Adjective : Selling Christmas decorations is a cyclical business.    From Dictionary.com. 

Slatin likes ACC as an all-around solid performer with a portfolio of virtually non-cyclical properties.    From Wordnik.com.  [Campus Housing REIT] Reference

Widow and orphans stock is often associated with non-cyclical businesses and usually has a low beta coefficient.    From Wordnik.com.  [Options Glossary U-Z] Reference

PILGRIM: Professor Emanuel, but yet there's some doubt about winds, aren't there, that point to a non-cyclical pattern?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 1, 2005] Reference

Really the terms "ongoing, unidirectional, and non-cyclical" are a way of reducing literature to the element of "story.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Music] Reference

To what extent is it true that literature, even granting the narrowing of the term to fiction, is "ongoing, unidirectional, and non-cyclical"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Music] Reference

Musical form is determined by musical repetition, whereas literature (especially narrative fiction) is ongoing, unidirectional, and non-cyclical.    From Wordnik.com.  [Music] Reference

"The government's plans for non-cyclical primary expenditure in 2011-12 ... are not yet backed by detailed departmental spending limits," it says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Too Late to Change Your Minds, Gents] Reference

"The focus now is not on any one category, but on non-cyclical growth ideas outside the United States, new products replacing old ones or improving on current applications.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Everything Looks Like Up From Here] Reference

That something that's unique to DeVry, that's non-cyclical.    From Wordnik.com.  [DeVry Q1 2011 Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha] Reference

I also like that the nature of its business is non-cyclical.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crown Castle Reigns Over Cell Tower Kingdom - Yahoo! Finance] Reference

Many non-cyclical and counter cyclical businesses buy those products.    From Wordnik.com.  [pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator (real estate blogs)] Reference

Buy List tilts toward non-cyclical areas like health and consumer stocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [CrossingWallStreet.com] Reference

So some of them even go to the non-cyclical and counter cyclical companies.    From Wordnik.com.  [pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator (real estate blogs)] Reference

Paykel Healthcare was attractive because it had non-cyclical revenue streams.    From Wordnik.com.  [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference

On the equity markets, the cyclical sectors outperformed the non-cyclical ones.    From Wordnik.com.  [FXstreet.com] Reference

This seems like a very unjustified fall in valuations for such a non-cyclical sector.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Healthcare giants like JNJ and utilities are generally conservative, non-cyclical plays.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gadgets Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference

The food and beverage segment continues to provide good, steady, and non-cyclical growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

Fiserv offers predictable and "non-cyclical" earnings that are shielded from economic downturn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference

They should have been treated like that and not used to pay for non-cyclical current expenditure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

The fund is investing in non-cyclical sectors like non-formal education, healthcare, media and entertainment.    From Wordnik.com.  [VCCircle News] Reference

We expect to move toward a premium for large quality blue chip companies with relatively non-cyclical businesses.    From Wordnik.com.  [China Stocks News and Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference

Compare cyclical and non-cyclical stocks with information from a portfolio manager in this free video on finance.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to RBI seeks cap on hike in salaries of private bank CEOs] Reference

It's a low Beta, low multiple, dividend paying non-cyclical business trading at a discount to its typical valuation.    From Wordnik.com.  [GuruFocus Updates -] Reference

"From a private-investment perspective, the power sector is unique as it is a non-cyclical industry," the report said.    From Wordnik.com.  [LBO-Lanka Business Online]

Good time for investors to add beauty care and household product manufacturer to portfolio of non-cyclical consumer stocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

It identifies top-of-mind business issues that are being impacted by significant non-cyclical shifts in the global environment.    From Wordnik.com.  [WebWire | Recent Headlines] Reference

In mirror image fashion, the non-cyclical sectors and fixed income trend scores bottomed as the WLI and cyclical sectors were peaking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Financial Sense] Reference

A balanced portfolio should contain a mixture of cyclical and non-cyclical stocks which can be altered as the economic climate changes.    From Wordnik.com.  [MoneyWeek RSS - All] Reference

Roughly a quarter of the 111 holdings consist of consumer non-cyclical bonds, with 21% allocated to technology and 16% to financial firms.    From Wordnik.com.  [ETFs News and Commentary from Seeking Alpha] Reference

The non-cyclical nature of the company's products prevented Altria shares from dropping as far as the broader market during the past year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Retail Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference

5. 0\% Consumer non-cyclical 4,296 88 206 4,178 8. 5\% Energy 2,972 48 246 2,774 5. 7\% Technology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

CLX) is a stock investors like to own during periods of slow economic growth - non-cyclical.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

(Gas, electric and water companies 'non-cyclical nature can power strong gains in any portfolio, see.    From Wordnik.com.  [Investopedia.com Headlines] Reference

Raise exposure to non-cyclical equities?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

A more defensive stance, favouring non-cyclical consumer stocks, banks and rand-hedge stocks. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

HDFC has a non-cyclical business.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moneycontrol Top Headlines] Reference