counter-trend

In fact, increasingly, faculty members at the colleges and universities where these plans will actually play out, worry about a counter-trend working against the quality of higher education in the 21st century, one that could set us back for generations if we don't take it on now.

Susan Meisenhelder: Higher Education at the Crossroads: It Is Time for the Faculty's Voice to Be Heard Susan Meisenhelder 2011

For starters, computerized traders may have flooded the market with anti-euro bets this week, which means we could see a "slight counter-trend rally over the next few days", said George Dowd , head of Chicago foreign exchange at Newedge U.S.A.

Investors Reload on Bets Against Euro As Currency Wobbles Neil Shah 2011

These many centuries of self-created superiority AND the recent counter-trend of ethical consciousness beg the question (at least for me):

When You Look at an Animal, What Do You See? 2009

Meanwhile, increasingly bigger facilities with enhanced amenities and a huge smorgasbord of workout options are blossoming everywhere, even as a counter-trend — reduced-size mini gyms in strip malls and other locales continues to surge ahead.

Mega-gyms offer clients a mini 'resort experience' 2011

In fact, increasingly, faculty members at the colleges and universities where these plans will actually play out, worry about a counter-trend working against the quality of higher education in the 21st century, one that could set us back for generations if we don't take it on now.

Susan Meisenhelder: Higher Education at the Crossroads: It Is Time for the Faculty's Voice to Be Heard Susan Meisenhelder 2011

Given that the Federal Reserve Fed mandate calls for managing inflationary and employment trends and that inflationary pressures may prematurely hinder sustainable employment gains, it may be time to consider Fed counter-trend intervention in the commodity markets.

Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg: Fed Intervention in Commodity Futures: A Case for Reverse Sterilization Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg 2010

Alongside all the research discussed in my last post showing that happiness peaks at 50, a curious and sobering counter-trend has also emerged: For the second year in a row, middle-aged adults have registered the highest suicide rate in the United States, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Delia Lloyd: 5 Reasons To Be Pessimistic About Middle Age 2010

But in selected instances, a counter-trend is developing, one that is allowing audiences to hear shows - particularly revivals of older musicals - in much the way their composers and orchestrators intended.

A high point in the pit Peter Marks 2010

But one interesting counter-trend that Popcorn also discovered is that a sizable minority of youth (35 percent of those she surveyed) were going in the opposite direction within the culture of recession - not just spending more, but partying like it's 1999, drinking and smoking more (uh-oh) and having more sex.

Graham Hill: 'Culture of Recession' to a Culture of Abundance 2009

He acknowledges that he doesn't know whether "we are facing a simple correction in a bull market rally or the collapse of a counter-trend rally in a bear market."

Dan Dorfman: The Right Country for Old Men 2009