the Fed wants to reduce the longer-term rates that really matter, it must not only get short-term rates down, as it has done, but it must also signal to the market that they will stay down.
"If they are able to get the Foothill deal done, it would send a tremendous signal to the market, " says Fitch analyst Philip Walker, who still rates Amerco's senior unsecured debt DD, the second lowest of Fitch's default ratings.
"The civil penalty action against China Aviation Oil Holding Company is a signal to the market that we expect all entities undertaking transactions in this jurisdiction to fully comply with Singapore law, " said monetary authority deputy managing director Shane Tregillis.
They were the first to rally and signal an economic and market recovery.
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Another market free-fall may not signal the end of the bad news.
Or perhaps even more: share prices tend to rise after buyback announcements, because the market often takes them as a signal that managers think the stock is undervalued.
An up-and-down session finished right in the middle of its trading range Thursday as investors digested an encouraging signal on the labor market but braced for the possibility of a contradictory report Friday.
The point is that an Alcoa beat or miss is not a clear signal of where the market is heading, despite the importance often ascribed to its results thanks to their position on the earnings season calendar.
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The lack of stock market optimism may itself be a contrarian signal to purchase equities.
This definitely sends a positive signal to investors even though market reaction to the news was negligible.
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To me, that was the ultimate signal of an important bull market top.
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