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Chris -- 2018-04-11
With bellweather in the database, and the dainty belle weather in the forum, bellwhether seems a suitably eggcornish companion/simbling given that ‘whether’ implies alternatives.
Bloomberg reports that Johnson’s attorney says, “the world is watching, and it’s unofficially a bellwhether case.” Meaning, he believes what happens in California this week and next will be a good indicator of future court outcomes.
The raisin grape harvest is considered to be a bellwhether for the rest of California agriculture.
If you want a bellwhether indicator in the South East, then the city of Brighton & Hove offers the strongest clue as to what might happen across the country …
The NQ-100 and key tech stocks are validating this with several bellwhether stocks confirming multi-month peaks and projecting multi-month declines.
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