Sentences with phrase «by changes in the index»

The potential for interest credited to the policy is affected by changes in the index over the crediting period and isn't affected by the index directly.

Not exact matches

By contrast, stocks in the S&P 500 Apparel Retail Index are changing hands at the fastest clip since 2012 — an average of 700,000 times more a week than they did last year.

On Monday, Cramer wanted investors to keep an eye on the risky, leveraged funds that enable traders to bet against volatility, defined as the amount of uncertainty in the size and direction of changes in the market and most commonly tracked by the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX.

Determination of the National Average Wage Index for 2016 To determine the national average wage index for calendar year 2016, we multiplied the 2015 national average wage index of 48,098.63 by the percentage change in average wages from 2015 to 2016, as measured by annual wage data we tabulIndex for 2016 To determine the national average wage index for calendar year 2016, we multiplied the 2015 national average wage index of 48,098.63 by the percentage change in average wages from 2015 to 2016, as measured by annual wage data we tabulindex for calendar year 2016, we multiplied the 2015 national average wage index of 48,098.63 by the percentage change in average wages from 2015 to 2016, as measured by annual wage data we tabulindex of 48,098.63 by the percentage change in average wages from 2015 to 2016, as measured by annual wage data we tabulated.

U.S. stock indexes are little changed overall as losses for banks are largely offset by gains in technology companies like Microsoft.

Fresenius shares fell 3.92 % to the bottom of the DAX performance index in Germany and were changing hands at $ 81.56 each by mid-afternoon in Frankfurt.

To determine the national average wage index for 2016 at a level that is consistent with the national average wage indexing series for prior years, we multiply the 2015 national average wage index of 48,098.63 by the percentage change in average wages from 2015 to 2016 (based on our tabulated wage data).

Which all goes back to my point — since companies change in a lot of unpredictable ways, it makes more sense for passive income to just ride the market by investing in a Total Domestic Stock Market, Total Bond Market, and Total International index funds, with allocations that depend on your goals and time horizon.

It has become more likely for stock prices to make large swings — on the order of 3 percent or 4 percent — than it has been in any other time in recent stock market history, according to an analysis by The New York Times of price changes in the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock market index since 1962.

The problem when you want to look at the Dividend Achievers performance is that the index has changed hands in late 2012 (it was bought by Nasdaq from Mergent).

Within program expenses, major transfers to persons were up $ 1.1 billion, primarily due to higher old age security payments, reflecting an increase in the number of recipients and higher inflation, as benefits are indexed to quarterly changes in the consumer price index, major transfers to other levels of government were up $ 0.6 billion, reflecting legislative increases; while direct program expenses declined by $ 0.2 billion, as lower «other transfer» payments more than offset increases in departmental / agency operating costs.

IMF estimates of annual growth rate of world real GDP (in red, right scale) and year - over-year percent change in commodity prices as measured by the quarterly average CRB / BLS raw industrials price index (in green, left scale).

The Thomson Reuters / PayNet small business lending index is correlated to developments in the overall economy, with changes in the index preceding changes in the overall U.S. economy by two to five months.

«By utilizing an annual adjustment, Claria can be better positioned in this changing market environment, which should provide clients with increased confidence in their index choice.»

The complaint notes that before the investment committee changed the Intel TDP allocations in 2011, the fees for the Intel TDPs ranged from 65 basis points to 71 basis points — already higher than index - based target - date funds such as those offered by Fidelity.

In the base metals complex, only nickel and tin traded higher for the quarter.4 A slow start to Chinese restocking coming out of the Chinese New Year holiday weighed on prices for copper and aluminum, both of which saw their worst quarterly results in years, while zinc and lead prices also declined.4 The London Metal Exchange (LME) Index, which tracks the three - month futures prices of all six metals, fell 6.3 %.4 LME copper -LRB--7.4 %, to US$ 6,714 per mt) and other industrial metals erased some of their 2017 gains, falling alongside a sharply decelerating expansion in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy changeIn the base metals complex, only nickel and tin traded higher for the quarter.4 A slow start to Chinese restocking coming out of the Chinese New Year holiday weighed on prices for copper and aluminum, both of which saw their worst quarterly results in years, while zinc and lead prices also declined.4 The London Metal Exchange (LME) Index, which tracks the three - month futures prices of all six metals, fell 6.3 %.4 LME copper -LRB--7.4 %, to US$ 6,714 per mt) and other industrial metals erased some of their 2017 gains, falling alongside a sharply decelerating expansion in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy changein years, while zinc and lead prices also declined.4 The London Metal Exchange (LME) Index, which tracks the three - month futures prices of all six metals, fell 6.3 %.4 LME copper -LRB--7.4 %, to US$ 6,714 per mt) and other industrial metals erased some of their 2017 gains, falling alongside a sharply decelerating expansion in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy changein China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy changein the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy changes.

The TREB's proprietary Home Price Index, which is based on a «composite benchmark home,» and which «strips out» the impact of these changes in mix, «was down by only 5.2 %» year - over-year.

While a change on Monday restored a $ 3.2 billion middle - class provision allowing those enrolled in employer - sponsored dependent - care savings plans to deduct up to $ 5,000 from their taxes, a revision on Friday rolled back individual tax cuts by nearly $ 82 billion by indexing individual tax parameters to a different measure of inflation that tends to grow more slowly.

A further series from Residex, which has been reported in previous issues of this Statement, deals with the problem of compositional change by using a repeat sales index.

These widely used measures of house prices are all less than fully satisfactory in that the quarterly movements are influenced by compositional changes and contain significant lags in recording transactions; the lags arise because most standard indices record prices as at the date a transaction is settled, which is well after the price was determined by agreement on a contract.

Commodity prices have changed little on average over recent months and remain at high levels; the RBA Index of Commodity Prices fell by 0.8 per cent in SDR terms over the three months to January to be 10.2 per cent higher over the year.

The graph below compares the level of the PMI Index and the year - over-year changes in S&P 500 Index earnings shifted forward by six months (the blue line).

However, during periods of market turbulence, defined as the top quintile of monthly changes in the VIX (corresponding with about a 15 % or greater rise in the spot VIX Index), momentum underperformed quality by approximately 40 bps per month.

The lines are both indexed to be 100 in 2006 — you can calculate the percentage change for any year since 2006 by taking the point for that year and subtracting 100:

The amount of return you receive on an exchange traded note depends on and is based on the performance of a specific market index; whereas, the value of the exchange traded note is affected by changes in credit ratings...

Major transfers to persons increased by $ 2.7 billion (5.9 %), due to growth in the elderly population and increases in benefits which are indexed to quarterly changes in the Consumer Price Index.

The Producer Price Index (PPI) of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is a series of indexes that measure the average change over time in the prices received by domestic producers of goods and services.

The composite indexes and the regional indexes are seen by the markets as measuring changes in existing home prices and are based on single - family home re-sales.

Data through November 2013, released today by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian for the S&P / Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, a comprehensive measure of changes in consumer credit defaults, showed stability in national default rates during the month.

At the 20 level, a 0.5 % variation in inflation will change the fair value of the S&P 500 Index by 2.5 %.

In the US, Mercer reports that director compensation has increased partially due to increased market regulations like the Sarbanes - Oxley and Dodd - Frank Acts, as well as increased time commitments by boards.In this report I explore the changes in Canadian director compensation on the S&P / TSX Composite Index between 2009 and 2012 in the wake of the Financial CrisiIn the US, Mercer reports that director compensation has increased partially due to increased market regulations like the Sarbanes - Oxley and Dodd - Frank Acts, as well as increased time commitments by boards.In this report I explore the changes in Canadian director compensation on the S&P / TSX Composite Index between 2009 and 2012 in the wake of the Financial CrisiIn this report I explore the changes in Canadian director compensation on the S&P / TSX Composite Index between 2009 and 2012 in the wake of the Financial Crisiin Canadian director compensation on the S&P / TSX Composite Index between 2009 and 2012 in the wake of the Financial Crisiin the wake of the Financial Crisis.

It was done by an intern of mine who is very highly qualified and it was written in July of 2004 titled, An Investigation into the Relationship between Changes in Yield Curve and the Performance of Stock Indices.

Our exchange rate against the US dollar and the currencies of most of our trading partners has shown little net change over the past year, and the rise in the trade - weighted index in recent months has been due mainly to the weakness being experienced by the Japanese yen.

This comes out to a 60 % growth rate, but the figure changes significantly based on the observation points: if the index experiences very slow growth for most of the term, only to see rapid growth late in the term, then the average appreciation will decrease, since 67,500 divided by 5 is 13,500, or 35 % growth.

However, despite the conceptual superiority of the wage cost index (it is, in principle, unaffected by compositional change and changes to the working week), longer experience with the index will be needed to assess its reliability.

Investments in commodities may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity.

From there, the assessed value increases every year by the rate of inflation (change in the California Consumer Price Index), with a cap on increases of 2 %.

Furthermore, the Fed would like to adhere to the so - called «Taylor Rule» (in spite of Professor Taylor's protestations that it is misinterpreting and misusing his concept), a mathematical construct that purports to make monetary policy more «scientific» by establishing an arithmetic rule for varying the administered interest rate according to the variance of «actual from target inflation» (note that «inflation» refers to the change in a price index in this case, not the phenomenon of inflation of the money supply as such), as well as the variance of economic output from «potential output» (i.e, the so - called «output gap» is incorporated in the formula as well).

The lower levels of baseline sugar sweetened drink consumption in the UK compared with the US may in part explain why the effect on obesity that we estimate in the UK is much less than that estimated in the US.12 The differences with respect to other modelling studies may also be partly explained by their use of higher own price elasticity values for sugar sweetened drinks than we have calculated and used here.18 22 52 We can not make direct comparisons between the results of our study and the results of recent studies of the effect of reducing sugar sweetened drink consumption on body weight in children, 5 7 as the relation between energy balance and change in body mass index in children who are growing is different from that in adults.

Between October and December, the GDT Price Index, a weighted average of the percentage changes in prices, fell by 1 % - up from a 22 % decline between July and September.

- Founded by South African - born Gary Boom, Bordeaux Index has grown rapidly on the back of its informal, unstuffy approach and now employs over 40 staff operating from offices in London's Hatton Gardens, Hong Kong and Singapore LiveTrade — the online wine trading platform launched in 2009 — tracks live changes in the prices of 80 - 100 of the most liquidly traded wines on its market - making screen.

The index jumped by 22 points in March to 225 — one of the largest ever recorded changes.

Note 1: FTSE states that it had to make it easier for baby food companies to join the FTSE4Good Index by changing its criteria in September 2010 because it could not engage with companies who were excluded.

The report, which will be welcomed by the government as proof it is offering public sector workers a fair deal in difficult economic times, highlights the change from retail price index to consumer price index inflation as the most substantial change for public sector workers.

«David Cameron's claim that he wants to maintain a discussion with the unions is undermined by him saying in the next breath that he's not prepared to negotiate on the specific issue of the change from the RPI to CPI index for public sector pensions - which represents a massive cut in the value of pensions.

Because of discordant findings in studies on the relationship between the athlete's age and sports - related concussion symptoms and their duration, Lee, Odom, and colleagues chose to study age - related differences by applying rigorous matching criteria across different age groups and by using reliable change index (RCI) methodology.

While previous indexes have mostly stressed progress made by some of the world's best - known brands in addressing the complex challenges around climate change, the latest report also sounds a cautionary note about how much more needs to be done to make meaningful change in the world's climate profile.

As UPC Prof at ICFO Juan P. Torres states, «any slight refractive index change introduced by an impurity in the sample is translated into a phase difference and thus an intensity variation in the pattern, showing the contours and therefore size of the irregularity.»

By monitoring the shift of the reflection spectra, the researchers demonstrated that the sensor was highly sensitive to refractive index changes in the surrounding solution.

By detecting changes in an optical property known as refractive index, the device can sense concentration, pH and other chemical parameters.