They could be placed in picture frames and alert someone - a doctor or family member - if the regular pattern of movement is altered.

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Not far behind in importance, though, came the "pattern and decoration" movement, with Philip Taaffe (b. 1955) taking it to a heightened elegance and sophistication.

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There is a familiar pattern in which youngsters turn to the movement for accommodation and then agree to follow a regime of fasting and prayer.

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To be sure, the outward movement slowed during the recession, but more recently the pattern has reasserted itself.

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Its movement looks like a regular sine wave function within pretty defined parameters, and this pattern has held true for the last 1200 days.

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In a recent report, Strategic Insight compared this rise of blockbuster funds and a "winner takes all" pattern in cash flows with the concentration of wealth protested by the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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