Sentences with phrase «by above average»

To meet the self - determined high - quality standard of professional service, LEGAL ALLIANCE employs and cooperates only with lawyers and accountants who have proved their qualifications by above average university degrees and / or doctors degree in law.

Southwestern droughts are, typically, accompanied by above average temperatures because of factors such as subsidence, a lack of cloud cover, drying soils, and reduced evapotranspiration (e.g., 11 — 13).

A La Niña is created by above average wind speeds in the (westbound) trade winds across the equator.

In stock market periods of above average performance are usually followed by below average returns and periods of below average performance are typically followed by above average returns.

Genesis was tops in owner satisfaction — along with Porsche — while its average reliability was bested by the above average rating that Audi, BMW and Lexus all enjoy.

Not exact matches

In 2004, a psychology study by researchers at the University of Florida and the University of North Carolina found that for every inch you stand above the national average, you could earn an additional $ 789 (unadjusted) per year.

Indeed, a 2013 study by the Investment Company Institute found that three in four people under age 35 say they are not willing to take «above - average or substantial» investment risks.

It has a 5.54 % yield — it increased its dividend by 6.9 % last quarter — and while more purchases like this one could impede future dividend increases, writes Plessis, you're still getting an above average payout.

If he is above average weight, that figure is slightly less, but not by much at approximately $ 7,775.

So by fostering a culture in which employees can make such a call — the first of Zappos» 10 core values exhorts employees to go «above and beyond the average level of service to create an emotional impact on the receiver» — Hsieh walks away with a hat trick.

The four week average fell by 750 to 367,250, a little more than 1 % above its post-recession low.

And as the EIA points out, this brief wholesale price drop hasn't been matched by overall drops in California's consumer electric rates, which remain well above average.

Kinaxis customers surveyed by Gartner reported above - average levels of satisfaction and were not only pleased with the results but also with how simple the system is to use and upgrade.

Although as recently as 2016 Hyundai was rated one of the «worst brands» by The Balance, the Korean car manufacturer now enjoys above - average satisfaction and record sales.

Brigitte Trogneux was, according to the IB Times, charmed by young Macron's intelligence and once stated: «Emmanuel's skills are totally above average.

Riverside's above - average cost of living is largely driven by housing, but entrepreneurs looking to rent a small apartment won't pay much more than the national average.

The startup density is well above the national average, and the 85.18 percent opportunity share of new entrepreneurs indicates new small - business owners are driven by desire, not need.

«How banks feel that they're going to achieve above - average growth levels by pursuing capital intensive strategies in a market that is as slow as the Canadian market is a mystery to us,» says Brad Smith, an analyst with Stonecap Securities in Toronto, who has an Underperform rating on the stock.

In the article, Irving says that 18 % of the technical jobs at GoDaddy are held by women — though he notes that that figure puts the company just 1 percentage point above the average for Silicon Valley.

The measure above is average hourly earnings for employees paid by the hour.

She expects to see 3 % to 4 % sales growth per year going forward, while operating margins will grow to 18.5 % by 2017, which is 300 basis points above the its five year average.

But this weighting significantly reduces the average; if you weight by the number of years you find a higher growth rate above 90 percent.

If you're skeptical about an «innovation index» meaning much in a practical sense, then consider this: in terms of productivity (measured by GDP per hour worked), Canada ranks far below the G7 average — a staggering 12 per cent below, in fact — and only marginally above that of the broader OECD.

Employers should know that companies with happy employees outperform their competitors by 20 percent, and workers who are highly engaged are 38 percent more likely to have above - average productivity.

In 1994, the OECD average marginal rate stood above 49 %; by 2010 it had fallen below 42 %.

Iowa cropland prices increased by a quarter over the past year, with the choicest plots changing hands above US$ 10,000 an acre — far above historical averages.

«Gold is holding above the 50 - day moving average in spite of a stronger dollar, helped by lower U.S. yields and physical demand,» she noted in a report on Thursday.

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

Facebook moderators are paid above average in the industry, according to information provided by Facebook to CNBC, and are offered additional benefits, which include resiliency training (stress - related training) and support.

Methodology: Reputation Institute polled Canadian consumers about 100 multinational brands (selected based on a minimum revenue level, above - average reputations in their home countries and presence in 15 top international markets) and the 50 largest Canadian companies (ranked by revenue).

moderators are paid above average in the industry, according to information provided by Facebook to CNBC, and are offered additional benefits, which include resiliency training (stress - related training) and support.

Housing costs are 138 % above the national average, while transportation costs are higher by more than a fifth.

We can debate the merits of this study (done by a real estate association of course) all day long (demographic sampling, housing price changes, etc), but the point is, «above average» people generally all own homes and are wealthier, be it 2X wealthier or 40X wealthier than the average renter.

Finally, by substituting the historic linear trend above into the IRR term of this equation, and the industry average investment period of 13 years into the c term, we get the following formula, which shows that nominal R&D productivity / ROI currently stands at about 1.2 (i.e., we get only 20 % back on top of our original R&D investment after 13 years), is declining exponentially by about 10 % per year, and will hit 1.0 (zero net return on investment) by 2020:

By separating into three independent companies, reducing unnecessary corporate overhead, operating at average industry returns, and buying back stock, AIG can trade at over $ 100 per share — 66 % above its current $ 60 price,» John Paulson, President, Paulson & Co..

Housing - related expenses including rents and mortgages are by far the most burdensome at 2.5 times the national average, according to the Cost of Living Index, but other expenses aren't too far above average.

The AMG Funds survey found that Millennials expect an average return of 13.7 percent on their investments — well above the 7.7 percent expected by baby boomers.

Our forecasts suggest that by the end of 2018, inflation will be, on average, 30 basis points above the long - term average across countries.

That factor, along with above - trend GDP growth, could fuel an increase in total employee compensation by slightly more than 2 % in 2017 and 2018 — in line with nominal GDP growth — while growth in average hourly earnings could accelerate to around 3 % in 2018, according to Morgan Stanley Chief Japan Economist Takeshi Yamaguchi, in a recent report.

Fairfax seeks to differentiate itself by combining disciplined underwriting with the investment of its assets on a total return basis, which Fairfax believes provides above - average returns over the long - term.

Most of these behaviors are driven by investors trying to be above average rather than tailoring their securities holdings to their own personal goals and being happy with the results.

An above - average return of equity, accompanied by no debt or a modest level of debt, indicates that a corporation's growth should be easier to sustain.

There are a multitude of reasons as to why this occurs but it's a powerful enough force that many investors have done quite well for themselves over an investing lifetime by focusing on dividend stocks, specifically one of two strategies - dividend growth, which focuses on acquiring a diversified portfolio of companies that have raised their dividends at rates considerably above average and high dividend yield, which focuses on stocks that offer significantly above - average dividend yields as measured by the dividend rate compared to the stock market price.

If the future retiree is making an above average wage, then there is a good chance the pension in and of itself will do more than get them comfortably by through the retirement years.

When valuations exceeded even 12 times normalized earnings (on our most comprehensive measure discussed above), seemingly «favorable» market action was followed by profound losses averaging -69.8 % on an annualized basis (generally reflecting a few weeks of vertical losses until enough damage was done to kick the market action measures negative).

The lines show the cumulative total return in the S&P 500 Index in all strictly negative market return / risk profiles we identify, partitioned by whether the S&P 500 was above or below its 200 - day average at the time.

By investing in commercial real estate for the long - term, I now have enough cash flow where if I lose my real job, I have enough income in perpetuity to get by pretty well, not at my current standard of living, but at an above average existencBy investing in commercial real estate for the long - term, I now have enough cash flow where if I lose my real job, I have enough income in perpetuity to get by pretty well, not at my current standard of living, but at an above average existencby pretty well, not at my current standard of living, but at an above average existence.

The Dow utility average plunged another 12 points, the Transports dropped by nearly 100, the Industrials failed their recent basing pattern, the number of stocks hitting new lows jumped above new highs on both the NYSE and the Nasdaq, decliners led advancers by more than 2 - to - 1, and the U.S. dollar weakened further, among other ugliness.

By later in the same month, an extremely tight range develops above the 20 - day exponential moving average.

These returns are in line with 8 % ROIC earned by Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) holdings and slightly below above the 9 % average for 465 Financials stocks under coverage.