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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The question is whether there's time for the once-pioneering BlackBerry to catch up to Apple's trend-setting iPhone and devices running Google's Android system.
McKinsey makes the striking claim that "the ratio of UK household debt to disposable income would not return to its pre-bubble trend for up to a decade" - which implies that as we in the UK look for a return to more normal levels of economic growth, momentum is not going to be provided by consumer spending for perhaps up to 10 years.
Low productivity remains its Achilles heel, with no clear signs of any recent pick-up in its trend growth.
In March 2009 we had a bear market correction based upon cheap equity valuations, oversold technicals, and a long-term up trend with help from Fibonacci, the thirteenth century mathematician.
In most of the region, industry has caught back up with its long-run trend.
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These two observations are terrific examples of the three segments --accumulation, public participation and distribution--that make up a trend.
"The labour market data are disappointingly softer overall and fuel our suspicion that unemployment is likely to trend up gradually in 2011 in the face of below-trend growth and increasing job losses in the public sector, " said Howard Archer at IHS Global Insight.
Ventas (nyse: VTR - news - people ) is one REIT that is busily taking advantage of that trend by buying up other companies--and illustrates the underlying value that wise investors see in this area.
O. link bait, and served up as the lead for style-trend pieces, to the point of exhaustion.
He believes the club should opt for an experienced figure like former Everton and Ipswich manager Royle, but feels they could follow the modern trend of giving up-and-coming managers a chance.
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The game continued its back-and-forth trend in the second period with each team giving up a one-goal lead.
The game continued its back-and-forth trend in the second period with each team giving up a one-goal lead, leading to a 3-3 tie heading into the third.
While the mid-term trend is still up, this increases the odds of a deeper overall correction.
Even if economies do not dip into recession, prolonged below-trend growth would push up unemployment and cause inflation to fall further.
"There seems to be this disturbing trend among start-up CEOs to not only admire Steve Jobs and his success but to try to actually act like Steve Jobs, " Mr. Bleikamp wrote.
Fat Angelo's (2973-6808) started the trend with its Jaffe Road eatery, which serves up generous-sized pasta feasts.
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In that way, they are following the "real-estate light" trend taken up by other big hotel companies, such as Marriott International Inc.
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The weak economy might have inspired more students to start up their own businesses - with a steady upward entrepreneurial trend in self-employment.
Reducing federal spending alone is insufficient to restore economic growth to anything approaching its post-World-War-II, 3.2% annual real-growth trend, much less make up lost ground.
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When I look at the weekly graph for crude oil, I observe that oil has tracked the 200-week simple moving average as an up trend since June 2009.
The biggest online auction site on the planet, eBay, is going pop-up store for holiday shopping, reversing the trend of brick and mortar integrating digital, and integrating in reverse.
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The long-term trend of the market is up, and as long as you hold true to your strategy and are appropriately diversified across and within asset classes, your portfolio will experience long-term growth.
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Some think that the Valley's larger listed companies can take up the slack by acquiring more start-ups (a trend that has been growing).
Comscore expects the trend to continue in the run-up to Christmas.
Ben Sowter, from QS, says there is a "reasonably strong trend" of technology-based institutions moving up the world rankings.
The trend towards more twin-engined aircraft drives up the cost of engine development, by boosting the need for power and reliability.
Gold market bulls need to keep in mind that the more important longer-term price trend in the gold market remains up, as has been the case since 2001.
The near-term price trend in crude oil futures remains up.
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