Sentences with phrase «at economic trends»

The latest analysis from the Pew Charitable Trusts looked at economic trends in states over a period of 15 years.

His job is to look at economic trends, set the macro strategy and then find managers who have the expertise to take advantage of his big - picture ideas.

However, anyone with an adjustable rate mortgage should look at the economic trend and consider refinancing to a fixed rate mortgage.

Not exact matches

It looks at what is happening all over the planet — economic trends, social trends, GDP rates — that impact the computing landscape.

Analysts at ConvergEX Group, a New York — based technology and software products firm, arrived at this conclusion after they looked at attendance figures for games since 2007 and compared them to economic trends and stock indexes.

Technological advances have a way of reversing, or at least dramatically altering, economic trends.

You can't always control what is happening in the industry at large and it's important to stay up - to - date on industry trends and economic impact.

Look at the business in light of consumer or economic trends; for example, if you're considering a store that sells products based on a fad like Crocs, will that client base still be intact five or 10 years later?

There is a strong, continuing trend in Canada toward more families with women at the economic helm of the household.

These risks include, in no particular order, the following: the trends toward more high - definition, on - demand and anytime, anywhere video will not continue to develop at its current pace or will expire; the possibility that our products will not generate sales that are commensurate with our expectations or that our cost of revenue or operating expenses may exceed our expectations; the mix of products and services sold in various geographies and the effect it has on gross margins; delays or decreases in capital spending in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries; customer concentration and consolidation; the impact of general economic conditions on our sales and operations; our ability to develop new and enhanced products in a timely manner and market acceptance of our new or existing products; losses of one or more key customers; risks associated with our international operations; exchange rate fluctuations of the currencies in which we conduct business; risks associated with our CableOS ™ and VOS ™ product solutions; dependence on market acceptance of various types of broadband services, on the adoption of new broadband technologies and on broadband industry trends; inventory management; the lack of timely availability of parts or raw materials necessary to produce our products; the impact of increases in the prices of raw materials and oil; the effect of competition, on both revenue and gross margins; difficulties associated with rapid technological changes in our markets; risks associated with unpredictable sales cycles; our dependence on contract manufacturers and sole or limited source suppliers; and the effect on our business of natural disasters.

These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.

* Information efficiency * Economic slack * Contained inflation * Coordinated Central Banks * The growth of China and India and their continued purchasing of US debt * The growing perception that US dollar denominated assets are the safest assets in the world * A 30 + year trend of declining rates that is telling us we're more adept at managing inflation with each new cycle that passes

In such situations, we are finding companies we regard as extremely well run, growing at a fast pace, and providing exposure to key themes such as economic growth, demographic changes, and local consumer trends.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

The favorable market performance associated with many historical economic expansions is fully accounted for by 1) favorable post-recession valuations, with the S&P 500 averaging less than 9 times prior peak earnings at the recession low, expanding to just over 11 times peak earnings in the first year of the bull market, and 2) favorable trend uniformity, which typically emerges almost immediately in the form of a powerful breadth thrust off of a bear market low, and is confirmed within a few weeks by much broader trend uniformity.

In his first post for the BlackRock Blog, Jean Boivin, head of economic and markets research for the BlackRock Investment Institute, takes a close look at three important currency trends.

Implementing (another nascent trend) better economic policy in key emerging economies (China, India) as well as key developed economies (eurozone, Japan) with at least the possibility of future breakthroughs in U.S. economic policy (immigration, oil exports, trade promotion authority).

«Certainly if we look at our own trends in terms of just pure applications over the last decade, we've seen an almost continuous rise, with the exception of the economic crisis of 2008.

* Information efficiency * Economic slack * Coordinated central banks * The dominance of China and India and their increased purchase of US debt * USD and US assets as a continued safe haven * Rates have been going down for 30 + years in a row, the trend is telling us we're more adept at managing inflation with each new cycle

Also, you're good at trend identification for UNUSUAL reasons and insight when economic paradoxes (such as the current dollar / euro / Ireland / gold trade) present (and they often do).

This would seem to explain the obsession with things like «whisper earnings numbers», channel checking at retailers, networking with experts in the field to glean changes in sales trends or competitive balance or reactions to government economic figures.

In the most current declarations in regard to the UK economic growth disturbance reported by the Confederation of British Industry it is expressive as the trend is at par with other major national economies of the European...

As analysts, we look at many different indicators to get a thorough reading of economic and market trends.

If the fundamentals and the technicals are completely opposed to each other, if the economic data is completely mixed, if the trends are sometimes showing up and sometimes showing down at the same time, and we have all sorts of different ways where we can find that, a lot of times the best approach, and this is something people don't ever want to hear, but I tell them often, is sometimes the best trade is no trade at all.

The latest round of OECD Composite Leading Indicators was just released, and given how useful these indicators can be in shedding light on the state of the economic cycle (and market cycle) it's worth taking a look at the trends within the data.

With all the high frequency data available these days, like weekly economic data, and market pricing by the second, it can sometimes be good to tune the noise levels down and take a look at some longer term trends to help keep things in perspective.

Economic trends were suggesting muddling - through at best, right when economists were becoming more positive.

Looking at the historical performance of the MSCI World Value and Growth Indexes, value has lagged growth in recent years but has tended to recover strongly in the aftermath of past periods of sustained weakness.1 We expect the eventual normalization of economic and policy trends to be supportive of value - oriented equities after this pronounced period of underperformance.

Estimates are based on the analysis of various elements related to the ad spending market, including macro-level economic conditions; historical trends of the advertising market; historical trends of each medium in relation to other media; reported revenues from major ad publishers; estimates from other research firms; data from benchmark sources; consumer media consumption trends; consumer device usage trends; and eMarketer interviews with executives at ad agencies, brands, media publishers and other industry leaders.

Traders might use technical analysis, looking at past prices and trends and charts, or they might use fundamental analysis, such as stock news or using economic and financial data to determine the investment's intrinsic value.

Though there a lot of economic and social factors at play with the trend, it is notable that the average age for getting married is steadily rising and that millennials leaving college are often saddled with record amounts of student loan debt.

World - system theory, for example, has argued that economic cycles, called Kondrotieff waves, lasting approximately fifty years each, can be identified over and above whatever secular economic trends may be at work.

By an ironic twist, private practice may become less attractive, at least financially, if current economic trends continue.

«As people started to feel the economic pinch we saw a clear trend away from consumption in the bars and restaurants, to people drinking at home, and we wanted to take advantage of this change.»

Academics, however, tend to look at the fundamental factors underlying political races, usually putting more weight on basic economic facts and core trends in public opinion than on the transient efforts of campaigns themselves.

Also at 10:30 a.m., state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli will hold a press conference with Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and Canandaigua Mayor Ellen Polimeni to release a report highlighting economic trends in the Finger Lakes region, New York State Wine and Culinary Center, 800 S. Main St., Canandaigua.

The social and economic context in New York City at the beginning of 2015: the unevenness of the recovery and wage, income and employment trends.

«This unacceptable trend is set to continue, unless post the 2015 General Election we have a government which is committed to an economic policy which has at its heart a universal entitlement for all to access high quality education and which secures inclusive prosperity in which all of the people have the opportunity to share in the wealth of the nation.»

The social and economic context in New York City at the beginning of 2014: the unevenness of the recovery; wage, income and employment trends / and the persistence of high unemployment and poverty.

Addressing journalists on behalf of other Governors shortly after a closed door meeting of the Owner States Governors at the Cocoa House Ibadan, Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo state stated that the meeting was aimed at restrategising the activities of the company and take some relevant far - reaching decisions to reposition the Investment and as well boost its economic base in line with the global economic trends.

Obong Ekpo, however, expressed satisfaction with Governor Udom Emmanuel's leadership of the State, saying policies and programmes of his administration in areas of industrialisation, citizens empowerment and wealth creation at a time other state were groaning under the downward economic trends, had been legendary.

The trend toward transformative research is fueled by nations» efforts to use science and technology to leapfrog competition in terms of innovation and economic development in a globalized environment, says Robert Frodeman, a philosophy professor at the University of North Texas, Denton, and director of the Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity.

Per capita commercial energy use has been growing so rapidly in both countries (or at least it was through 2007 on the eve of the economic meltdown) that if the trends continue unabated the typical Chinese will outconsume the typical American before 2040, with Indians surpassing Americans by 2080.

The model also fails to fully account for the dramatic technological, economic, and demographic trends that have swept the world over the past century, says economist Holger Strulik, a visiting professor at Brown University.

In a morning press conference and at an afternoon public forum hosted by The Wall Street Journal (videos available), Kim admitted that the bank faces a host of challenges given current economic trends.

Study lead author Michael Raupach, GCP co-chair and atmospheric physicist at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, says it will take economic, policy and social changes to reverse the trend, such as capturing the CO2 emitted by coal - fired power plants and increased international cooperation.

We shouldn't be surprised at this: Teachers are following the same broad economic trends that all other workers follow.

Given the various social, economic, and educational factors at work before and after NCLB was implemented, it is difficult to draw strong conclusions about the policy's impact from a simple comparison of achievement trends before and after enactment of the law.

Just as important in this regard is the program's stress on broad social, cultural, and economic trends and cross-cultural comparisons at the expense of a continuous narrative of world - shaping personalities and key historical moments.

The trend has been driven both by «the realization that economic mobility is predicated on some postsecondary credential» and «widespread statistics showing low - income students... not succeeding in postsecondary pathways,» says Mandy Savitz - Romer, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Mass..