Its formula downgrades states for large debts, an uncompetitive business climate, weak home prices and bad trends in employment.
As Carter Worth at Oppenheimer explained to me in 2006, technical analysis attempts to predict stock prices by analyzing trends in their price and trading volume.
Economist says investors should focus on home prices stabilizing and consumer spending trends.
Bucking normal trends, oil prices jumped despite the gains in the equities markets.
Prices continue to weaken, trends in sales and construction are disappointing.
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But the report warned that trends in unemployment and prices were "relatively unchanged" across its 12 districts.
That unrealistic way of predicting future trends could keep stock prices up this month before they begin to fall next month if my prediction of slowing economic growth starting now is accurate.
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If bond yields have been going down (prices going up) since 1983, what are the trends that will continue for another 27 years?
Of course, a major global economic catastrophe, or some new breakthrough in energy or agricultural technology, could bring prices down precipitously, but for the most part demographic trends seem likely to favor commodity producers over the coming decade or two.
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Wages and prices have to adjust to something like their pre-bubble trends, Mr. Connolly says, to make these economies competitive again.
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The company said it expects iron ore prices to remain strong in the long time and reverse current trends at some point in the near future.
We had always thought that the leveraged buyout and takeover trends would self-destruct as soon as stock prices got so high that it no longer paid to substitute debt for equity.
Amazon is well positioned to capitalize on these trends, and its scale and selection, low prices and service, and fulfillment capabilities set up the company for more share gains at an accelerating pace, which would drive upside to our model.
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Average prices could certainly return to these lofty levels, especially if current trends in the natural gas market hold.
The ensuing plunge in prices caught many by surprise, but those who followed the seasonal trends were better prepared.
The idea that an Asian growth story, as per capita energy demand spikes, especially in China and India, has been used to support the argument that secular trends and market forces were in place to keep uranium prices rising.
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For example, some may believe that prices reflect fundamentals whereas others may rely on empirical observations of past price trends.
It is heavily dependent on natural gas prices as an input, and these costs could be surging if current trends hold.
But when you look at the long-term trends, there are going to be more ups in gas prices than downs in gas prices.
Change in prices often becomes news itself, as different investors buy or sell based on price trends only.
"But if these trends hold and persist, we could see these companies needing to raise prices again, " Mr. Powers said.
Paying attention to the vagaries of the local real-estate market, where inventory and prices can fluctuate week to week, will offer more guidance to sellers than simple seasonal trends.
Given all of the factors that contribute to inflation in the short run, this correlation is truly remarkable, but there are near-term deviations in times like this when central banks are fighting deflation trends actively or due to economic swings, currency changes, spikes in oil prices, or other factors.
We strip out Energy sales for the same reason energy prices are excluded from core CPI namely their volatile nature can distort more enduring underlying trends.
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Both trends have helped to propel the crop's price to dizzy heights, with the prices of other commodities from which fuel can be made, such as sugar and rapeseed oil.
Thus, stock prices can be both chaotic and random over the short term (due to the combination of price trends and the introduction of new information) and random over the long term.
The U.S. airlines earnings season is upon us are being closely watched as it sheds light on several macroeconomic trends like consumer disposable incomes, business travel, corporate profitability and the impact of oil prices.
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To see if these favorable trends for money market rates are gaining traction, keep an eye on Treasury yields and oil prices, but also watch employment developments.
Underlying productivity trends appear generally favorable, despite the recent slowing in some measures, and the markup of prices over unit labor costs is high by historical standards, so such an outcome is certainly possible.
One of those trends is the "supercycle" of growing global demand for scarce resources, which will drive their prices to previously unthinkable heights.
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