Sentences with phrase «at the lowest risk level»

To attack this issue, Squirrel developed a system by which parties could enter into a purchasing agreement at a lower risk level.

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Possible reasons for the increased lending activity include lower levels of regulation at smaller banks than at their larger counterparts, recent movement of lending staffers from large banks to small banks and an increased willingness of smaller banks to take on credit and interest risk, the report says.

The continuing highlighting of household imbalances, despite noting that the risks have in fact lessened somewhat in the past six months, suggests the central bank remains worried that with interest rates likely to continue at near emergency low levels, the dangers of something going off the rails intensifies.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Risks in so - called shadow banking have somewhat eased, while non-performing loans are still at a relatively low level, the central bank said.

A separate experiment involving the willingness to sign up for a flu clinic found that people with lower levels of emotional intelligence can also block unrelated emotions from influencing their decisions about risk, simply by making them aware that their anxiety was not related to the decisions at hand.

What results is an upward shift in the efficient frontier, providing an enhanced return for a given level of risk, or conversely, a similar return at a lower risk profile.

The real risk for bonds, especially at these low yield levels, will almost always come from inflation.

Today, chambers of commerce from the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley released a new research study which concludes that $ 50 billion in economic development along the Lower Fraser River is at risk unless all levels of government act now to address the serious issues facing the river.

With market volatility hitting multi-decade lows, junk bond yields also at record lows, the median price / revenue ratio of S&P 500 constituents at a record high well - beyond 2000 levels, and the most strenuously overvalued, overbought, overbullish syndromes we define, I'm increasingly concerned about the potential for an abrupt «air pocket» in the prices of risky assets that could attend even a modest upward shift in risk premiums.

Indeed, market intelligence suggests there is further downside risk to investment at these still - low price levels.

At that time, we said of SPDR Gold Trust ($ GLD) that a bounce into new resistance of its prior support level (around the $ 150 area) would provide an ideal, low - risk short selling entry point.

4 - 5 % on munis is definitely a nice yield at a very low level of risk.

With the S&P 500 within about 8 % of its highest level in history, with historically reliable valuation measures at obscene levels, implying near - zero 10 - 12 year S&P 500 nominal total returns; with an extended period of extreme overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions replaced by deterioration in market internals that signal a clear shift toward risk - aversion among investors; with credit spreads on low - grade debt blowing out to multi-year highs; and with leading economic measures deteriorating rapidly, we continue to classify market conditions within the most hostile return / risk profile we identify — a classification that has been observed in only about 9 % of history.

Based on these and other serious risks to the economic benefits of the Fraser River, every chamber of commerce in the Lower Mainland — from the mouth of the river around Richmond, to the entrance to the Fraser canyon at Hope, are calling on senior levels of government to act now to commit funding to head off potential disaster.

Put simply, even taking account of current interest rate levels, and even assuming that stocks should be priced to deliver commensurately lower long - term returns, we currently estimate that the S&P 500 is about 2.8 times the level at which equities would provide an appropriate risk premium relative to bonds.

We have a saying that «when the CBOE Volatility Index1 (VIX Index) is low it's time to go» — the VIX is often referred to as the fear index or fear gauge, and when it's at low levels, we think it could be a prudent time to move a little more out of risk assets.

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.

Interest rate risk is worth considering since volatility is heightened at lower yield levels.

A good gold - mining CEO is someone who a) implements strategies that keep total costs at relatively low levels, b) prudently manages country, local - community, environmental and other political risks, c) ensures that the balance sheet remains healthy, and d) only makes acquisitions that are accretive.

The aim is to keep the overall risk status at such a low level that its credit rating is the best possible in relation to that of the Finnish state and that the company's strong credit rating is not compromised through any measures of its own.

At one point, the province was left with just one geotechnical engineer and emails released through freedom of information requests showed that staff within the environment ministry had raised warnings that low staffing levels were leading to increased risks, citing tailings pond inspections as a particular area of concern.

The creator advises you to set your risk level at low and a trading value of no more than $ 25 per trade.

Although we'd love to see $ EPI pull back closer to the prior breakout level at $ 19.40 in order to establish an even lower risk position, we do not want to miss the next potential move higher when the bullish momentum of the recent breakout resumes.

It is better to remain in cash to invest at lower levels, which offer a better risk - reward ratio.

Experts suggest if you're at a risk of low iron levels to drink tea at least 1 hour after iron - containing meals as then the inhibiting effect should be minimised.

or more of garlic powder every day may reduce aortic stiffness as people age, while separate studies at the State University of New York at Albany have found that people who eat garlic exhibit a lower incidence of stomach cancer, have longer blood clotting times, and lower blood lipid levels (a factor associated with reduced risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease)....

«This new process will eliminate the risk of TCA in natural cork at levels as low as 1 part per trillion, a level far below sensory threshold — all at higher production volume and lower cost, providing customers with the finest quality cork at an unprecedented value.»

so wat ur sayn is if we sign IBRA u'll still b skeptical, or if we sign ronaldo to play 9 for us?????????? I'm not sayn vardy is at dat level but with u not been a fan of «old age strikers»... we just have 2 take d option with the lowest risks...

One way, I believe, to address the problem of under - reporting and increase the chances a concussion will be identified early on the sports sideline may be to rely less on athletes themselves to remove themselves from games or practices by reporting concussion symptoms (which the most recent study shows occurs at a shockingly low rate, [9] or on game officials and sideline observers to observe signs of concussion and call for a concussion assessment, but to employ technology to increase the chances that a concussion will be identified by employing impact sensors designed to monitor head impact exposure in terms of the force of hits (both linear and rotational), number, location, and cumulative impact, in real time at all levels of football, and in other helmeted and non-helmeted contact and collision sports, where practical, to help identify high - risk impacts and alert medical personnel on the sideline so they can consider performing a concussion assessment.

Most medications pass through breast milk at very low levels and pose no real risk to most infants, according to the Mayo Clinic.

If a woman is past her due date by two weeks or more, she may be at risk for low amniotic fluid levels since fluids can decrease by half once she reaches 42 weeks gestation.

Babies that are born early are at risk of DHA deficiency, and it's been found that low levels of DHA in their blood are linked with poorer health outcomes.

If labour does not begin by then, the level of amniotic fluid in the womb may become too low or infection may set in and put the baby at risk.

If the levels are low enough, they are at risk of getting rickets, a disease that affects the way bones grow and develop.

Certain populations are at a higher risk for deficient and low levels of Vitamin B - 12.

For example, four - month - olds who show high levels of motor activity and distress, called high - reactive, are likely to become inhibited to the unfamiliar at 1 - 2 years old and report more unrealistic worries and more frequent bouts of depression at age 18, whereas low - reactive infants are likely to become uninhibited to the unfamiliar in the second year and are at a slightly higher risk for asocial behaviour at age 18.

If a woman is dehydrated she's at risk for having low levels of amniotic fluid.

«All of these evaluations support the conclusion that bisphenol - A is not a risk to human health at the extremely low levels to which consumers might be exposed,» the group said.

«Babies born with low levels of protective intestinal bacteria are at an increased risk of devastating and sometimes deadly infections,» said Michael Sherman, M.D., professor emeritus in the Department of Child Health at the MU School of Medicine and lead author of the study.

As the Mayo Clinic's website explains, while nearly any drug that's present in your bloodstream will pass into your breast milk to some extent, most medications do so at such low levels that they pose no real risk to most infants.

It's great that low - risk women can deliver at home and women who are in higher risk categories can deliver in a hospital where there are caregivers trained to the level of care needed for their medical issues.

However, most medications do so at low levels and pose no real risk to most infants.

«Generally, births planned to take place at home, in hospital and in midwife units all carried a low level of risk.

In addition to being more highly exposed to As, children appear to be far more sensitive to the potential carcinogenic effects of As49, 50 and have a heightened risk for adverse growth, adverse immune response, and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes,25,51 - 53 even at relatively low levels of exposure.24, 54 Our results indicate that consumption of rice and rice products increases infants» exposure to As and that regulation could reduce As exposure during this critical phase of development.

Inclusion criteria: ≤ 25 years, low educational level (primary school or prevocational secondary school), maximum 28 weeks of gestation, no previous live birth, understood Dutch, and at least 1 of the following additional risk factors: no social support, previously or currently experiencing domestic violence, psychosocial symptoms, unwanted and / or unplanned pregnancy, financial problems, housing difficulties, no education and / or employment and alcohol and / or drug use

Evidence shows that the most effective policies to reduce alcohol harms, including harms to others, are: - Raising the price of the cheapest alcohol, through taxation and minimum unit pricing - Regulating the density of outlets that can serve alcohol and restricting the permitted hours of sale - drink driving laws, including a lower legal blood alcohol limit and random roadside breath tests - Screening and brief advice for people who are at risk of drinking to a level that is harmful to themselves and others However, the most effective approach is a comprehensive, multi-sectorial set of measures that work together to reduce levels of harmful drinking.

«Until they recognize that their policy positions are not in line with voters of this country, and until they start running candidates that are respected by the voters of their district, they run the very real risk of continuing to fall from the already... historically low level they're at.»

If Marcie's # 225 earnings are derived from being on or near the minimum wage, then there is a double hit for her because she also can not salary sacrifice to save 12 per cent National Insurance, if such an arrangement would take her pay below the level of the applicable minimum wage rate (# 7.83 per hour in 2018/19 for those aged 25 and over).3 Anne Fairpo said: «One of the concerns about allowing the lowest earners to sacrifice salary has been the risk of their pay dropping below the point at which entitlement to contributory benefits is triggered (the Lower Earnings Limit - # 116 per week in 2018/19).

MPs note those most at risk of struggling to find long - term jobs have the lowest skills and call on businesses to do more to raise the skills levels of their employees.