Sentences with phrase «better than a loss»

The point is that diversification among asset classes really helped ameliorate the return an equity - only investor would have suffered this year: a loss of 2.7 % is better than a loss of greater than 10 %.

That's better than the loss of 6 cents per share expected by analysts, according to a poll by Zacks Investment Research.

«Even if, overall, the benefits would be better than the losses — how do we compensate them?»

You get a golden opportunity to level the score and earn us a point (btw a point wouldve still being unacceptable but better than a loss) and you blow it.

Chelsea have lost or drawn (and draws aren't a whole lot better than a loss with effectively 2 points dropped) 9 of their 28 games or a third — even with no drop off in form they are due to draw / may be lose at least 3 of their last 10 games.

Not exact matches

A good rule of thumb is if the answer is less than 24 hours, keep going higher until the loss would leave you in anguish mentally or financially for more than a day.

Procter & Gamble reported better - than - expected quarterly revenue on Thursday, but its results did not allay concerns about loss of market share in its core business.

Hatem knew better than to second - guess her instincts — and not just because he was relieved to see her excited about work for the first time since the loss.

Researchers at the University of Michigan who followed 2,300 adults for up to a decade reported in 2008 that even common work irritants interfere with good rest more than long hours, night shifts or fears about job loss.

Announcing your goals publicly is a tried - and - true way of dissuading yourself from weaseling out of them; one study found people who talked about their weight loss efforts on Twitter fared better than those who didn't.

RBS also reported a better than expected quarterly figures with a profit of # 259 million ($ 334.24 million), after posting a net loss of # 968 million a year ago.

A University of Iowa study found that workers who were provided with a portable pedalling device under their desk were able to concentrate better at work, more likely to report weight loss and take fewer sick days than co-workers who pedalled less.

And given that even small interruptions - like quickly checking email - can result in a huge loss of productivity, getting a handle on your email habits is something better done today than tomorrow.

Shares of Fitbit jumped 7 percent after the wearable electronic company reported a loss that was better than analyst expectations.

It may be clich, but plenty of companies invest too much money into initiatives longer than they should when it may be better to cut losses, learn some lessons and move on.

While this might seem harsh, it's better for business to cut your losses after three months than to keep an underperforming rep on staff for an entire year.

The network has been faring better than usual lately (it's adding more customers and lowering its turnover), but it's still posting losses and isn't growing as quickly as peers like T - Mobile.

Penn, meanwhile, whose Chief Investment Officer Kristin Gilbertson has done far better than most, minimizing its losses by using conservative strategies.

BlackBerry saw a net loss of $ 148 million, which, to be fair, is much better than the $ 4.4 billion loss the company saw in the same quarter last year.

Uber considers adjusted earnings before taxes as a better indicator of its financial performance rather than net earnings based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, which include losses for accounting purposes.

Signs that the group is moving ahead with its strategy and better - than - expected trading in China and Brazil put the shares on course for their best single gain ever and mean the stock has regained the losses it incurred when Sorrell stepped down.

Hedgeable offers this service, but the company's philosophy is that it's better to minimize losses from the outset rather than use the losses to your advantage.

When we've built up a good claims - loss record, we'll try to switch» — that is, just so long as Kinni can persuade an insurer to agree to a temporary, rather than permanent, moratorium on payments for preexisting conditions.

In fact, «more ambitious goals» — rather than more realistic goals — «are sometimes associated with better weight - loss outcomes,» the researchers write.

You can also try out the 80 - 20 rule (# 18 of our 30 Weight Loss Tips Better Than Counting Calories): just eat well 80 percent of the time and save 20 percent to splurge.

And once you see those pounds begin to fly off, keep the progress going with these 30 Weight Loss Tips Better Than Counting Calories!

Prices that appear better than ours fall into two categories: big bundles and temporary loss leaders.

For example, a portfolio that starts out strong in retirement and has losses later will likely be in much better shape than one that has down years early, even if strong performance in later years brings its average return back in line with historical averages.

Her new majority will provide an opportunity for her government pursue its fever dream of enormous liquid natural gas revenues that will miraculously banish all debt and deficit from the province, a dream that is more than likely to turn into a nightmare of environmental damage and business losses well before the longed for and probably illusory No More Debt Day arrives.

At present, the better question is «do I prefer a zero loss to the prospect of a 40 - 60 % interim loss in a market that is strenuously overbought and overbullish, and has returned to valuations that are more than double reliable historical valuation norms?»

Over the short - term, unfortunately, there is no assurance that investors or analysts will quickly recognize that this market is trading on the basis of false premises about earnings and valuation (though my impression is that those who wake up based on reasoned argument and evidence will be better off than those who wake up based on investment losses).

By purchasing these securities outright (rather than through a well - defined repurchase agreement), the Fed is effectively obligating the U.S. government to either guarantee them or to absorb any future losses.

Those investor risk preferences also determine when extreme overvaluation tends to be ignored by investors, and when it tends to produce vertical losses (See A Better Lesson Than «This Time is Different»).

Gold historically has fallen on better - than - expected jobs reports, but I was happy to see that it actually gained on Friday after eight days of losses.

Whether the stock rises or falls, often you will end up better (reduced loss, or small gain), or with a similar loss than if you had not implement the Option Repair strategy.

«Tesla reported mixed 1Q results after the close yesterday, marked by better than expected revenue, margin, & EPS but accompanied by a bigger than expected cash outflow and record net loss.

Volume / mix decreased 0.8 percentage points as the benefit from a shift in Easter - related sales as well as gains in frozen, macaroni and cheese, and condiments and sauces were more than offset by select distribution losses in cheese and meats as well as lower shipments in foodservice.

While shares of Hi - Crush have performed much better than peers U.S. Silica and Fairmount Santrol in the year - to - date period — losing only 1 % compared to losses of 24 % and 14 %, respectively — merely breaking even after solid operations in 2017 is hardly fair.

«Return profiles that are asymmetrical (small possible loss, big possible gain) are better than symmetrical risk / rewards» Paul Singer

Most recently, the Dow was trading down 250 points, or 1 %, at 23,908, with losses led by a decline in shares of McDonald's Corp., which was among the best performers among the Dow's 30 components in Monday trade after reporting better - than - expected quarterly results.

The company reported a better - than - expected loss per share while revenue came in better than expected.

The result was more than 100,000 damage claims as well as losses worth $ 8.7 billion.

«One thing that might make some investors feel better about themselves,» Ms. Loftus says, «is remembering that their losses were smaller or their gains were bigger than they actually were.»

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.

The Greenback is recovering the bulk of last week's losses, with the Euro weaker despite German IP and Exports better than expected, and Euro Unemployment coming in at 7 year lows — Sterling falls to October Lows on Article 50 headers — Turkey's Lira fresh record low on Moody's, Peso eyeballing lows into Auto Show Headers.

Combined with modest growth from its Fios segment — where increases in Fios Internet customers have more than offset losses in Fios Video connections — as well as sales from its Oath subsidiary, which encompasses more than 50 media and tech brands including Yahoo!, tumblr, TechCrunch, HuffPost, and AOL, management says investors can safely expect Verizon to deliver solid low - single - digit percent growth in both revenue and adjusted earnings this year.

Tax bills are not pleasant but better than investment losses.

There is a real possibility you can pay more in taxes in retirement than when working due to a loss of deductions like college loans and mortgage interests, as well as if you have a healthy nest egg due to minimum required distributions and social security combined.

Deutsche Bank analyst Ross Curran said the increased number of claims was driven by more claims from its marine and fire risk division in Asia as well as higher - than - budgeted crop losses in Ecuador and ongoing «issues» in its Colombian third party motor insurance book.

Barclays on April 26 reported a net loss of 540 million pounds for the first quarter, as fines and legal costs from misconduct issues cancelled out a better - than - expected performance from the British lender.