signals

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But I’m not entirely comfortable with a mayor who might be sitting around City Hall waiting for signs and smoke signals rather than knowing what to do on his own.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

While the doji candle that formed in May warrants monitoring as a sign of potential indecision, bearish candlestick signals tend to be less reliable within established bull markets than bullish candlesticks are during bear markets.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Within industries, as a supply-chain crisis unfolds, fear and self-protection instincts kick in, with hoarding and company-level stockpiling resulting in confusing demand signals that make it hard for upstream producers to respond.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Unlike popular GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, which are delivered by injection and work by influencing appetite signals between the gut and brain, the new treatment takes a completely different path.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

He found it maddeningly difficult to read people’s nonverbal signals; and their verbal signals he often took more literally than they meant them.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis