Not exact matches
Most importantly, the Market Climate is an identification
of present,
observable conditions, not a forecast, or a preference.
Extremes in
observable conditions that we associate with some
of the worst moments in history to invest include: Aug 1929 (with the October crash within 10 weeks
of that instance), Aug - Oct 1972 (with an immediate retreat
of less than 4 %, followed a few months later by the start
of a 50 % bear market collapse), Aug 1987 (with the October crash within 10 weeks), July 1999 (associated with a quick 10 % market plunge within 10 weeks), another signal in March 2000 (with a 10 % loss within 10 weeks, a recovery into September
of that year, and then a 50 % market collapse), July - Oct 2007 (followed by an immediate plunge
of about 10 % in July, a recovery into October, and another signal that marked the market peak and the beginning
of a 55 % market loss), two earlier signals in the recent half - cycle, one in July - early Oct
of 2013 and another in Nov 2013 - Mar 2014, both associated with sideways market consolidations, and the present extreme.
In the Strategic Total Return Fund, prevailing,
observable conditions are sufficient to warrant an exposure
of just under 20 %
of assets in precious metals shares.
Our task is not (as it is for positivism) to discover the covering laws that explain and predict
observable associations
of conditions and events, but to use all available empirical evidence and powers
of reason to develop conceptual models that as accurately as possible describe the real capacities and causal processes operating at the deeper, unobservable level
of reality.
Christianity «was founded in an act
of expiatory pain, has regarded human suffering as not only inseparable from the nature
of life on earth, as a matter
of observable fact, but also as a necessary
condition in spiritual formation.»
«A Brown Ocean environment consists
of three
observable conditions.
All
of those considerations make us aware
of potential risks, but in practice, we are defensive based on testable and
observable market
conditions that have historically been associated with a negative return / risk profile, on average.
Operant
Conditioning / Learning happens in the realm
of observable behaviors that we can mark and reward.
Sealers, whalers, fishing and trading vessels would have reported regularly to their owners about any
observable changes in the accessibility
of different areas and particular ports and
of sailing and operating
conditions being more or less difficult on each voyage.
When combined with statements
of initial
conditions specifying
observable fact, they logically imply observation sentences about future events.
The present threshold as to «serious impairment
of important body function» requires an
observable or perceivable impairment from actual symptoms or
conditions, that affects a body function
of value, significance or consequence to the injured person, and that influences some
of the victim's capacity to live in his or her normal manner
of living.
According to Rich Vetstein, «The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has held that off - site physical
conditions may require disclosure if the
conditions are unknown and not readily
observable by the buyer and if the existence
of those
conditions is
of sufficient materiality to affect the habitability, use, or enjoyment
of the property and, therefore, render the property substantially less desirable or valuable to the objectively reasonable buyer.»
First, the buyer's agent must disclose knowledge
of a material defect or
condition about the property that affects health or safety and that defect is not known or readily
observable to the buyer.