Sentences with phrase «been a good year generally»

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After all, the financial sector is one of out three main markets (energy and materials are the other two) and our banks have generally been good investments over the years.

Switching to bigger electronics now, it's generally best to replace desktop computers, ideally every three to four years.

As Canadian Business found out when it conducted this year's reputation survey, people generally believe that RIM is an innovative, well run company, but they have little emotional connection to the brand itself.

That's generally a reflection of how well investors think Berkshire's stock market portfolio, still over 85 % managed by Buffett and his long - time partner Charlie Munger, as well as the businesses they have bought over the years — including railroad company Burlington Northern, See's Candies, and dozens of others — are doing.

«As the company that first brought the online experience to consumers and introduced the first pizza ordering App, we are looking at a bunch of new breakthroughs this year, as well as generally improving the digital ordering experience for all consumers.»

Generally, it is best to refer to the time of the year as the holiday season.

«Are bonuses generally higher in good years?

Demographics are indicating more university spaces becoming avaialble over next 8 years (already started in eastern Canada) as well as labour shortages for younger people (Foote) and generally better things ahead using same arguments by Dent.lt looks like we are headed for BOOM times which will really get going by 2020.

And so it is left to Don Walker, the company's chief executive officer and a 24 - year company veteran, as well as other managers, to sustain the unique Magna corporate culture that includes profit sharing and stock ownership for employees, an employee charter of rights and generally small factories that are individual profit centres and encourage managers to be entrepreneurial.

While I've got a new comment open, though, here's my thoughts on the Roth debate: It's generally good to diversify your funds as much as possible, tax-wise; nobody can say with absolute certainty what the tax system will look like numerous years from now (although the smart money says that it'll probably be even more complex than our current system).

And the banks which generally do better when rates move up have outperformed the S&P 500 by about 2-1/2 percentage points this year, and would have gone even better had loan growth not been fairly anemic.

When the stock market dividend yield yields more than a 10 - year US treasury bond yield, it's generally a good sign to invest in equities.

First - quarter sales and earnings at the world's fourth - largest oil company came in better than were generally expected, but were still off significantly from the prior - year's results.

Stamos, who joined the company in June 2015 after spending nearly a year - and - a-half wrestling with privacy woes at Yahoo, is generally well - respected within the security community.

That framework's been in place since the early 1990s, we have hit the target over that 20 year period, the average inflation rate's pretty close to 2.5 per cent, so we regard that as successful by the terms of the definition that we set ourselves and I think that's made a big contribution to economic stability more generally and I don't think it's an accident that that period of fairly low predictable inflation has coincided with pretty good sustained growth in the economy.

As you enter the last quarter of the year, you generally have a pretty good idea of how close you will come to hitting your goals, and begin to think about where you'd like to be over the course... [Read more...]

In comparison, LendingClub requires borrowers have at least fair or better credit, which is generally any score above 620, and businesses be at least two years old.

«Equities are the «five - years - plus» part of your portfolio,» he added, meaning that funds in your 401 (k) plan, IRA and other retirement accounts that you don't need for five years or more should be invested in stocks, since research has shown that over a period of five years or longer, stocks generally perform better over other assets.

It's generally a good idea to check your credit report and score at least once per year.

3) The Hussman Strategic Growth Fund has gradually shifted from smaller to larger capitalization holdings in recent years, not out of any necessity due to Fund size (at the Fund's current asset level, we could easily populate the Fund with mid-caps if it was optimal to do so), but precisely because large stocks generally carry the best relative valuations.

You're generally going to be better served by spreading your initial investment budget over several years, rather than trying to invest it all in a short period of time.

As I wrote in my blog post about the first Mayoral candidates forum in September, I generally believe that Mayor Mandel has done a good job over the past six years, but it is not without reservation that I will give him my vote on October 18, 2010.

Reid says such workarounds are far more common today than even just a few years ago, during the Great Recession, because the economic pain is confined to a single region and bank balance sheets are generally in good shape.

Generally, this strategy is good only if you want to take an extended vacation (likely in retirement years) and don't mind taking a couple of classes.

Generally, it is recommended that if you spend at least $ 24,000 + per year with your credit card, the FlexPerks Travel rewards card is the better card between the two (U.S. Bank grants a 3,500 FlexPoints bonus at this level that can cover the annual fee).

Term life insurance, which generally covers a 10 - to 30 - year period, is less expensive and can be a good way to protect your financial security, especially while paying a mortgage and raising children.

The holiday season is generally a good time of year for technology products.

If recent years have been volatile and unrewarding, that's what people generally expect the next few years to be like as well.»

Doctors haven't given an actual prognosis yet and are urging caution, but the Reyna family has been encouraged by the story of Kali Hardig, a 12 - year - old in Arkansas who recently became only the third known survivor of this infection (generally, it has a fatality rate of well over 99 %).

Civil liberties are still quite high (though W tried to do them in), medical science has allowed people to live longer and better, crime has generally been trending downwards for decades, and the average American lives far, far better than his predecessors 70 years ago.

The study found that the children were 33 per cent more likely to abstain from sexual activity over a two - year period than children who attended interventions stressing the importance of safesex or of maintaining good health generally.

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But here I am, 44 years old, holding a responsible job, singing in the choir on «good days» and generally enjoying life.

The clergymen serving full - time on the staff on community mental health centers are generally well trained for their work, with a few exceptions, having had a minimum of a full year of special clinical and advanced academic preparation beyond graduate theological school.

Now, this roommate is a good friend of mine and has been for many years, I find him reasonable on most things and we generally sidestep the religion issues because religion is such a divisive issue, regardless of what faith (or lack thereof) one holds.

English bishops are now generally freed from the responsibility of maintaining the medieval mansions in which some of them still reside; their salaries are now with a few exceptions equalized at # 2000 - # 2500, while most English dioceses achieve a minimum stipend for incumbents of # 500 or better.24 In available goods and comparable status this is probably somewhat but not much better than the «passing rich on forty pounds a year «25 Of two centuries ago.

My husband is gluten free and generally I am in charge of the cooking between the two of us — though he does make a great sous chef and his cooking skills have improved immensely over the past few years, and it turns out he has an excellent palate as well.

Why is it that despite years of education, self help books and generally knowing better, eating something delicious still seems to lift our spirits and improve our outlook?

As some of you know, I have been eating a generally Whole30 / Paleo diet for the better part of 6 years now.

You might think that sparing a live tree might be better for the environment, but fakies of the plastic varieties generally only last around six years, and you can guess where they end up.....

From years of doing it, I can generally tell what is or isn't going to be a good choice without having to record it.

Generally, Red Zinfandel is best drunk when it's 3 to 5 years old.

But the victory rang a bit hollow when the young player generally acknowledged to be the best untapped amateur in Canada, Dennis Sobchuk, signed a 10 - year, $ 1 million contract with the WHA's new Cincinnati franchise.

It's generally a good sign when a young prospect can improve his K rate as he moves to a higher level and that is what Hampson has done the last two years including this year (small sample size of course).

But they've been covering the PGA for years now, and generally do a good job all four days, intermixing a lot of the same personalities from the CBS crew.

At 27 it can be seen that his best years are certainly ahead of him as goalkeepers generally do not peak to their early 30's and that has been apparent with some high profile mistakes for FC Basel in the Swiss Super league.

Though the league - best numbers have significantly varied from year to year, Brady provides bettors with some assurance as he is generally in the running for the top spot.

It used 10 - year averages and didn't give bonus points for championships, which meant that Penn State fans were frustrated by a low 1980s ranking (yes, the Nittany Lions won two national titles; they also won eight or fewer games five times) and Nebraska fans were angry that their Huskers were overtaken by FSU in the 1990s (yes, the Huskers won 2.5 national titles; FSU won two and was generally better in the non-title seasons).

We tried without success to bring in other established bigs over years (who are generally not particularly better than Nurk, particularly considering age).

I hate to disillusion you with facts and practicalities BUT to be proved better than a generally agreed great in Viera, any player has to be fit to play for the same eight years that Viera drove our team on.