As far as possible motives behind the three-legged spread go, the potential for a disappointing third-quarter report represents just one possible explanation, as performance in U.S. equities across the board has tended to turn on a dime on negative or positive headlines out of Europe.

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Like any other skill, over-reliance on it, can turn into a negative.

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The correction was severe enough to turn enough of the bulls negative on gold, which created another good buying opportunity.

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He added that the impact of the research on renewable energy around Alderney could turn out to be positive or negative.

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He argued Marshall had suffered enough, paying a price greater than any sentence a judge could hand down -- seeing his son turn on him during the trial and being portrayed in a negative light each day.

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