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We can readily describe this process, but, to date, economists have been unable to anticipate sharp reversals in confidence. Collapsing confidence is generally described as a bursting bubble, an event incontrovertibly evident only in retrospect. To anticipate a bubble about to burst requires the forecast of a plunge in the prices of assets previously set by the judgments of millions of investors, many of whom are highly knowledgeable about the prospects for the specific investments that make up our broad price indexes of stocks and other assets." [[User:Sposer|Sposer]] 23:58, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
== Stilted language and skepticsim ==
Saying "technicians 'try to' identify patterns" is to use a weasel phrase that implies skepticism of the method. You could say "try to" about anything a person does that could succeed or fail -- meteorologists "try to" forecast the weather, etc. -- but that's stilted prose.
As for "many" academic studies, this also implicitly sides with the skeptics -- unless the second half of the sentence also says "many" other studies say it may produce…, at which point it reads like a debate. The "some" vs. "other" construction is more neutral and natural.
[[User:Rgfolsom|Rgfolsom]] 20:07, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
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