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trend toward something
to move gradually toward something. Fashions are trending toward the gaudy and flamboyant. Attitudes are trending toward the more conservative.
See also: toward

buck the trend
to be noticeably different from the way that a situation is developing generally, especially in connection with financial matters Spending is down this season, but the tourist industry is managing to buck the trend, with thousands more holidays sold.
See also: buck


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Over the years, there have been a wide variety of indicators and other tools that have been created which claim to identify trends in markets.
These trends are sometimes universal trends which could be applied to anywhere in the world and sometimes these are trends that are unique to an area or even a time of the year.
Currencies tend to move in trends naturally due to long-term macroeconomic factors and short-term international capital flows.
 
 
 
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