While in secular bull markets the very long-term trend is up, in secular bear markets the very long-term trend (17 years typically) is sideways to down.
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Other than the fact that Brazilian incomes are rising, which is a long term trend, there are some short-term trends as well.
Bob Haberkorn, senior commodities broker, RJO Futures, said the short-term trend in gold is down, although longer term he still likes gold.
Though the short-term trend is still toward higher rates, the long-term downtrend remains intact.
Nordvig argues the medium-term trend may be punctuated by economic weakness in the near-term, particularly as second quarter economic indicators are released.
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The near term trend remains down, but the market has hit major long-term moving average support and momentum tools hit oversold levels and are trying to turn higher, which is a traditional buy signal.
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And what a boom it would be to get back to the long-term trend!
Since the mid-1970s the long-term trend in household saving has been downwards (see chart above).
But the long-term trend is clear: We will need more and more skilled people.
Of the main currencies, the yen looks by far the cheapest relative to its long-term trend.
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We believe the estimated deceleration in growth is more a seasonal factor than a long-term trend.
The OBV did confirm the late-2010 highs, which is positive for the intermediate-term trend.
Its leaders chose to ignore the long-term trend away from traditional retail toward on-line shopping.
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While the mid-term trend is still up, this increases the odds of a deeper overall correction.
Yet, the long term trend might be for the U.S. and Europe to consume less.
But, the battle at that price area will have important ramifications to the longer-term trend.
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To return median single-family house prices to the long-term trend takes another 20% drop from here.
Math scores on the NAEP long term trend were stagnant during the same period.
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But the longer-term trend is not necessarily evidence of a new plague of delinquency.
There is a long-term trend for more content and applications using resources in connected data centers.
It has the benefit of being logically consistent and I suspect it is an important long-term trend.
Again, this is not your quick hit but a longer term trend trade that has great potential.
There has been close scrutiny to see whether this was a temporary decline or a longer-term trend.
Technically, the near term trend is still bearish on the daily chart for Comex Feb gold futures.
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The government said the figures were provisional, so it could not say whether they showed a long-term trend.
The near term trend remains bearish, but the market is showing signs of stabilizing above the spike low.
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This was one reason why the economy could grow faster than its long-term trend without igniting inflationary pressure.
Yet the most important reason for Autonomy's success is that it is riding a long-term trend in computing.
This is a long-term trend that will have both positive and negative implications.
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Yet Chief Executive Carly Fiorina says, "the long-term trend in the U.S. is a slowed replacement pattern" for PCs.
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