bellwether

The bellwether cases could now open the floodgates for a deluge of similar lawsuits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

A first bellwether trial concluded in March, when a Los Angeles jury ordered Meta and Google to pay a 20-year-old woman, K.G.M.,

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Blue Owl, the bellwether for selling private-credit funds to individual investors, got some relief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Shares of economic bellwether FedEx fell in late trading despite the delivery giant’s reported increase in quarterly package volumes and revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

A Galilean said, "When the shepherd is angry with his flock, he appoints for its leader a blind bellwether."

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

Airline, trucking and railroad stocks are often considered market bellwethers, given the companies’ vital role in moving goods and raw materials that power the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

One of the most critical retail bellwethers, restaurants, saw a slight decline in sales in December.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026

Magnificent Seven members Apple, Microsoft, Meta and Tesla are due this week, with other bellwethers including Texas Instruments, Boeing and Mastercard providing an idea about the state of the economy.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

We’ll concern ourselves now with the nominations on the film side, as the guild’s awards are usually one of the most accurate bellwethers for the Oscars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026

The human animal being apt to run after bellwethers, it may be looked upon as natural that this strange conduct of a respectable matron was speedily imitated by the girls.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield