Probably the best way to summarize this chart is that when the majority of developed economies have
negative leading indicators on a year - over-year basis, investors should at least allow for large stock market declines.
Not exact matches
While this can be viewed as a seemingly
negative performance, it's actually an
indicator that
lead nurturing is doing its job of qualifying
leads and eliminating people who are not interested in your company.
My favorite
leading indicator, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI), has been
negative for six of the past seven months.
The declines beginning in 1974, 1990, 2000, and 2007 all began from periods when the
leading indicators of all four regions had - or were about to - turn
negative.
«What we found is that
negative perceptions on aging are definitely significantly related to [Alzheimer's] disease
indicators,» said study
lead author Becca Levy, an associate professor at the Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Conn..
But the federal reviewers took issue with the tri-annual check - in, saying it «may not detect
leading indicators of positive or
negative trends that could be addressed earlier.»
The best measures we have of forward - looking long - term return projections for the equity markets, what I call «
leading investment
indicators» (PE10, dividend yields, Q, market cap - to - GDP, interest rates), are very
negative.