Sentences with phrase «fixed point points»

As Fixed Point points out, though, you will see a larger improvement to your credit score by adding another type of credit, such as a home loan, to your credit mix.

Not exact matches

¦ Although variable rates usually beat fixed rates, Heath points to 2013, the Cookes» mortgage renewal date, as a time rates could begin to rise.

And put that way, it seems a bit more daunting from a taxpayer's point of view, especially when there's very little governments can or need to do to fix Canada's affordable housing crisis — other than get out of the way.

But this time could be different, as Jeff Rosenberg, BlackRock chief fixed income strategist pointed out.

The initial customer trials will use 28 GHz frequency airwaves for service to fixed points, like a home router, but Verizon also plans to test 5G mobile service later this year.

Even before Wednesday's decision, five of the country's largest banks hiked five - year fixed rates 15 basis points to 5.14 per cent last week.

Membership Rewards points don't have a fixed value, so it's a bit tricky to figure out how much they're worth.

The team is the foundation of any successful startup, the fixed point from which all ideas and developments originate.

One last point: review your cash flow statements and bank account regularly to help ensure that problems don't catch you by surprise — when they are too late to fix.

Gurley pointed out that Stitch Fix, unlike many recently public companies, has turned a profit before.

From that point forward, the expansion will be fixed in place unless amended through a subsequent agreement of two - thirds of provinces to reverse the expansion — which is very unlikely.

Sony's song prices will not fluctuate, but will be offered at three fixed price points: $.69, $.99, and $ 1.29.

The changes extend to telecommunications, said Glover, who pointed to an announcement by Moore on Thursday about licensing for fixed wireless service.

At that point, VW was estimating it would cost 20 million euros to fix the problem.

As the leading psychologist on the topic Carol Dweck puts it, «In a growth mindset, people believe their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work — brains and talent are just the starting point,» whereas people with a fixed mindset believe «their basic qualities, like intelligence are fixed.»

«The fact that they stuck with the three rate - hike forecast sends a signal that at this point they're not ready to adopt a potentially more aggressive stance that a number of people have been talking about for next year,» said Craig Bishop, lead strategist for U.S. fixed income at RBC Wealth Management.

To calculate your breakeven point, you will need to identify your fixed and variable costs.

Smart people point out flaws, and that is OK; you fix the flaws, and you get better.

It pointed to the continued presence of fragile fixed - income market liquidity as a key vulnerability in the overall financial system, while it repeats the risks of a sharp increase in long - term interest rates, stress from emerging markets like China and prolonged weakness in commodity prices.

But whether Romney scores a point on that aspect of the issue or not, he still has a rift to fix with the Hispanic community, specifically over his promise to veto the DREAM Act if he were president.

If, instead, like many, you apply the 80/20 rule and figure that fixing the 20 percent of your most egregious cases will cover 80 percent of your problems, you've missed a big point of the exercise — both in how you communicate and your learning.

As they point out, there's plenty of room for optimism about the eventual therapeutic applications of stem cells, but clinics offering to cure Parkinson's or to fix broken spinal cords are not just misleading but seriously dangerous.

The fixed income, currencies, and commodities business is diversified, Chavez said, adding at one point that Goldman Sachs was working to «improve, broaden, strengthen, diversify our engagement with clients.»

Andrew Keen, an author and tech entrepreneur, is hardly the first to point this out, but his ambitious new book, How to Fix the Future, makes what might be the most forceful case yet.

In a sector not always known for service, it has amassed a fiercely loyal client base by first delivering a novel offering, then adding complementary offerings reverse - engineered to fix specific pain points.

If you notice that, within a few months, your declining margins will push your break - even point too high to live with, you can take action now to fix the problem by adding a new, higher - margin product, getting rid of an old one, or beginning to stress marketing to a more profitable clientele.

Case in point: Dick Rennick, founder and CEO of American Leak Detection, a plumbing franchiser in Palm Springs, California, that specializes in fixing leaky pipes and pools — not a particularly sexy business.

As a startup you should know what pain points your product or service fixes in peoples» lives and why they should be compelled to use your company's product.

Fixed - income specialists point the recent sell - off to multiple factors...

If gamers complain, Microsoft «can easily point a finger at Mattrick and say, «He did it, and now we're fixing it.»»

By contrast, airlines that use mileage - based programs like Delta offer seats at fixed prices, say, 25,000 miles for a trip within the U.S. Importantly, points do not limit the availability of saver seats.

But also, more importantly, because the whole point of thinking about seasonal rhythms is to nudge you to pay more attention to what is natural for you and to respect those tendencies rather than being a slave to a fixed routine.

Uber eliminated the pain point of paying the cab driver at the end of your ride, Shyp fixed the pain point of returning unwanted items to a store, and so on.

If you exchanged your Chase Ultimate Rewards points for cash to purchase the ticket, or if wanted to use fixed - value points worth one cent each — such as miles you can earn with the Capital One Venture card — you would need 120,000 points to cover the whole trip.

That would cost 460,000 fixed - value points, or points exchanged for cash back, if you wanted to use them to «erase» the purchase from your statement.

In fact, not long after there were tangible results to point to at Green Hills, large grocery - store chains started calling for advice on how to launch or fix their own frequent - shopper programs.

The average contract interest rate for 30 - year fixed - rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($ 453,100 or less) increased to its highest level since April 2014, 4.50 percent, from 4.41 percent, with points increasing to 0.57 from 0.56 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent loan - to - value ratio loans.

Even though the overall talk had gone well, she didn't let the positive result get in the way of pointing out something I needed to fix.

«Spending 123 basis points on a fixed - income ETF is inappropriate,» he said.

Rather, the point is to flag IFSD's attempt to offer a fix for data junkies who get the shakes waiting for StatsCan releases.

He listed 10 points, including the real - estate mogul's promise to appoint conservative justices, secure the US - Mexico border, and fix the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Pompeo said elsewhere that a «substantial fix» to the deal was needed to prevent the U.S. from withdrawing, but as supporters of the JCPOA have pointed out many times there is nothing wrong with the deal that it requires fixing at all.

It's going to be a tough slog to fix this one, it's one of the relatively few things that Harper can point to as a win for his base.

The appeal of variable - rate loans is that they usually start out with interest rates that are between one and two percentage points lower than fixed - rate loans.

The average contract interest rate for 30 - year fixed - rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($ 424,100 or less) decreased to 4.28 percent from 4.34 percent, with points increasing to 0.38 from 0.31 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent loan - to - value ratio loans.

The average contract interest rate for 30 - year, fixed - rate mortgages with conforming loan balances of $ 424,100 or less decreased to 4.33 percent from 4.46 percent, with points increasing to 0.43 from 0.41, including the origination fee, for 80 percent loan - to - value ratio loans.

Chen is known to be a straight shooter who does not have patience for finger - pointing or complaining about something without suggesting what he feels is a legitimate proposal for fixing it.

Based on a $ 400,000 purchase price with a 20 percent down payment and zero points, GoBankingRates uncovered the best 30 - year fixed mortgage rates in states with major metropolitan areas across the nation.

Since each point on a 30 - year fixed rate mortgage lowers Quicken's base rate of 4.38 % by 25 basis points, we found that you would need to pay about $ 2,700 to reach the standard mortgage rate of 4.00 % found at most major banks.

The average contract interest rate for 30 - year fixed rate mortgages with conforming loan balances of $ 424,100 or less increased to 4.23 percent from 4.20 percent, with points decreasing to 0.32 from 0.37, including the origination fee, for 80 percent loan - to - value ratio loans.