The tailwind in consumer electronics will be a headwind as the consumer is spent up.
"Since I've gotten here I feel like I've been running into a headwind, " he says.
Fiscal tightening, though less stringent than in the past two years, will be a headwind.
Facebook shares will see a headwind as post-IPO lockups expired on 234 million shares Monday.
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Such activity can be a headwind for equities, as sellers of portfolio insurance hedge by shorting futures.
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Higher cotton costs have been reported as a headwind by several apparel retailers already in the first quarter.
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Of course, if Europe and China continue to falter, this would present a headwind to growth here at home.
Furthermore, a poor potato crop this year boosted input costs and should continue to be a headwind going forward.
"A little tail wind is a lot better than a headwind, " says economist Chip Case, the "Case" in Case-Shiller.
The fiscal cliff matters and it will be a headwind for the economy.
This represents a headwind for Coach as continued weakening of yen may affect its sales growth in the future.
This could create a headwind to the anticipated recovery of hotel room ADRs.
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We consider it a headwind, if you will, in terms of the global economy, and therefore the domestic economy.
If the shares continue their recent decline, look for this short-selling trend to gain momentum, potentially creating a headwind for ENER.
Bernanke seemed optimistic that housing markets could stop being a headwind in the near term and actually add to job growth.
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However, increasing raw material prices and a prolonged weakness in consumer spending could pose a headwind to our optimistic EBITDA margin outlook.
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CreditSights reckons that it has created a headwind for American banks that is equivalent to some 15-25% of estimated earnings per share.
Broadly speaking, the eurozone crisis remains a headwind to the U.S. recovery.
On a cold, rainy afternoon, the American-record holder eased to victory in the 100 meters, finishing in 10.02 seconds into a headwind Saturday.
Make that debt more costly, and the tailwind becomes a headwind.
"These guys did a good job operationally, and importantly kept material costs aren't expected to be a headwind for the company in 2010, " De Maria said.
That has created a headwind for stocks of big home builders, following a five-year run during which shareholders rode the wave of the white-hot housing market to new riches.
The eurozone crisis creates a headwind for the global economy, and we are obviously connected to the global economy, so trouble in the eurozone presents a challenge to the American economy.
For the last two years the market has been able to rally at times with the banks providing a headwind, and participation by the sector would be a major positive for bulls.
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The fundamental point is that, in the presence of inelastic supply curves, demand-side subsidies face a headwind of adverse price effects, while direct public provision gets a tail wind of favorable price effects.
That also provides a headwind to equities.
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In our infographic, the returns of the MSCI EAFE Index show that a falling dollar serves as a tailwind pushing greater returns on foreign stocks, while a rising dollar functions more as a headwind, cutting back on EAFE returns.
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