It should have set off an alarm bell, but it didn' t.

I think this helps them because gut feelings act as an alarm bell - a reason to consider a decision carefully.

Our month of no spending was a financial wake-up call, a chance to recalibrate our relationship with money at a time when everyone I know has money on the brain.

A model that looks appealing in part because assets are not valued at market prices ought to ring alarm bells.

Such is the narrative now forming among investors. To anyone who has lived through the rise and fall of the Japanese bubble economy, it should set off alarm bells.