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...Dandy, by Ellen Moers. A chart of the dwindling course of dandyism, from Beau Brummell, who issued dictates to 19th century England on the curve of a brim and the blend of a snuff, to the modern male who trembles at the brink of foppishness when he folds a handkerchief into his breast pocket...
This, in turn, has affected the long-term Government and corporate bond market, where prices have risen to bring down yields (see chart). As bond yields have dropped, stock yields have risen because of the decline in the market. The reverse spread between stock and bond yields (5.39% for bonds v. 3.42% for industrials) is the closest it has been since early June last year...
Another school of technicians, typified by Lowry's Reports. Inc., pins most of its faith on a charting method -called breadth of market studies-that is widely used by other Wall Streeters. What Lowry's does is chart volume of stocks advancing and declining, correlate these figures with price gains and losses. The Lowry's chart shows whether buying power is stronger than selling pressure, and the reverse. Currently, the chart indicates that buying power, while weaker than selling pressure, is getting stronger...
...Such chart experts as Walston & Co.'s Edmund Tabell and Du Pont Homsey & Co.'s G. S. Colby rely heavily on point and figure charts that carefully note every price fluctuation in hundreds of stocks, as well as the changes in market averages. A basic part of the theory is that the longer a stock or a market average stays in a narrow trading range, the greater will be its rise-or fall-when the stock or average breaks out. Tabell, who advised his clients to sell in January, now says: "The industrial average has begun to form...
...illusion that Tony is just an ordinary bloke. After 16 days of laborious climbing in a forest of family trees, Debrett's Assistant Editor Patrick Montague-Smith proclaimed that Armstrong-Jones is not only of royal blood but also a very distant kinsman of Margaret. In a complex chart, Montague-Smith submitted proof that Tony is 22nd in descent from King Edward I's daughter Elizabeth* Moreover, a medieval lord of Harlech was a mutual ancestor of both Tony and Margaret. Exulted Tree Tracer Montague-Smith: "A thrilling discovery! The relationship between Princess Margaret and Mr. Armstrong-Jones...