According to Nakia Jean Lozoya, a marketing assistant at Tustin-based Peak Power Solutions, middle-class homeowners are leading the charge towards 100 percent renewable energy in Orange County.

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Leading the multi-year bear market was a peak in the home builders in July 2005, which was followed by a peak in community banks at the end of 2006, and then the regional banks in February 2007.

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In the couple of years leading up to the market's late-2007 peak, hedge funds and other exotic vehicles were all the rage.

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Probably 20-30% less than its peak, though only 15-20% less than the 5-year average leading into 2008.

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We covered our Treasury shorts as yields spiked in late March and became buyers shortly thereafter as our conviction increased that both leading indicators and CPI are set to peak in the immediate term, potentially cutting short the tactical back-up in yields we envisioned.

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Yield-curve critics say there are better leading indicators for a recession, such as housing permits (which tend to peak 17 months before the recession starts) and consumer confidence (which dips 3 to 9 months ahead of a downturn).

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