pattern
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The stock market is stuck in a holding pattern—and some investors are pinning their hopes on holiday cheer.
More recently, November registered another doji, a pattern that can also display fatigue and rising indecision after an extended move.
From Barron's
To study these patterns over time, the researchers analyzed longitudinal data from the national Health and Retirement Study.
From Science Daily
Of course, the effects of age are real, and follow familar patterns: A person is likely to behave differently at age 18 than at 36 or 72.
From Salon
These changes extend a pattern already documented by ETH Zurich researchers, and there is no indication that it is slowing.
From Science Daily
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