Since you are on the topic of expanding the historical data record, I wonder if you could offer some background on the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) and the strange
apparent pattern of station distribution in time.
In addition to what @George Marian said, a very large portion of trades are from computer programs trained to make trades when
certain apparent patterns are observed.
I can't speak authoritatively to your broader question about stocks in general, but in several years tracking AAPL closely, I can tell you that there's
little apparent pattern to when their earnings call will be, or when it will be announced.
The lack of
any apparent pattern to the decisions seems to reveal that the people who sit on the committee that issues sexual - misconduct rulings don't seem to know how and when to hand down punishment.
There's
no apparent pattern for sexual - misconduct punishment at Yale, based on public reports reviewed by Business Insider.
Elton and his followers sought to discern underlying patterns of invasion, to forge theories about the hidden structures of ecosystems, and so explain
the apparent patterns of invasions.
Samuel Arbesman makes some interesting points about
the apparent pattern of decay of accepted knowledge (22 September, p 36), but...
A fertility chart showing a cycle where ovulation did not occur will have temperatures that zig - zag up and down throughout the cycle in
no apparent pattern.
I accept what you say, but I'd feel happier if there were not such
an apparent pattern in the North Atlantic region.