Sentences with phrase «by a few percentage points»

Even if your net worth is low, when the market goes up and down by a few percentage points in a day, there can be sizable dollar amounts at stake.

The efficiency of these plants can be improved, but that would only reduce emissions by a few percentage points.

And if — inflation is gonna average 2 %, it'll be above by a few percentage points from time to time.

... over the next five years bonds will probably outperform stocks by a few percentage points, but both will return much less than double digits.

But the budgets of several research agencies would shrink by a few percentage points, or remain at existing levels.

Scientists have boosted that number by a few percentage points.

But had you been underperforming by a few percentage points over a number of years, it would be time to start asking some questions.

Sure could, though I am still ahead by a few percentage points.

Mind you, those figures do not include dividends, which would have reduced the losses by a few percentage points.

Consider that few money managers are able to beat the stock market return even by a few percentage points a year.

We reduced small cap allocations by a few percentage points this year and increased international.

By taking Defensive Driving, or other similar classes, you can typically knock down your insurance rate by a few percentage points.

Very often car dealers mark up auto loans by few percentage point in addition to the commissions they get from auto lenders, and make you pay extra thousands of dollars in interest, most of which goes straight to their pockets.

Rob and Troy were able to improve student achievement by a few percentage points on proficiency exams over lecture.

On a positive note, I have seen a slight improvement by a few percentage points in most of the core metrics since I last checked back in November 2016.

Devaluation risks are much less of a concern to investors now compared with the near panic in 2015 when the currency fell by a few percentage points.

While the rates are subject to tweaking, the general idea is that Hilton has eliminated what was once the best available rate and introduced a «fully flexible» rate that's higher than the old BAR by a few percentage points, Nassetta said.

Statistics showsed that the Black put it over the top (it passed by a few percentage points while whites and latinos were solidly against its passage).

He managed to hold off his self - funding GOP challenger, hedge fund manager Harry Wilson, but just by a few percentage points.

Single science entries are up, only by a few percentage points, but to their highest level in 16 years, media studies down by about the same proportion, and language entries up by 50,000 in response to Michael Gove's excellent idea of the EBacc.

The results came in last year and were not encouraging: In two shorter trials, heart function improved by a few percentage points or not at all, and one longer study found a slight but temporary benefit.

Even the illicit «good stuff» might only nudge things in the right direction by a few percentage points.

For men who command a premium due to high incomes or great looks, it may be higher by a few percentage points.

She'll apparently get one if she can become the Class of» 99's valedictorian, but she is currently second in the running by a few percentage points.

Does this long and often tendentious book aim merely to increase the weight readers put on signaling by a few percentage points?

It works like this: the insured's account is reviewed on regular intervals and, if there are no outstanding issues that would otherwise cause the premium to rise, discounts are added and the premium is lowered by a few percentage points.

Although the 2014 Ram HD has an enticing up - front cost, its long - term residual values trail the competition by a few percentage points.

However, the survey found that, while the number of people visiting a physical library location may have dropped by a few percentage point, library website use is up, possibly due to increased access to ebook lending to personal devices and library subscriptions to streaming videos, music, and research tools.

If you're prudent about active investing, the worst outcome is lagging the indexes by a few percentage points a year, which seems to be an acceptable trade - off to many investors.

China's coal consumption has steadily decreased by a few percentage points a year since 2013, prompting our pronouncement of a coal consumption peak in an article published in the summer of 2016 in Nature Geoscience.

The EON's Cloud Gate result of 19,124 and Fire Strike score of 5,430 turn in two more records, defeating the MSI GT60 Dominator Pro by a few percentage points.

If you overestimate its value by a few percentage points and then add 2 %, the house could easily end up languishing on the market.

At first kitchen remodeling led the race by a few percentage points, but after 2009 bathroom remodeling edged into first place where it has remained through 2013.

Unsecured loans are only ahead of collateral - backed loans by few percentage points, ranging in low 20 % APRs, and higher.

Or, maybe you'll come close and miss it by a few percentage points and tell yourself, «I did my best.»

Asurvey published on October 19th showed Michaud and LePage nearly even, with independent candidate Eliot Cutler behind them by a few percentage points.

showed him only trailing front - runner Juanita Perez Williams, a Democrat, by a few percentage points.

A recent poll showed him only trailing front - runner Juanita Perez Williams, a Democrat, by a few percentage points.

Aaron Benavot, Director of the EFA GMR stated: «Aid needs to be shooting upwards, not creeping up by a few percentage points.

The fed withholding amount on the paycheck was much higher than I thought it would be, by a few percentage points.

If most of the factors point toward a higher «magic» interest rate for you, bump it up by a few percentage points and switch over to saving once you've eliminated all debts above 9 % or 10 %.

When I looked at my past picks, my Canadian stock picks trailed the markets by a few percentage points (early picks included Nortel, JSDU, Bombardier etc.) and US stock picks beat the market by a few percentage points.

2016 was TAA's best year ever in terms of revenue growth, just beating out 2015 by a few percentage points.

So it's not a problem with the recent Android update, and it's not as simple as the battery meter just being off by a few percentage points.