By relying on simple variations on the mean, companies effectively homogenize the data they get, and they miss crucial key information.
Since Apple has not participated in the strong market rally, based on the mean reversion theory, a strong case can be made to buy Apple here.
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Back when I was a kid, growing up on the mean streets of Mahopac, New York, we returned home from a day at school and did (always in this order) three things: First, we had a snack (long story, but my mother hid the treats in the trunk of our '80 Datsun 510, leaving my brother and me a choice of plain graham crackers, carrots or -- dear God -- homemade yogurt).
Will an American presence on the ground mean that the Serb aggression in Bosnia is rewarded and legitimated instead of being reversed and punished?
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On your motorcycle or in the car, summer on the road mean summer songs, and they're not always the highest quality musical offerings, but commentator Michelle Mercer wants to remind us that bad music is not a uniquely American phenomenon.
She hung on to the mean little nugget of knowledge: that the writers on the course had said Hilda was too intense, had no sense of humor.
And the growth of video on the Internet will mean the availability of more programming for tinier niches still.
CrashPlan backs up your newest files first on the assumption those mean the most to you, and it encrypts all files, so file names can't be read on remote servers or backup computers.
On the contrary, the mean greens have declared war against natural gas.
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To generate these insights, I classified companies participating in The CMO Survey according to whether they performed above or below the mean on the marketing excellence question.
Much of the attention on the topic has focused on what the change will mean for financial firms, but it will also have a significant impact on the way tax advisers, brokers and taxpayers choose which stocks to buy and sell.
And he doesn't dwell on what the episode might mean to U.S. residents on the donor-organ waiting list or to foreigners applying for legal immigration who might have congestive heart failure and dream of treatment in America.
And being blocked on the Web could mean extinction for small, independent-minded online publishers--the very folks who have benefited most from the Internet revolution.
Terry's expected period on the sidelines would mean he would only just be returning to action a week before the encounter with Switzerland - England's first match under Capello.
The activity means someone was on the computer, but it does not mean Chandra was on the computer?
The prevailing view is that a win for Democrat Barack Obama would mean higher gold prices on the idea of the status quo continuing, and win for Republican Mitt Romney would mean lower gold prices on thoughts that he might replace Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
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But a serious reallocation of resources on the railways would mean cutting lots of branch lines, and that is a task for a politician with the hide of Dr Beeching, not of Tony Blair.
And so people on the sidewalk - I mean, all voters have the experience.
For this reason, the primary concern has been focused on what the changes will mean for younger health insurance customers who purchase individual policies.
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This aim, and the desire to make sure that the agencies are on their side, will mean that companies cut down on the number of agencies that they use.
Or harmless things, depending on how mean the person who wrote the virus is.
But good profits aren't always the best thing in Ricks' model, which draws on the principle of mean reversion.
By its nature, a survey provides limited depth of responses, so McGovern offered some suggestions on what the answers mean.
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Picking the cheapest stock on the market might mean picking a dud.
The answer depends on whether you mean innovation in the world of atoms (physical things) or innovation in the world of bits (software).
When this happens, they will be easier to deal with if employees and managers know about and are clear on what the procedures mean in practice.
Now, lunch on the slopes might mean sinking into a burger made from local, grass-fed beef or snacking on a cheese board comprised of artisanal offerings.
Opening an opposition-led debate on 16 March 2011, shadow health secretary John Healey said allowing private firms to provide services on the NHS will mean that commissioning contracts will be subject to EU competition law.
Anxious casino executives were pleading with Higgins to help fend off the rolling blackouts that were hitting California: A dark half-hour on the Strip could mean tens of millions of gaming dollars lost, not to mention a security nightmare.
This focus on the reformers ought not to mean abandoning the citizens of Africa's truly hapless countries.
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