Looking
at the forecast there was a rare stretch of ~ 5 days of beautiful weather expected for the West Coast — not a common occurrence and one we hadn't seen in our entire time in New Zealand to date!
Not exact matches
The U.S. central bank has been itching to raise interest rates, and the market was
forecasting as of 5 p.m. last night that
there was an 82 % chance that they would
at their December meeting.
From software that
forecasts how profitable a business will be next month to time - saving collaboration tools that allow for spending less time on administrative tasks and updating systems, technology is increasingly helping professionals automate their businesses so
there's less chaos and more fun
at work.
BofA economists said Friday's weak 160,000 nonfarm payrolls number for April played a role in their
forecast, but
there are other factors
at hand.
He based his
forecast on seasonal changes in buying and selling patterns and the fact that large speculators» net long position is now
at 445,000 futures contracts, which suggests
there is not much space for more buying before the seasonal selling starts.
While
there is clearly more remote work today than in the past, overall these
forecasts have been wrong -
at least so far.
The continued exponential growth of global coworking spaces and members: Carsten's Foertsch's excellent presentation on the coworking industry made it very clear our
forecast at the 2014 GCUC that
there would be 1 million coworking members by 2018 is woefully low.
Even without these factors, experience teaches that recessions are almost never
forecast or even rapidly recognised by the Fed or the professional consensus
forecast, but
there is
at least a 20 per cent or so chance that if the economy is not in recession, it will be so within a year.
If
there is anyone in this room that believes that a reasonable
forecast for the U.S. or British economy
at any future date would be represented by a trend line constructed through to 2007 from any previous point, I have a bridge I want to sell you,» Summers quipped.
Because
there is no public market for our common stock, our board of directors determined the common stock fair value
at the stock option grant date by considering several objective and subjective factors, including the price paid by investors for our preferred stock, our actual and
forecasted operating and financial performance, market conditions and performance of comparable publicly traded companies, developments and milestones in our company, the rights and preferences of our common and preferred stock, the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, and transactions involving our preferred stock.
If you look
at production
forecasts for oilseeds — where exports could exceed 3.5 million barrels per day by 2020 — as well as U.S. production in the Bakken — watch this animation to get a feel for how fast that's growing — then
there's definitely a market for significant new pipeline capacity.
There's some sophisticated number - crunching going on under the hood — essentially, BlackRock combines its
forecast for market returns with assumptions about retirees» longevity to arrive
at its spending estimates.
As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of
forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments
at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet
at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency
at best and excessive bullishness
at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3)
there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4)
there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.
We would expect that the final outcome for 2011 - 12 will be $ 2 to $ 3 billion lower than
forecast in the November 2011 Update, provided that
there are no «extraordinary» adjustments
at year end.
A recent report also
forecasted that nearly 150 oil platforms in the North Sea are scheduled to be decommissioned by 2026, as one in seven barrels
there are produced
at a loss, and around half of the 22 companies in the area are currently operating with significant deficits.
Interestingly, if over the course of the
forecast horizon, they go up and then revert back to where they are today, the effect on the return will actually be negative, because
there will be no net change in valuation, but some of the ensuing dividends will have been reinvested
at higher valuations than those available today.
When
there's a spate of major hurricanes, people tend to wonder if we're entering an era of bigger and more powerful storms, says Dan Kottlowski, a meteorologist
at AccuWeather, a Pennsylvania - based company that provides
forecasts.
Finally,
there is a risk that the ECB hints
at such a system and does not implement it immediately, but either way the door should remain open to more cuts in the future (we
forecast another deposit rate cut to -0.50 % by June).
Asserting that we do not yet have either the facts or the methods to make
forecasting a precise art, Michael argues that
there are three basic reasons for continuing to make or act upon them: (1) some
forecasts are likely to be close to the mark, (2) poor
forecasts provide a better basis for planning than no prediction
at all, and (3) well - done
forecasts help to illuminate the many factors that interact to produce the future.
Because
there is snow
forecast for the whole of London
at the weekend, they are even offering 25/1 for the game to be abandoned or postponed.
Bad weather sadly washed out the Par - 3 contest in 2017, and
there's some rain in the
forecast at Augusta this year.
The first three rounds all began
at 6:30 a.m. ET, but with inclement weather predicted for Saturday afternoon, the women will go off split tees (Nos. 1 and 10) starting
at 6 a.m. Unless
there's a playoff (or multiple extra frames, since the format calls for overtime to determine ties for gold, silver, and bronze medals), stormy weather earlier than the
forecast calls for, or a return of the glacial tempo that marred Wednesday's opening round, the 59 - woman field should wrap it up by 1 p.m..
The over / under on the highest 18 - hole score opened
at 82.5 -LRB--110), but with
forecasts calling for strong winds and cold temperatures
there has been considerable action on the over.
The weather
forecast doesn't suggest
there will be any snow
at all today, so a welcome relief all round as only the third Premiership game of the weekend looks sets to go ahead in spite of the worst period of adverse weather thus far.
According to the electionsetc.com
forecast there is about a 67 % chance that post-election the government will depend on Liberal Democrat support or
at least their acquiescence.
· The MTA estimates that
there is an 80 percent probability that the actual cost of East Side Access may be
at or below its current estimate, and that service could begin up to one year earlier than currently
forecast.
But here's why we can say givebacks are in play: With rising shortfalls
forecast for the coming years, with little appetite
at the Capitol for raising taxes again, with debt and pension costs rising, and with state - financed, outside services such as group homes already squeezed,
there are scant other places to turn.
There was continued joy
at leave parties during the night as swing areas across England delivered wins, often of a much larger magnitude than
forecast.
But in the big picture, hurricane models adeptly
forecasted Irma's ultimate path to the Florida Keys nearly a week before it arrived
there, says Brian Tang, an atmospheric scientist
at the University
at Albany in New York.
Part of the problem, explains Colin Flood, director of central
forecasting at the Britain's Meteorological Office in Bracknell, Berkshire, is that
there are not enough measurements to feed into the models.
Even when
there doesn't happen to be an overpass
at surge time, the statistics of sea level that we got from more than 20 years of repeated altimetric observations in the area can still be combined with data from nearby tide gauges to improve the
forecasts of the expected surge.»
At present,
there is very limited skill in such long - term
forecasts.
I expect this piece appearing
at one of Germany's leading weather
forecasting sites, donnerwetter.de, to be controversial and that
there could even be efforts to force the site to take it down.
Luckily, the
forecast shows
at least one more week of summer heat, so
there's still hope to get a few more things checked off my summer bucket list!
I'm excited to share some my favorite beauty products to help you combat dry skin during the colder months, and since we are
at the beginning of February and
there's no warm weather
forecast in our horizon anytime too soon I decided to come back with a winter edition of my daily regimen.
Pack up the most aggressively Winter - y designs (hey
there, Fair Isle knit with the embroidered penguin patch, we're looking
at you), and pick two to three mid-weight options to have on hand for the next six months — these are insurance against any surprising twists in the
forecast (or someone over-zealously cranking the AC
at work).
It is not snowing yet here (North England) but due to start tomorrow
at 7 pm and not stop snowing for about 18 hours so I think
there will be a fair bit if the
forecasts are correct!
According to Adidas,
there will be no change to its
forecast for sales to rise
at a currency - adjusted 17 - 19 percent in 2017.
An Adidas spokeswoman said
there was no change to the company's
forecast for sales to rise
at a currency - adjusted 17 - 19 percent in 2017.
There's no snow in the
forecast but
at least it's finally below 70 degrees.
«We're careful not to put too large of a
forecast in
there,» Jorgensen said
at their quarterly financial briefing, «and clearly [Anthem] will impact this year as well as next year as we not only continue to sell more into the next year but as we start rolling out the live services associated with that game.»
Clive Gilbert, managing director
at BESA member organisation, Morleys of Bicester, commented: «
There are a number of reasons for the increasing
forecast of investment.
As this
forecast for 2017 - 21 is based on prior attainment
at KS2,
there is leeway for changes in secondary schools to make a difference.
Looking
at the
forecast, I could sense that
there were silent musings that the front - wheel - drive 2014 Mazda 3 wouldn't see us through to our destination.
In place of the flood of new products that one expects
at an international auto show,
there were
forecasts of sliding sales and profits, and more job cuts.Deep worry furrowed the brows of more than one chief executive.
At the same time,
there is a broader picture being painted by all of these analyst
forecasts, and it is this: the tablet market is going to be big, and Apple's competition isn't doing what it takes to make a dent.
Here are two other pieces that make a similar case, which can be summarized like this: if
there is a positive spread between the
forecast earnings yield of a company, and the interest rate
at which we can finance the purchase of the company, then it is rational to take the company private.
There's some sophisticated number - crunching going on under the hood — essentially, BlackRock combines its
forecast for market returns with assumptions about retirees» longevity to arrive
at its spending estimates.
Fund management
forecasts, in most cases, were that
there were good prospects that NAV plus dividend payouts over the long term would increase
at a compound annual rate of much better than 10 %.
We don't believe that
there is a big role for
forecasting, the task
at hand is to buy cheap bonds that have good fundamentals.