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TIME: ANALYZING SECULAR TRENDS FOR STOCKS, BONDS, AND COMMODITIES

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1. C.

2. B. The Kondratieff wave lasts approximately 50 to 54 years and really consists of two secular trends separated by an 8- to 10-year plateau period.

3. trough

4. B. Peak trough analysis, trendlines, moving averages, price patterns momentum, etc., are tools that can be used for any time frame. Their parameters may differ and the signals are much more significant, but the principles of interpretation are identical for both time periods. To say that tools differ for these trends is, therefore, a false statement.

5. C. Over a relatively short period of time, inflation has a minimal effect on equity prices, but taken over the kinds of long periods covered by secular ...

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