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While the stock-market selloff is putting the traditional year-end rally in doubt, some market analysts said a 5% pullback would be normal and technically overdue given highflying valuations of technology stocks.

The name might sound ominous, but data show that a death cross is often an indication that a given asset or index has fallen too far and is overdue for a bounce.

He was long overdue for a rise in rank, but for all his size and bluster, the captain disliked nosing about for promotions and salary increases.

“For I am overdue for a treatment of this mixture, and Miss Mortimer has made it quite clear that she intends for me to use it regularly. Her package has arrived just in time.”

Navy never realized that the Indianapolis was overdue at its next port of call and never sent a rescue party to the disaster site.