bellwether
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Elsewhere in tech, Nvidia reports earnings after the close—a critical bellwether for the AI boom’s staying power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
In an important week for AI, investors are also looking towards an earnings report from Nvidia, the world's most valuable company and a bellwether for the sector.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
All of which make the sprawling district in Nevada’s rough and rocky Great Basin an improbable political bellwether.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
“The precipitous decline of X is the bellwether for a new era of the Internet that simply feels less fun than it used to be. Remember having fun online?” he wrote.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
So it is with a pietistical and puristical people—they will follow some stupid old bellwether because utterly incapable of independent thought, of individual ratiocination.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by William Cowper Brann
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
Market demand appears constructive with industry bellwethers pointing to central-processing unit recovery, which reinforces momentum for the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
Also, while some bellwethers have reported big jumps in AI-related capex spending, investor worries about return on investment and debt financing have rattled markets at times.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2025
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