The center white line represents the mean price ratio over the past two years.
But that does not necessarily mean that price is the only way to compete.
Platinum group metals are also among the more thinly traded commodities, which can mean exaggerated price moves.
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However, just because a market puts in a major low, that does not automatically mean a price uptrend can be sustained.
My core belief is that excess speculation from the hedge fund feedback loop in the soft commodities markets combined with a rapid increase in catastrophic weather incidents will mean continued price spikes and dislocations.
From 1999 to the end of 2004, the mean sales price of an existing home soared 48%, led by a 53% gain in the Northeast, 52% gain in the South, 48% gain in the West and 43% gain in the Midwest, according to the realtor association.
But the fact that the market price is the best available estimate doesn't mean that the market price is right.
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Does this mean that some price fixing still occurs on Nasdaq?
Its speed, rarity (only 13 were built) and high ticket price mean the Concorde's 100 seats tend to be filled by the world's rich and famous.
But gratis delivery doesn't always mean the lowest price here.
But the act of shopping, by which I mean individuals making price-feature-value tradeoffs for the products and services they are considering purchasing, is absolutely fundamental to a healthy economy.
This is especially true in the case of riskier markets like Orlando and Las Vegas, where the expected increase in sales volume and housing turnover doesn't necessarily mean that the price trough is imminent.
In a post-hoc analysis comparing average stock prices from 120 to 60 days before results were announced to the average price for the subsequent 60 days, those reporting positive results saw a mean increase in share price of 9.4 percent.
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What a high and rising oil price might mean for the world economy is the subject of much debate among economists.
In a forthcoming article, Jeremy Bulow of Stanford Business School and Paul Klemperer of Oxford University use theory to show that such price caps mean those who value a good most do not necessarily get it.
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Faster house-price inflation will mean more consumer spending than expected, and even faster growth.
More trade and greater price transparency should mean more competition and thus higher productivity growth.
Right now, Evans has said, Lilly has the most visible pipeline on the market--and that could mean good things for the price of the stock.
For the billion or so people around the world who live on the equivalent of a dollar a day, it could mean stark hunger, a price-induced famine.
On the other side are those who believe that moving from four big national carriers to three would mean the end of serious price competition in the wireless industry.
Since print advertising is the second largest segment of the business, a faster than expected decrease in national print ad spending could mean further downside to our price estimate.
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An appraisal that results in a value that is less than the contract purchase price can potentially mean all kinds of woe for the loan officer (me) and the real estate agent.
The failure of farmers in poor countries to respond to price signals does not mean they are deaf to them.
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To be honest, slow-motion recording at such a low price is going to mean you'll only be able to get pictures at dreadful resolutions.
The dip in price of Avon shares mean its dividend not yields more than 3.3%, and the company has history of jacking up the dividend every year.
This could mean short sellers are using the stock to hedge a long bet elsewhere, or could also mean that short sellers believe the price of the stock will decline.
So I was telling investors that even though valuations have increased, and what I mean by that is that the price-to-earnings ratio on 2013 estimates for the defensive sectors is at 17.5x versus about 14x for the cyclical sectors.
We currently estimate the user decline to slow down in the coming years, but if Perfect World continues to cede ground to its competitors, the actual user numbers could fall much below our estimate, and this could mean a significant downside to our price estimate for Perfect World.
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And former Labour defence secretary Lord Hutton - the man the government appointed to oversee a review of public sector pensions - said linking the military pension to the consumer price index, rather than the retail price index, would mean war widows and the injured would get smaller payments in future.
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