barometer
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The S&P 500 is trading at the highest levels relative to its 50-day moving average, a key barometer for investor sentiment, since August of 2022, according to Adam Turnquist, chief technical strategist at LPL Financial.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
The velocity of that rebound meant the Wall Street stock-market barometer moved from oversold to overbought — in terms of its 14-day relative strength — in just 12 sessions.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
At publicly traded credit funds, share buybacks are about to become a key barometer of management confidence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
It will serve as a barometer of what will happen across the rest of the central belt.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
The barometer had only recently been invented, and Descartes was one of the first people to suggest that what it measured was the weight of air pressing down on the surface of the Earth.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Vocabulary lists containing barometer
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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