holding pattern
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That’s the message retail investors are sending as fund flow data for September indicates a strong preference developing for exchange-traded funds focused on longer-duration Treasury bonds, while the equity market remains in a holding pattern.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Waller said he would look for continued signs of disinflation in August price data before committing to a holding pattern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and his seemingly supernatural competence at both city management and marketing, has laid a blueprint for kitchen-table progressives looking to bust out of the Trump-era holding pattern.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
He said they were in a holding pattern for about 15 minutes.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
It wasn’t until the third holding pattern southwest of Kennedy Airport that Klotz told ATC that he didn’t think the plane had enough fuel to reach an alternative airport.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
