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You can also compare movement in the qualitative indices
against movement in the quantitative metrics. I’m not sug-
gesting that you will find causation. If you see parallel move-
ments, it might be coincidental. But at the very least, you
will have insights to act on. There just might be some corre-
lations buried in the data that you can test. The more of this
you do, the more experience you gain, and your sixth sense
will sharpen. Eventually, you will sense things that you didn’t
see or feel before. You’ll look at data and know that some-
thing has changed, even though the data do not look that
different. This is your reward for diligence. With this height-
ened sensitivity, you will be able to suggest preemptive
strokes