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Every indicator I look at shows that we're just really overbought right now, ... I would look for the indexes to suffer some more profit taking over the next few weeks.

Every indicator I look at shows that we're just really overbought right now. I would look for the indexes to suffer some more profit taking over the next few weeks.

The time we enjoy wasting is usually a good indicator of our real values The best things in life feel like we feel when we waste our time!

The ZEW indicator is at levels which previously have marked a high, and discussion will now start on whether the ECB will hike rates earlier than in March. This will put the front-end under pressure.

The trend in general for the last several months has been in this ballpark, with initial claims being really pretty low compared with the size of the workforce and the size of the economy. So for some time, jobless claims have been and indicator that the labor market remains healthy and March payrolls probably will remain pretty healthy as well.

The trends are all pointing upward for Toyota - sales market share, production, the rumors are so strong about an engine plant. That's a good indicator to us that a production facility would be announced.

The widespread financial difficulties being experienced by our citizens are a good indicator that the fair would not and should not be a top priority as individuals rebuild their lives,

They are acting like they think they can win. That's the only indicator I have.

While the run of results and structural change in the Irish marketplace impacted our gross win percentages during the year, 2005 saw strong revenue growth across all our channels - a key indicator of the health of the business.

The softening in the housing market is probably the leading indicator as to where our economy is headed. Yields at these levels will no doubt affect consumer spending.

These figures are indicative of a steadily deteriorating trend and provide an important indicator of the absence of protection of the right to life which prevails at this time in Iraq,

What's hurting the U.S. economy is total government spending. The deficit is an indicator that the government is spending so much money that it can't even get around to stealing all of the money that it wants to spend. But the tip of the iceberg is not what hit the Titanic - it was the 90 percent of the iceberg under water.

The price action following the release of today's indicator suggests that as long as expectations for an exit from zero interest rates are not brought forward greatly, the impact on the market will be limited.

There are key moments in the first four of five minutes of a game where you can tell a little about the tone of the game. They got a couple loose balls and a couple of offensive rebounds, and we were a step slow. Anytime a team gets into foul trouble is usually an indicator that a team is a step slow.

The write-downs are more of a reflection of what's happened in the past rather than an indicator of the future. The value of television and radio stations have clearly declined in the last three to four years as those media compete with other forms of advertising, namely the Internet.

What didn't go wrong? That's the question. This was a summer that really could be characterized as under a cloud from the beginning. Usually, the first weekend in May, you have a big film that kind of kicks off the summer. It didn't happen that way this time, and that was sort of an indicator of things to come.

What happened is the stock market began to move lower not because of economic fundamentals, but because of a setback in investor confidence. This huge evisceration of wealth is being seen as a leading indicator of the economy. Against that backdrop, CEO perceptions of the economy's potential have worsened.

Usage statistics are a leading indicator of our business growth. On January 2, 2006, there were 65,000 marketing projects and jobs in our system. On March 31, there were 83,000 marketing projects and jobs. Other statistics were even more dramatic, including a growth of 47% in the number of document approvals flowing through the system. Given that the 65,000 projects in January were added over several years, and the 17,000 new marketing projects were added in a single quarter, the growth that occurred in this single quarter is incredible. These statistics are the vital signs of the health of our business, and significant growth like this paints a bright picture of our future.

The reasons that this could be an indicator of things to come is if it were combined with other techniques as well and it were more aggressively pushed, then it could potentially be something that is used to improve the success of one of these attacks. I wouldn't be surprised if this started popping up as a standard way of doing things.

We had a spell in mid-February that was fairly cold - for here - so we feel it was a good indicator of wood-stove use." ()

We've had a great run, but it's too much, too fast. The economic data haven't been strong enough to justify the kind of gains we've seen recently and today's leading economic indicator could signal a slowdown, giving us a wakeup call.

We had revised our numbers up twice and they still beat them. This is a strong indicator that E*Trade is going to perform well.

product claim such as tire type, brand, size, date or location of production, or any other indicator that would suggest that we have safety issues with our tires.

Off-year races are used for bragging rights by the party that gains a seat or two, but the truth is, they are only sometimes an indicator of the future.

Expectations are a leading indicator and are consistent with modest spending gains. Stronger stocks will push the index up further, and soon. This is a good report.

Now, McDonald's is a very good indicator of the global economy. If McDonald's doesn't increase its sales, it tells you that the monetary policies have largely failed in the sense that prices are going up more than disposable income, and so people have less purchasing power.

Degradation is a continuum, ... In virtually every ecosystem we visited, humans have colonized the landscape. Very few places are wild. The places to find wildlife are in protected areas. This is a good indicator of how deeply human species has penetrated the continent.

Do you open a limited branch? Or will you have a loan officer that goes out to a remote area? ... One thing that this product can do is be a leading indicator of whether you should open a branch in a new area.

That population increase, small as it is, is one little indicator that one would look at when looking at the St. Louis metro area spreading out,

You want growth - it is a clear indicator of economic health. But you don't want growth that is so rapid that it outstrips your capacity and your infrastructure.

That's what we want. We want organic growth. That is the best indicator of the health of the economy and the health of the market.

Although measuring omega-3 levels in the blood seems like it would be an objective and accurate indicator of fish oil intake compared to using the subjects' reported dietary intake, this test does not accurately reflect long-term dietary intake.

Sometimes scoring can be a bad indicator with the way you are playing. In the game of basketball, teams make runs and you hit shots in bunches. Though we got down early, in our system we were executing it pretty well. We were just hoping they weren't going to be keep hitting the shots they were.

Far from being a leading indicator of consumer spending, consumer confidence has consistently missed important changes in consumer spending trends.

There's a feeling that our players are misinterpreted and a little misunderstood because of various factors. Dress would be one of them. As a league, we know we have good people. We have great guys on our team. . . . I feel like what our team did last year (after the brawl) is a much better indicator of the character and quality of people in our league than anything else people might want to surmise in terms of perception.

The Pew report is another indicator that the immigration system is broken.

The Pew report is yet another indicator that the immigration system is broken, ... Immigration reform must be comprehensive and address both enforcement and improved avenues for legal immigration.

The phrasing of it is so atypical, almost original. I think it's an important indicator of what kind of justice he might be.

We think these messages are at odds with the comments normally made to investors regarding future oil prices and the ability of producers to meet demand, and we wonder if perhaps those messages are actually a better indicator of the companies' thinking.

We are seeing the first evidence that the U.S. economy is slowing, while one indicator after another shows that the euro-zone is picking up. They can let the numbers do the work for them,

This economic indicator continues the string of statistical signs supporting the current Federal Reserve stance, ... The recovery seems to continue, but it is still too weak to generate sufficient payroll growth for inflationary pressure.

This game's not a great indicator of reality.

This gives you an indicator at the time of planting, or soon thereafter. The enormous advantage of this is that it allows us to begin preparing and responding much earlier in the game than if we wait to see what kind of harvest we're going to have.

The weekly claims number is as good an indicator as there is; we watch weekly chain-store sales numbers for clues on retail sales; and the confidence numbers have not correlated with spending by any mans, but they have captured the spirit of the economy in the past couple of months,

This indicator isn't very high on most traders 'care index' so the market reaction remains focused on comments by anyone who the markets deem as reliable.

This is the biggest surprise in the data and capital goods are a good indicator of future investment spending.

Additionally, it was encouraging to see a small increase in the length of the work week, which usually serves as a leading indicator of future employment growth.

In California, the lines on the road are just a suggestion. They're in the left lane with the left indicator on, so naturally it's time to turn right! Are you kidding me? In your Prius? I know, you're saving the Earth by trying to kill the people!

If one indicator is bad, it can in many respects drive the overall result of the index.

In the flophouse where this was built in Leeds, they had commercial grade refrigerators to keep the materials cool, ... an indicator of a problem.

If you're looking for an indicator of how a teenager will drive, look at the parents.

So despite the indicator today, the report for February might not be quite as strong as this is suggesting.

The best indicator of the future is what's been done in the past.

Everybody is going to be weak, ... Revenues look like their taking a nosedive, and that's because of the economy. Airlines are a lagging economic indicator and they're finally being hit.

Everybody's looking for every single data point that can possibly give them an edge in their analysis. I've seen folks put together a ratio of stock prices to weekly jobless claims, suggesting it's a leading indicator. That's preposterous, but there's an urge to move in that direction, to find every leading indicator you can get every day.

Anytime we can get more fish into the river it's a good thing. And if the river is clear enough to support the fish it's a good indicator of the health of the river.

This is just an indicator the dangers they are facing down here are not just related to the terrorists, but also to the conditions.

This is just one piece of data we look at. This isn't a trend indicator in proficiency.

It speaks volumes that the court has decided to hear the (Arizona) case. It's obviously an indicator that our judicial system is beginning to recognize the inadequacy of our laws. The reality of mental illness, particularly involving a person who is operating in a world of psychotic delusion, is beginning to be appreciated by our judges, and eventually will be by our prosecutors.

It's probably an indicator of someone who's organized, someone who's dedicated, who's investing the time and energy early on.

Every time you see another indicator that they (consumers) are still spending, that's encouraging.

The jobs situation is still not resolved. Across several industries, inventories are rising, and we're seeing that consumers are trading down. That's an indicator that people are not beset with worries but they are turning cautious.

The fall in employment is a good indicator that things are pretty tough. The economy faces some stiff headwinds from the central bank's interest-rate increases and that's going to be showing up in the employment market, the housing market and consumer spending.

The Federal Reserve will concentrate on the decrease in house prices and home equity loans as a strong indicator of the cooling of the U.S. housing bubble. That may limit further increases in rates past 5.25 percent.

The labor market is very healthy. The most important economic indicator for the average person is their job. As long as people are working, they're earning and that's offsetting a great deal of the pain from record prices at the pump.

That's a lot of capital and it's a good indicator of things to come.

That's a positive indicator to us that there may be somebody, something making a noise down in the rubble pile, ... That's the reason why we're not giving up hope.

They couldn't run the football. Their only touchdown came on a blown coverage by the Carolina Panthers. Everybody questioned what would happen without Charlie Weis and if this is any indicator of it, it is going to be a tough season. Tom Brady at the Super Bowl was talking about it last year with us privately before the game and he was nervous about it. You could clearly tell that he was worried about going into this season without Charlie Weis.

Claims are a good leading indicator of the unemployment rate; these data suggest the rate will be nudging 4% by mid-summer.

But I am not sure (whether) the Australian dollar is a forward indicator or just a concurrent one.

By the time most people file for bankruptcy, their credit is already trashed, they have a high debt-to-income ratio - a key indicator lenders look at - and they've likely defaulted on more than a few accounts.

By virtue of the fact that we're continuing to meet with them and talk with them is one indicator ... that there are some things that are looking attractive to us as opportunities.

They will therefore not be in a hurry to risk their entire business by expanding too rapidly, but they are the major indicator of whether the manufacturing industry accepts there is a sustainable business in RFID production.

They wanted to hold off on the results because they are confusing. Usually, the indicator bacteria are consistent with each other: Either they're both up or they're both down.

It's an early indicator that new technologies and new routes to market for standards-based technology can begin to crimp at the edges of brand-name vendors, ... If vendors aren't attentive to these things and don't have a mature story to tell their customers about open source in general, this could be very problematic for them.

The big story that the overall index is telling us is that consumers are still hanging in there, but this question that refers to credit use six months out is the first indicator that maybe there's some softness that could be developing in consumers' attitudes.

The bottom line is I never interviewed anywhere, and it should be a pretty good indicator of how happy I am and what I think we can (accomplish).

The inflation report and Greenspan's testimony are now going to be the primary focus of financial markets. It will be the main indicator for where rates will go.

The drop in the consumer sentiment indicator is going to raise concern about the pace at which domestic demand is going to pick up and feed through into growth. I would be very surprised if the ECB raised rates this week.

The Chicago PMI has been very volatile over the past couple of years, probably as a result of the tribulations of the auto industry. As a result it has become a less reliable indicator of movements in the national ISM and the January dip does not necessarily mean the ISM will follow suit.

All of a sudden, the ads in the paper show special mortgage deals, special incentives. That's an absolute indicator that the market has softened.

The growth we see in Hispanic-owned businesses illustrates the changing fabric of American's business and industry. With Hispanic businesses among the fastest growing segments of our economy, this is a good indicator of how competitiveness is driving the American economy.

The headline figures are quite strong. Machinery orders are a leading indicator of capital spending, and this outcome shows corporate spending will be strong at least in the first half of 2006.

The indicator that economists use to predict the housing market is the affordability index -- the ratio of monthly income to monthly mortgage payments. As the economy picks up, the typical family's monthly income will slowly accelerate, but the monthly mortgage cost is quickly jumping, much faster than income could possibly move.

The industrial production is a good figure and it gives a sign that the IMACEC (economic growth indicator for January) could be around 6.0 percent, which means we've got a good start to the year.

The industrial production number is the benchmark -- other surveys, while they're good, pale in comparison to the strength this indicator has.

The ice sheet is losing mass at a significant rate. It's a good indicator of how the climate is changing. It tells us we have to pay attention.

The unemployment rate is given a little too much primacy as an indicator of overall economic health. All of our data seem to indicate the quality is not there.

A good run in the Bud Shootout doesn't guarantee a good run in the Daytona 500, but it is a nice indicator that this part of the program is at least headed in the right direction. The extra seat time is always good to have, and I think there are things you can learn by participating in that race that the teams who aren't competing don't have the opportunity to learn.

The changes we are seeing are probably a good indicator of the changing climatic conditions there.

This is more of a contemporaneous indicator -- if business picks up and firms find they need to stock more inventory, we will see lending pick up.

This is a good test of seeing where everyone is going to be and where we are going to be. If the work ethic is any indicator we should do pretty well.

It's the best indicator of how much academic language they are acquiring. Occasionally, you have kids who all of a sudden get on a real learning curve and you just pour everything you can. It's amazing, they soak up so much.

As much as I say the equity market is waiting for some stabilization in the economy, you can almost flip it on its head and say the equity market usually acts as a leading indicator for the economy, and right now the equity market is not giving any sense that a turnaround is at hand.

As you do these surveys, the fact that you find the same violations is an indicator you have some real problems.

A sure indicator of true religion is a concern for the poor of the earth.

It's not an indicator one way or another.

It's not an indicator one way or another. That's a question that obviously keeps arising. When the time comes, there will be internal candidates, there will be external candidates. It will be based on how they've performed the jobs they had.

It's never satisfying to go 1-3, but with the caliber of teams at this tournament, a record isn't always the best indicator of how we played. We took a big step forward in our play.

That's still at the higher end of where most of my clients are, but I don't see any real indicator here.