That said, some are leading indicators while others are lagging and amid the current economic environment, investors are examining leading indicators to determine what is coming next.

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Now the headlines are best viewed as a lagging indicator of bad deeds past, not a sign of current conduct.

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Current Analysis senior analyst Joel Conover says Cisco had been lagging in the CRM space, where competitor Avaya (nyse: AV - news - people ) already released software to connect its IP telephone systems to Microsoft's CRM.

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Edel Tully, precious metals strategist at UBS, said while speculative buying and ETF inflows have supported gold to current levels, she is watching physical demand, which generally has been lagging with gold prices near records in most emerging market currencies.

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