The victories are unofficial, insecure and liable to reversal at any time.
Even if Mr. Paulson were to figure out the link between the weak dollar and oil dictators around the world, a greenback reversal would take time.
Such a reversal is running out of time today, with just about half an hour left to go, the Dow is down 247, or 1.87%.
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Vindication in the Herbalife short would work, but that may be a long time coming, so how about a reversal of fortune at JC Penney.
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"With price increases of that level over such a short period of time, one expects some kind of reversal, which we're having at the moment, " said Daniel Needham, chief investment officer at Morningstar.
Other Europeans (notably, the Germans) now heavily dependent on Russian-supplied natural gas - another dramatic reversal of Reagan's time-tested policies - and therefore subject to oft-practiced Moscow's energy blackmail, are happy to join Washington in appeasing Putin.
Failure to work towards a compromise will leave every American exposed to the dangers of a reversal in the economy at a time when it appears to finally be getting its legs underneath itself.
And now the question is whether or not any selling here in the first half of the week in response to that late reversal will be done by the time WFC and JPM are making their news on Friday.
The high-volume reversal candle alerted us that it was time to switch gears and look for a bounce, while measuring composure of the bounce at each step along the way.
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The problem is that although plaque might build up in arteries quickly, as in Reversal, it can take a long time for people to develop heart problems, as is measured in Prove-It.
Adoption of new policies enforcing private property rights, facilitating the start of new business, decreasing the number and time of bureaucratic procedures, all this can lead to reversal in capital flow figures.
In a bizarre but not unexpected role reversal, Democrats insist that at a time of economic uncertainty, Congress must not only extend this tax cut but make it even more generous.
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October tends to be the most volatile (for instance has seen the most crashes and mini-crashes), but also most often sees the upside reversal into the next favorable season (by which time investors are so disgusted with the decline that they want nothing to do with the market).
How can the United States encourage what appear to be positive trends in the international environment while at the same time protecting itself against the potentially far-reaching consequences of a sudden reversal or upheaval in Soviet policy under Gorbachev or a successor?
The housing recovery is already having a positive impact on growth, pushing GDP up as residential investment accelerates, but with more than 1.1 million homes in some state of foreclosure and a shadow inventory that tops 2 million units, it will take some time for the market to truly heal, while the risk of slowdown and a reversal remains a possibility.
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At the time the market was extremely oversold, with short interest reaching record levels, and the reversal put bears on their heels.
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Real Madrid's 3-2 reversal against Villarreal on Saturday night handed the Catalan side the Primera Liga crown for the first time since 2006 -- and expectations were high of a showcase of Barca's attacking skills.
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