Sentences with phrase «above average meant»

A level of homocysteine moderately above average corresponded to a 16 per cent higher risk of developing Alzheimer's, while a level of active B12 slightly above average meant a 2 per cent lower risk (Neurology, vol 75, p 1408).

Not exact matches

According to Ed Sollbach, a Desjardins Securities strategist, the buy - rent ratio for the four biggest Canadian cities is currently above 2 — meaning it costs twice as much to buy as to rent the average home — and 3.1 in Vancouver.

If you're skeptical about an «innovation index» meaning much in a practical sense, then consider this: in terms of productivity (measured by GDP per hour worked), Canada ranks far below the G7 average — a staggering 12 per cent below, in fact — and only marginally above that of the broader OECD.

Valuations may be above average during some years, but that doesn't mean that a correction is imminent.

A high return on equity usually means that the company has an above - average financial operating ratio and can often fund projects internally.

That means investors don't have to worry about a home being poorly maintained or selling for too low a price, and homeowners can keep any gains from home improvements made above the market average, Weiss said.

The Fed currently targets a 2 percent inflation rate, but it is ambiguous as to whether this is an average target (meaning that if you're below it for a while you then need to be above it for a time) or a ceiling.

It's just above 2 percent (the Fed's target rate), meaning investors expect inflation to average a little over 2 percent between December of 2021 and December of 2026.

So calculators can guide you in how much to save but for early retirement it basically means saving (investing) above and beyond the average amount.

A problem with the bullish crossover strategy is that just because the price crosses above or below the moving averages, it doesn't mean a trend is going to commence in that direction.

Quick take: Based on the April S&P 500 average of daily closes, the Crestmont P / E is 121 % above its arithmetic mean and at the 99th percentile of this fourteen - plus - decade monthly metric.

Currently, the VIX is trading at about 13, but the 20 - year average is just above 20 or 21, so sitting at lower - than - average levels, it means many investors have become less concerned about risk and maybe a bit too complacent.

The stock is well above its 200 - week simple moving average at $ 630.66 and has been above this «reversion to the mean» since the March 2009 low, when the average was $ 55.92.

My current YOC is 3.97 % — meaning that I am not only on track for this goal but also that my portfolio has some more room for low yielders with above average dividend growth rates.

For example, when a market price moves a large percentage above or below its 50 - day moving average it usually means that the market is sufficiently extended in one direction to enable a significant move in the opposite direction (note that what constitutes a «large percentage» will be different for different markets).

«The basic elements are 1) the market is in a rising trend, defined as the NYSE Composite being above its 10 - week average, 2) both daily new highs and new lows exceed 2.2 % of issues traded, and 3) the McClellan Oscillator is negative — meaning that market breadth as measured by advances and declines is relatively weak (there's some dispute, which I will not join, as to whether the Oscillator has to be negative that day or turn negative later).

In practice, this means a price correction or continued above average earnings growth.

Even technical analysis supports the extent of the washout in valuations: Just 25 % of the Nikkei 225 Index constituents are above their 50 - day moving averages, which is typically a level that precedes mean reversion and retracement trades.

For ETFs and stocks we are stalking for potential swing trade entry, we keep an internal watchlist of setups that are moving in the right direction, meaning that they are above their respective 50 - day moving averages and also setting «higher lows» within a base.

The percentage of companies reporting EPS above the mean EPS estimate is below the 1 - year (71 %) average and the 4 - year (73 %) average.

The additional 50 million tokens will be placed into a smart contract, with 25m tokens being released to the Celsius Treasury only if the CEL Token price in the secondary market remains above an average of $ 1.50 for ten (10) days (meaning the price of CEL has increased 5x from the time of the Crowdsale).

And an additional 25,000,000 CEL Tokens will be released only if the CEL Token price in the secondary market remains above an average of $ 3.00 for thirty (30) days (meaning the price of CEL has increased 10x from the time of the Crowdsale).

This explains our attitude which while hopeful of achieving a striking margin of superiority over average investment results, nevertheless, regards every percentage point of investment return above average as having real meaning.

Alternatively, if the price is below a moving average, it can serve as a strong resistance level — meaning if the stock were to increase, the price might struggle to rise above the moving average.

Therefore, a grade of plus 3 meant that one had scored 15 percent above one's base grade, and students had to score an average of plus 2 in order to graduate.

In a day when there is no hope for our civilization except in superior character, Christians should recall that the cross of which they sing means something besides singing — sheer courage to live above the average and ahead of the time.

In one eastern college the students, far above average in wealth and brains, spent a year deciding the subject for a week's religious program and came up with the title, «Anxiety, Despair and Faith: the Search for Meaning in Life.»

Yields were good to maybe slightly above average, though by no means prodigiously Biblical as they were in 2012.

It just means the recipe here is above average and is a solid choice for homemade al pastor.

He plays better than the players we have on the roster at the present moment and is in the top five available in the market, which basically means he could play at an average or slightly above average level

If PFF means anything, he went from really struggling to an above average safety.

i mean sure he raises the level of there offensive players and they can take average guys and make them above average but if you think its just brady you are mistaken.

stop with money is motivation enough issue - we have seen countless times that means d*ck, simeone showed with a above average squad he could take on europe (when our squad is better) purely from tactics and motivation.

While most of the pitchers listed below are on above - average teams, that doesn't mean they won't get unlucky.

I'm sorry, but just because Jack as above average technical ability for an Englishman does not mean that he's equipped to be our creator going forward.

Nonsense, what does longevity mean, World cup is the yardstick, where is Ronaldo dalima, how dare you rate Christiana Ronaldo over Dalima, that's inept, Why should Messi be above Maradonna, The quality of footballers now are even lesser than ever, all we have are two inches above average players in Messi and Ronando, remember Zidane time where we had Figo, ROnaldino, Seedorf, Maldini, Nedved, Crespo, Batistuta, Shevy.....

My position on statistics is that they are an interesting diversion and a perfect destination for the procrastinator but are ultimately meaningless as a means of analysing games, providing no further insight over and above what the eyes can tell the average supporter.

A fairly long hiatus in match day attendance from your humble scribe meant that given our last three mediocre performances, albeit against above average opposition, meant I feared a game that in theory should be straightforward may not be.

Compared with the national average, Maine has more than triple the percentage of schools that have achieved a «U.S. Healthier Schools» designation — meaning schools that served meals well above the federal nutrition minimums.

I quickly realized that I wasn't meant to be in the program, despite my above average academic performance.

Bonus: an above - average IPX6 waterproof rating, meaning it can withstand powerful jets of water from any angle.

The Paris Agreement sets the goal of holding the increase in the global average mean temperature to well below 2 °C above preindustrial levels but calls for efforts to limit that increase to 1.5 °C.

The authors defined a heat event as three or more successive days in which the 24 - hour daily mean temperature rose above a certain historical average high for July and August — in Philadelphia's case, 27 degrees Celsius.

And just because a region receives above - average deposition doesn't mean that it will have high levels of methyl mercury, the form that builds up in long - lived predatory fish such as trout, pike, tuna and swordfish.

As New Scientist has previously reported, this means we are passing an ominous milestone, with global surface temperatures now more than 1 °C above the pre-industrial average.

While summer average temperature across Montana is 64 °F (17.8 °C), temperatures generally peak in July and August, with mean daily highs above 90 °F (32 °C) in the east, as well as in western valleys.

Going back further, that temperature was about 1.8 °F (1 °C) above the average for the second half of the 19th century, meaning global temperatures are already halfway to 2 °C (4 °F) above preindustrial levels.

The average online dating site has around 65 % -70 % male participants, this means that the girls are a scarce commodity and may as a result set the ground policies as to how men need to approach them in order to rise above the noise.

The actors aren't all well cast (I counted only about three I'd consider to be above average for their respective roles — Acker as Beatrice, Fillion (Waitress, White Noise 2) in the supporting role of Dogberry - the only time the audience I viewed the film with laughed at anything in the film that came from actual dialogue, rather than the injected slapstick and actors occasionally comical facial expressions, came from Fillion's delivery - and British actor Paul Meston in the minuscule part of Friar Francis) The rest often appear as though they're reciting lines without any sense of meaning in the words they are saying, and when one of those happens to be the male romantic lead, that's one hell of a liability.

Our Gamespot reviewer though that «It's not a perfect party by any means, but some good design considerations, better - than - average variety, and always - enjoyable Mario thematics put Mario Party: Island Tour a few notches above your average video game bash - in - a-box.»