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Bellwether

What Does Bellwether Mean?
A leading indicator of trends.

Investopedia explains Bellwether
A bellwether stock is a stock that is used to gauge the performance of the market in general. General Motors was an example of a bellwether stock, hence the saying "What's good for GM is good for America."

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