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In the outer ring, it can involve a complicated analysis using the multi-modal, non-exclusive test originating with the Department of Justice, and later adopted by the Courts.

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While he deals primarily in technical analysis, Ross thinks there are fundamental reasons why the long-overdue test of the 200-day moving average may be ahead.

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This type of crowd-sourced gene analysis could be highly accurate, perhaps more so than a single company gene test where you have no way of knowing if the company has made a mistake.

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