Q. Do you try to spot trends before they happen or cover them after the fact?

In financial markets, analysts are always looking for ways to spot trends ahead of time.

"I think my best skill in business and in life is to spot trends," he said.

The authors deal with the ephemeral nature of the industry by spotting trends and giving advice.

The company's speciality is speed - spotting trends and getting there first.

A flight, he said, "is a great place to pick up ideas and to spot trends, especially in technology."

Each year, Medco examines its own data to spot trends in prescription drug spending.

That was one of the tricks, spotting trends and indicators before the others did.

They found that 613 of the cases had not been reported to the system designed to spot undesirable trends in treatment.

By the way, the sports world is not exactly trained in spotting worrisome trends.