Sentences with phrase «by quality rating»

Michigan fosters program quality through clear, integrated standards and expectations for learning, measured by a quality rating system that integrates classroom - based support for continuous improvement.

The graph below shows the performance year to date of the typical stock grouped by quality rating.

The research councils claim they are not motivated by the research ratings of universities in terms of their overall research quality, but instead by the quality ratings achieved by departments within institutions.

Not exact matches

As for «peak earnings,» Michael Wilson, chief U.S. equity strategist and CIO of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, said in a note to clients on Sunday that» [W] e think the market is digesting the fact that the tax cut last year has created a lower quality increase in US earnings growth that almost guarantees a peak rate of change by 3Q.»

«If there are any negative effects of low rates on net interest income in the future, they should be largely offset by the positive effects of monetary stimulus on the other main components of profitability, such as the quality of loans and therefore on loan - loss provisions,» Draghi added.

By getting the best of the best (nothing lower than a rating of 4.45) and pay them with shares of the company, Juno would end up with more higher quality drivers, leading to improved service for its riders.

«Since June 2010, Gross has been reducing the $ 245 billion fund's vulnerability to interest - rate swings and increasing its reliance on credit quality by shifting from Treasuries to corporate and non-U.S. sovereign debt, a strategy that backfired last month,» according to Bloomberg.

Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

In such periods, there is a flight to quality by investors that drives down the rates on presumptively risk free investments like Treasury bills.Conversely, as was the case in the post-Lehman Brothers crisis, banks become less creditworthy and liquidity in the interbank lending market dries up.

A bond's credit quality is determined by private independent rating agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch.

Ratings by S&P and Fitch apply to the credit quality of a portfolio and are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities of a fund, are subject to change, and do not remove market risks associated with investments in the fund.

The settlement would resolve multipleinvestigations into claims that JPMorgan misrepresented the quality of mortgage securities, many of them issued by Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual, which the bank acquired during the crisis; manipulated Libor, the benchmark used to set interest rates worldwide; and hired the children of Chinese politicians to win lucrative banking business.

A downgrade in the credit rating of a bond by the credit agencies can affect bond performance as well if institutional investors are forced to sell because of restrictions on the credit quality of the bonds they're able to hold.

In addition to the TAO Growth Company of the Year award, DiscoverOrg has received numerous other accolades over the past year, including being named an Inc. 5000 company for the 6th straight year; being added to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list; being recognized as Category Leader for Sales Intelligence and Account - Based Marketing by G2 Crowd and as a 2017 Top Rated Sales Intelligence Platform by TrustRadius; and being awarded the SIIA Model of Excellence Award for Data Quality.

Spreads on the lowest quality segment of the «junk» bond category, «C» rated bonds, have narrowed by an extraordinary 30 percentage points since late 2001, to around 5.5 percentage points.

Looking at the stock market as a whole, there's been a sharp drop in the number of individual stocks outperforming the S&P 500, while at the same time, an increasing proportion of those outperforming stocks have poor quality ranks (as rated by S&P).

Dividend growers are typically supported by quality companies with strong balance sheets and tend to hold up well in rising rate environments, according to BlackRock research.

They wound up selling packages of very poor quality mortgages (sub-prime) called «collateralized debt obligations» (CDOs) and convinced the rating agencies (who were paid by Wall Street) to rate these «securitized mortgages» AAA.

High - yield bonds are issued by corporations with lower credit quality ratings.

Ratings by S&P, Moody's, and Fitch apply to the credit quality of a portfolio and are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities of a fund, are subject to change, and do not remove market risks associated with investments in the fund.

«The growth rate is not only relative to the number of people finding out they can't have it or don't want gluten in their diets, but it is being accelerated by a shift in quality,» Wintz explains.

The hourly rate shall be the same as that charged by the Agricultural Marketing Service, through its Quality Systems Certification Program, to certification bodies requesting conformity assessment to the International Organization for Standardization «General Requirements for Bodies Operating Product Certification Systems» (ISO Guide 65).

For example, the company received a rating for food safety and quality on its third - party audit by Silliker Inc. of 98.3 percent in 2009 and 96.3 percent by Cook and Thurber in 2010.

SMI has carried a «superior» rating for food safety from the American Institute of Baking since 2000, and is certified by the Safe Quality Food Institute.

Our wine schools are endorsed by Universities and Colleges and we pride ourselves on our high pass rates, expert instructors and outstanding quality wines.

The grading is done after drying and the grades merely reflecst the quality of the pods, rated by size, blemishes, etc..

The brand's logo outranked other Angus brands and received the highest quality rating by 75 % of consumers surveyed.

Park Avenue South location — rated «New York's # 1 Salad» by New York magazine — The restaurants» cuisine appeals to those who appreciate the highest quality, freshest fare.

Judging by his pained expression it appears the Belgian international does not rate the quality of the bubbly.

By the quality of his shots and a demeanor that has withstood, and often thrived in, golf's tensest moments, the 38 - year - old Englishman made it clear that the six - stroke lead with which Greg Norman started would not be upheld with anything less than first - rate golf.

He was actually the only England player voted into the World All Star team during England 2002 WC campaign... To put it into perspective he is rated as highly then as the Gerard Pique and Mats Hummels of today... The question is, would the Wenger of today be willing to pay top dollar to acquire proven quality player of such status or would he be able to unearth one by scraping through the bottom of the barrell in his search for a new Sol Campbell....

Should this even be a topic?Giroud is a player of average quality always surrounded by good players.I just don't get.It's as if only Arsenal fans rate him.This was a player who was bought to be the leading striker at Arsenal and after his years of failure which many deny he's now become a super sub?How laughable is that.From failure to super sub.If the so called world class striker we're signing goes out with an injury for about five months who comes in then.It seems to me people lack vision.Why is it always Giroud Giroud Giroud?After so many seasons people are still debating what souldn't even be debatable.I've lost count of the number of times he's been talked about here.This is the problem with our club.It's just not ruthless.This is a player who should have been gone long ago but due to him being French he still gets the chances.We won't miss him when he goes and I'd like to see if he'd stand out in a smaller club.

Certainly a new first choice DM is hard to justify if you already have 2 quality players there... and as we just bought 1 for the future in Bielik and Arteta is captain and highly rated by Wenger... I don't see us going in for one honestly.

Jesus... Wilshire was probably our best play and even below par is way above an above average elneny... There are simply too many third rate players brought in by wenger and he is no longer able to cultivate quality youngsters... at best ephemeral types like bellerin and Iwobi... He needs to go along with the greedy yank for whom we are just an asset class in his investment portfolio

here is the simple truth a team that has walcott giroud campbell merteshaker flamini and ramsey starting wont win trophies... not one is a top class player in their position... having two on the park on regular basis is not a problem and three can probably still ensure 4th place... if we want to go beyond that we need to bring in two top class players in to the midfield and attack (thats in addition to the quality returnees we do have) and to increase the work rate particulalry when we do nt have the ball by a good ammount... that was true 3 years ago 3 months ago and 3 days ago... wenger had the nerve recently to say not signing an outfielder in the summer had been vindicated... the man has been drinking his own kool aid

This Arsenal team has been built by this Under - rated quality manager AW.

Another howler by another third rate keeper mannone that has been biggest blunder of wenger's failure not to buy a quality last man of defence whose one mistake could mean curtains.

With Microsoft Health, this smartwatch helps you monitor your wellness goals by tracking your heart rate, steps, calorie burn and sleep quality.

The reviewed vacuum sealers have been warmly received by its users, rating each one of them differently based on its performance, quality, price, durability, and customer service, etc..

For a long time, the quality of maternity care has been measured by the rate of deaths to mothers and babies.

The homicide rate is greatly affected by the quality of the hospital's trauma center, but the aggravated assault rate is the rate at which people are actually trying to kill or seriously injure each other.

To help increase the rate of breast - feeding, Loyola joined 90 hospitals nationwide that are working toward the «Baby Friendly» designation through a program sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality.

During that time the death rate in labour or the neonatal period in non-malformed babies of normal birth weight born to women booked for a home delivery (those deaths most capable of reduction by high quality care during labour) was as low as the regional figure for all other such losses (0.05 % v 0.11 %).

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The Triumph also received a positive rating by Consumer Reports as well as from Triumph owners for quality and durability.

Fortunately, we gathered the 10 best baby bouncers available for online purchase and sorted them by average user rating and overall quality.

Effect of the Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act on the Nutritional Quality of Meals Selected by Students and School Lunch Participation Rates.

To assess the nutritional quality of foods chosen by students and meal participation rates before and after the implementation of new school meal standards authorized through the Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act.

We believe optional designation weakens one of the most effective strategies used to achieve sustainable improvements in the quality of maternity care and breastfeeding rates, as evidenced by research and its success in many countries.

Two reviewers independently evaluated study quality, using a standardized protocol, and disagreement was resolved by consensus rating.