The phrase
"negative territory" means that something is going below a desired or favorable level. It suggests that a situation or condition has become worse or gone in the opposite direction.
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The only sector which closed lower was oil and gas, which was under pressure as oil prices dipped into
negative territory during trade.
The company reported a $ 1.3 billion loss for 2014, a big swing into
negative territory following a nearly $ 2.7 billion net profit the year before.
After the last financial crisis, the world's major central banks lowered interest rates to record - low, sometimes
even negative territory.
While the return is modest, it is still a positive return for a company that traded in
negative territory based on price change alone.
If, however, the underlying index performs poorly — or even in
extreme negative territory — then the cash value will not lose value.
A combination of rising inflation and interest rates, global trade tensions and emerging skepticism toward the tech sector pushed most asset classes
into negative territory year - to - date.
U.S. stocks headed for their third consecutive decline on Thursday with Dow blue chips back in
negative territory for the year as President Trump imposed heavy...
The S&P 500 ® Bond Index has seen its performance improve over the last week, as the month - to - date return, which had been negative since July 10, 2015, was able to recover and pushed out of
negative territory on July 22, 2015, to reach 0.312 %.
The SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond fund gathered more than $ 1.1 billion, or about half its total for the year, while the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond took in $ 603 million, pulling it out
of negative territory for the full year.
The chart below should be of keen interest to the dismal scientists at the Federal Reserve since core inflation (excluding food and energy) with real home prices has now
entered negative territory with the addition of fresher data.
[BRIEFING.COM] The major U.S. indices continue to drag in
negative territory as stocks stumble in the wake of yesterday's FOMC rate decision.
When they ran the printing presses to pay for the Korean War, it jumped
from negative territory to nine per cent in less than a year.
«But as real rates fall more deeply into
negative territory through the next year, we expect prices to rise toward $ 1,350 an ounce.»
The index's yield - to - maturity has remained in
negative territory since the second half of 2015 and stood at -1.15 % as of Jan. 27, 2016.
The Saudi Arabian index was in
negative territory most of the day but closed up 0.1 percent as some selective buying for blue - chip stocks such as Al Rajhi Bank, up 0.8 percent, and Saudi Arabia Mining Co (Maaden), up 2.4 percent, offered support to an otherwise sluggish market.
But President Mario Draghi's subsequent suggestion that this might be the last time the central bank cut rates deeper into
negative territory pushed stocks lower.
Trading was choppy, with the Dow swinging between positive and
negative territory while the S&P 500 gave up most of its gains in the last few minutes of trading.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^ DJI) managed a modest gain, while the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^ GSPC) slipped just into
negative territory when all was said and done.
Stocks didn't move much last week as modest declines kept both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^ DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^ GSPC) in
slightly negative territory for the year.
Shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) were trading in
negative territory Tuesday, but surged higher on heavy volume late morning.
Then market volatility surged, and most asset categories bounced around during the quarter before finishing in
modestly negative territory.
«We thought that we had brought them all the way up to 7.7 percent as of August and then by the time we went back to relook at the books again in October we were heading
towards negative territory.»
«IDS, Gove and Eric Pickles top Cabinet league table; Chief Whip and Clarke plunge into
negative territory Main David Cameron equal to Ed Miliband's economic attacks at PMQs»
The only slightly redeeming feature was that the Snoopy sweatshirt had a sequin Joe Cool on it (my only Style point for the day, although overall I was in
seriously negative territory).
Pocketbooks can
reach negative territory quickly if payments to credit cards, rent, mortgages, car loans, utilities or other bills are made late.
Puerto Rico municipal bonds are included in the S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index and helped drag that index into
negative territory yesterday as the index recorded a negative 2.99 % month - to - date and negative 1.24 % year - to - date return.
As the traditionally slower fall and winter seasons begin, the index could show milder gains or even head
toward negative territory again.
Almost all sectors in Europe ended in
negative territory on Monday, with travel and leisure stocks leading the losses.
Rates on government bonds in Germany and Switzerland fell further into
negative territory after Brexit, while yields on 10 - year Treasuries dropped below 1.5 % and touched record lows.
The Dow has
entered negative territory for the first time this year; Nasdaq, which was up 20 % a mere two months ago, is up only 5 % for the year.
The S&P National AMT - Free Municipal Bond Index is still in
negative territory for the year, down 3.87 % year to date.
The mixed performance in Asia came after U.S. stocks finished the day in
negative territory despite strong earnings releases stateside.