At its high point during this 25 - year span, S&P 500 stocks posted average annual returns in excess of 35 percent, but returns also plummeted equally during their worst year.
Not exact matches
«The global unemployment rate would remain broadly constant
during the next five years,
at half a percentage
point higher than before the crisis,» the ILO said.
The Times looked
at two sorts of historical data — the closing prices of the S. & P. 500 - stock index as well as the
highest and lowest
points the index reached
during each trading day.
During the middle of the 18th Century and well into the beginning of the 19th Century India produced far more textiles — and usually much cheaper and of better quality — than did England, but a number of measures aimed
at undermining Indian textile producers and protecting British textile producers (tariffs that almost always exceeded 50 %, for example, and by 1813 were as
high as 85 %) meant that
at some
point in the first half of the 19th Century the British textile industry had become the most efficient in the world and was able largely to eliminate the Indian textile industry from global competition.
The 10 - year swap spread in the United States, for example, has increased in 2000 by about 50 basis
points, to a level
higher than
at the time of disruptions in markets
during the LTCM crisis in 1998.
The deterioration of neighborhoods in our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the
point that we have the
highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (
during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community
at risk.
The Brit drove well all race, even running as
high as second
at one
point during the pit stops - perhaps he should be dropped from the team more often!
You figured the
high - flyer was going to give us
at least one «One Shining Moment» worthy dunk
at some
point during this tournament.
During a pivotal five - game winning streak late in the season, he scored
at least 20
points in each game, including a career -
high 33 in a 116 - 109 win over the Toronto Raptors, which gave the Nets a four - game lead over the Washington Wizards for the last playoff berth with only four games remaining.
Liverpool's
high pressing game will come to not in this big PL game because the Gunners have more than prepared themselves to negate whatever the Reds have on offer against them in the game by making themselves bigger in the game than the Reds have imagined by inflicting on them a heavy punishment on the field of play
during the playing of the match to make them pay for the sin they've committed against Arsenal by giving them a dose of their own medicine for having the audacity to come to the Emirates Stadium and took away all the 3
points that were
at stake in an opening day PL game without
at least leave a
point for Arsenal to collect in the match..
Ganso was supposed to be the next «big thing»
at Santos and was ranked
higher than Neymar
at one
point during both the players» development.
Some research shows that moms who are exposed to cytomegalovirus for the first time
during pregnancy may have a
higher risk of miscarriage, but the relationship of CMV to miscarriage is not completely clear
at this
point.
This is even more of a declined compared the previous year, where Roger sat
at the 508th spot on the charts — a huge dip compared to the name's
highest point in popularity
during WWII, when it held the 33rd spot.
Trends
during elections are always a
point of interest and, this year, Lenihan believes the
high turnout
at the polls may be thanks in - part to the 2016 election seeing more media attention than in any year before.
The fancy hostess
at a
point during the show was visibly seen emotional and overwhelmed by the unparalleled achievements when she wondered «how the president could in a space of three and a half years take Ghana to such
higher heights».
A Marist poll released last week showed Nixon
at 21 percent to his 68 percent, but still: The last thing he needs before the September 13 primary is a name - brand challenger,
during a time of
high political engagement, whose joy is
pointing out his flaws.
Various polls have him registering a
higher disapproval rating than
at any
point during his time in office.
They report that females exposed to the
higher dose of BPS
during pregnancy and lactation spent significantly more time on the nest than controls
at one observation
point, an unexpected finding given that mouse mothers usually spend less time on the nest as pups grow and develop.
They assessed gene activity
at time
points known to correspond with key phases of disease: the «induction phase,» the time before the peak level of photoreceptor cell death; the «execution phase,» when the
highest rates of photoreceptor cell death occur; and the «chronic phase,»
during which photoreceptor cell death continues
at somewhat reduced levels.
We never went anywhere near as
high as today
at any
point during the last deglaciation.»
«Given the
high variability of climate in this region, we should not be totally surprised if very wet 1980s - type conditions return
at some
point during our lives,» Williams said.
Eight HARs showed differences in their enhancer activity when the human mutations were present.4 These differences modify how genes were expressed in the developing limb (HAR2, 2xHAR114), eye (HAR25), and central nervous system (2xHAR142, 2xHAR238, 2xHAR164, 2xHAR170, ANC516 / HARE5).4, 10 Because relatively few time
points have been examined, it is likely that an even
higher percentage of the tested HARs are active enhancers
at some
point during embryonic development or in adult tissues, possibly with human - chimp differences.
You can do this exercise
at any
point during your back workout — as the first one with a really heavy weight or as the last one with a light weight and
high reps.
The investigators found that nearly a third of the group experienced an abnormal heart rhythm — or «cardiac arrhythmia» —
at some
point during the festival, a much
higher percentage than usually seen among the general population.
Though I'm not a fan of advocating or dismissing eating
at any
point during the day, it has been well documented that insulin sensitivity is
highest in the am after fasting.
You can typically follow a general anti-inflammatory diet
during the antibiotic phase, but you don't have to change your diet drastically
at that
point unless you have unbearable symptoms, in which case you can avoid the
highest FODMAP foods and try to figure out your trigger foods for relief.
If you're in a
high - deductible plan, you may be required to pay the full retail price of your insulin
at some
point during the year.
The truth is I'll continue planning fun experiences for our kids each year, but knowing going in that there's a
high probability
at some
point during the trip one of us will end up stuck in the middle of the blue ski run with only 1 pole.
The anachronistic music allows the audience member to really feel the emotions that were experienced
during the time that the club was
at it's early 20th century
high points.
This brings up the other annoying
point of having to always ensure sticker supplies are kept
high, for fear of not being able to keep enemies
at bay
during fights.
Despite the distance, there were still Salesians to be found — Lynch
points out they currently operate in 131 countries — and
during his year or so in Boston, he lived
at the Saint Dominic Savio
High School in East Boston.
A senior project, aka a culminating project, is a project designed by a
high school senior (or in some instances also a junior), which is completed
at some
point during the student's senior year and which seeks to challenge the student to:
During the last four years of her tenure, special education student proficiency on state reading and math assessments increased between 13 and 34
points at the elementary, middle, and
high school levels.
States may include both former English learners and students with disabilities in calculating graduation rates if they were part of the subgroup
at any
point during high school, even if the student exited
during high school.
Additionally, while seven members of the class of 2013 were retained
at some
point during their
high school careers — most of them as freshmen and sophomores — none of them were retained because they did not meet the college acceptance graduation requirement.
But, says Matt DiCarlo, an education policy expert
at the Albert Shanker Institute, those school improvements Bush
points to have largely resulted from the fact that his changes to the metric
during the early 2000s equated to gaming the system, producing artificially
higher numbers of schools receiving As in the years after the first grades were released.
During the tests, educators gave correct answers aloud,
pointed at the right answers in students» test booklets or arranged seating so low - performing students could copy answers from
high - performing peers.
When a teacher
at Oak Hill Elementary School in
High Point, North Carolina was desperate for assistance with three special needs students
during lunch periods, she knew who to call: Gina Jacobs.
, says Matt DiCarlo [4], an education policy expert
at the Albert Shanker Institute, those school improvements Bush
points to have largely resulted from the fact that his changes to the metric
during the early 2000s equated to gaming the system, producing artificially
higher numbers of schools receiving As in the years after the first grades were released.
During the same time, 47 percent of 8th graders had visual arts
at least three times a week, 5 percentage
points higher than in 1994.
Another study in Chile found, «On net, the voucher reforms increased primary school graduation rates by 0.6 percentage
points,
high school graduation rates by 3.6 percent, college - going rates by 3.1 percent and the percent completing
at least four years of college by 1.8 percent for individuals exposed to the reform
during their entire schooling career.»
One
high point: Generous padding meets your knees
at door level — an investment I appreciated
during aggressive cornering, as my knees dug against the doors.
The affordable services being offered by Weekly Essay mean that all
high school and university students can request support
at any
point during (or after) their academic career.
You can also receive tremendous value from your hotel
points when you are able to redeem them for stays
at some luxury properties or for stays
during high - demand periods.
These are usually several
points higher than those for purchases or balance transfers although
at times
during promotional periods there is an introductory rate lower than than the regular rates for the two.
«There are
higher - yielding and better alternatives in this global marketplace than a U.S. two - year Treasury
at 50 basis
points,» explained Gross
during the Globe and Mail exclusive interview.
However if rates increase significantly
at any
point during the loan, the homebuyer may quickly find themselves unable to make the increased interest payments
at the new
higher rate.
To the extent credit markets take the events in Washington in stride — even
during the worst selling last week
high yield spreads remained comfortably below 400 basis
points (4 %)-- equity investors can breathe a little easier,
at least until they can't.
The low beta, or relative risk and performance to the market, will show that these stocks tend to either perform better - or
at least not as poorly - as cyclical stocks in bad times and will usually not be most investors» focal
points during the boom part of the business cycle when investors are busy chasing technology stocks and
high - growth companies.
Spend 4 Nights
at a Category 4 hotel for 20,000
points per night in the
high season (35,000
during saver season) Check out
high demand domestic properties in destinations like Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida.