One of the best coincident and real -
time indicators of bursting bubbles and recessions is the yield spread between US high - yield corporate bonds and the 10 - year US Treasury.
The Philly Fed's Aruoba - Diebold - Scotti Business Conditions Index (hereafter the ADS index) is a fascinating but relatively little known real -
time indicator of business conditions for the U.S. economy, not just the Third Federal Reserve District, which covers eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware.
If this seems a little too high pressure, remember that many e-mail-savvy customers consider response
time an indicator of quality service.
Not exact matches
Branco constantly reviews the sales pipeline, monitors the profitability
of each ongoing project, and tracks a few key performance
indicators (KPIs) such as customer call response
times and customer satisfaction ratings.
Some
time after this Decision Point began collecting NYSE common stock only (CSO) breadth and volume data, and we have a set
of NYSE CSO
indicators that are available to subscribers through our Straight Shots Menu, as well as various
indicator series.
Traditionally, we look at simple engagement
time as an
indicator of conversion likelihood.
It narrows in
times of high spirits, when steady winds speed an already smoothly - sailing economy, the
indicators look great, and stock prices advance consistently, sans lurching jumps and slumps.
Identify which key
indicators affect the growth
of your business, then dedicate
time and money to those areas.
Look at STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)-- if we focused on finding early
indicators of high performers in our education system, then treated them differently as they progressed through school as potential Canadian innovators, by the
time they got to Grade 12 and were thinking about university, they would be wildly ahead
of the innovation curve.»
Your business exists to solve someone's problem, and every
time a client says, «I wish you did this,» you get an
indicator of how to take your product to the next level.
The overall sums
of private capital raised by today's tech startups over longer periods
of time are
indicators of industry health.
The strengths
of those early relationships can override all
of these results
indicators, and let you fly with the angels without a second look when the
time is right.
Only
time will tell,
of course, if the peso is truly an accurate
indicator of the election — FX traders don't necessarily vote in the U.S., after all.
«Historically, when our
indicator has been this low or lower, total returns over the subsequent 12 months have been positive 93 percent
of the
time, with median 12 - month returns
of 19 percent,» according to a BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research report.
After a healthy run earlier this year, shares
of Salesforce took a hit in June, falling 8 percent before finding a floor
of support at the stock's 50 - day moving average, a technical
indicator that smooths out a stock's random price fluctuations over a given
time.
While collecting this type
of information can be valuable to business owners, if the collective outcry over the NSA's data - mining efforts is any
indicator then customers may have a negative knee - jerk reaction to having their movements tracked and recorded every
time they go to a coffee shop or pass through a hotel lobby.
But the growth
of the company and the brand value it has built up with consumers in a relatively short space
of time is remarkable, and it is a leading
indicator of the change that is occurring in consumer behavior.
Market jitters started immediately last week when Baker Hughes» count
of drilling rigs, a leading
indicator of U.S. output, ticked up for the first
time in nearly two months.
Such capital - intensive growth is not without considerable risks, but investing in more than you need — C.R. Plastic's latest home is three
times the size
of its previous headquarters — can be smart, «[if] you've got good market
indicators that you will grow into it,» according to Susan Rohac, vice-president
of growth and transition capital for Ontario and Atlantic Canada at BDC.
«Our work suggests that valuation is a poor short - term
timing indicator, but the single-most important determinant
of long - term returns,» Bank
of America Merrill Lynch's Savita Subramanian said.
At the same
time, look for
indicators of a person's mindset.
The volatility in the stock market, especially the Nasdaq, is a classic
indicator of the transitionary nature
of the
times.
If the billable
time of current full -
time employees is at or above 85 percent and the profit margins are at least 50 percent, those are good
indicators that the company is ready to add another full -
time employee.
* The majority
of our economic
indicators are released at a set date and
time as shown on our calendar.
Facts and
Indicators: — «Given that 65 to 85 percent
of jobs are found through networking, it should be the focus
of about 80 percent
of your allotted search
time.»
Several economic
indicators this week may help discern the
timing of the first rate hike, especially the consumer price data for May released on Thursday.
Since the performance
of individual leading growth stocks is one
of the most important
indicators of our market
timing system, we are continuously on alert for any red flags that could hint at a substantial stock market correction.
At that
time,
indicators of market action were still negative.
The decision to keep policy unchanged has come at a
time when some economic
indicators are predicting a pick - up in the pace
of the British economic recovery.
Pueblo's long -
time returning customers are an
indicator of the staff, resources, and experience your agency is looking for in a full spectrum mechanical contractor.
We give you and your teams real -
time visibility into the health
of your subscription revenue, customer health, risk factors, trends, and other key
indicators that help you make the right decisions to remove roadblocks and grow your customer base.
We created a handful
of models, with
time frames between intraday and weekly, that aggregate many
of our sentiment
indicators.
Although our stock picking strategy for swing trading is based primarily on technical trend following and market
timing, we also incorporate certain elements
of the popular and proven CANSLIM model into our stock selection process (although we tweak the
indicators to be applicable for shorter holding periods than CANSLIM is intended for).
A flattening yield curve has been a reliable leading
indicator of past economic slowdowns, but this
time around...
The relative strength index (RSI) is a momentum
indicator developed by noted technical analyst Welles Wilder, that compares the magnitude
of recent gains and losses over a specified
time period to measure speed and change
of price movements
of a security.
Invested assets, an important
indicator of the size
of client funds managed by the bank, dropped for the first
time since June as currency swings from a weaker dollar left their mark.
You have the option to change the appearance
of the charts by varying the
time scale, chart type, zooming in to different sections and adding new studies or
indicators such as RSI, MACD, EMA, Bollinger Bands, Fibonacci retracements and many more.
«A clear
indicator of this is that for the first
time we have a pure cloud vendor in the top 10.»
A pivot point is a technical analysis
indicator used to determine the overall trend
of the market over different
time frames.
Some analysts fail to account for data snooping bias in their analyses
of market
timing indicators.
In the February 2009 version
of their paper entitled «Not so Dumb Money: The Prognostic Power
of Investor Sentiment over
Time», JÃ ¶ rdis Hengelbrock, Erik Theissen and Christian Westheide measure the predictive power
of German and U.S. investor sentiment
indicators and test whether the market responds immediately to the release
of new sentiment data.
For example, page load
time is an
indicator of navigability, and «contact us, about us, and privacy policy» links can be spidered to determine transparency.
You will learn over
time that price action is a picture
of price at it's current state versus historical
indicators such as the MACD, RSI or other common technical
indicators.
While both
of these issues are unfortunate, the relatively small amount
of write - downs (less than 4 %
of total assets) prior to 2012 suggests these were unusual one -
time events rather than
indicators of management failure.
It is capable
of analyzing trends in the market in real
time and also able to calculate the values
of trading
indicators.
Nevertheless, the early experience suggests that, while the resilience
of both borrowers and lenders has no doubt improved, the initial effects on credit and some other
indicators we use to assess risk may fade over
time.
Eurostat stated that eurozone unemployment was 10.9 % in July, the first
time it fell below 11 % since February 2012, while a range
of leading
indicators (such as the Markit composite purchasing managers» index, the European Commission's Economic Sentiment Index and money supply data) suggest growth has continued apace in the third quarter.
At the same
time volume analysis and volume
indicators can be used understand better the behaviour
of the market.
Average weekly earnings data for May showed a sharp increase in ordinary -
time earnings growth, although the quality
of this series as an
indicator of wage growth over the short term is poor.
But those who study
indicators will tell you that some amount
of market
timing can minimize your risk by allowing you to hedge your bets.