Sentences with phrase «by weak results»

Our fiscal year underperformance relative to the S&P 500 can be explained by weak results in two of our portfolio holdings from late July through late August, when our portfolio underperformed by 4.47 % as both L Brands and NOW, Inc declined materially (discussed in more detail below).

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Paul Ferley, assistant chief economist at RBC, expects positive results for consumer spending in the quarter overall (up an annualized 2.8 % in Q2 from a weaker Q1), but noted that retailers are still dealing with modest levels of spending by households.

If the Fed were to respond to weaker real output resulting from a negative supply shock by taking actions to stimulate aggregate demand, higher inflation would be the ultimate result, not higher real output.

«Although the results were supported by the weaker dollar, that doesn't tell the whole story.

When a company reports weak results, Jim Cramer is frequently asked by investors how to price that disappointment into the market.

The company's results have been pressured by weak Russian and Ukrainian beer demand, where an ongoing geopolitical crisis has pressured sales for Carlsberg and some of its rivals.

Travel and leisure stocks were among the worst performing on Thursday, down by 1.42 percent after weaker - than - expected sales results.

LONDON, May 2 European shares rose on Wednesday, boosted by some strong earnings updates and a rising tech sector after results from Apple exceeded weak expectations, while investors» focus turned to euro zone GDP figures and the U.S. Fed meeting.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Upper middle - class shoppers spooked by a whipsawing stock market and shoppers waiting till the last minute for the best deals could result in the weakest U.S. holiday sales season for retailers since the recession, AlixPartners said.

Those results, though, were overshadowed by the company «s weak 2018 earnings guidance.

European shares rose on Wednesday, boosted by some strong earnings updates and a rising tech sector after results from Apple exceeded weak expectations.

The first - quarter results of Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) were weighed down by tough comparisons from «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» and weak ESPN numbers.

So weak results in Q2 were helped by the decisionmaking of company management regarding closing down future revenue streams (projects).

Last month, Statistics Canada reported that the labour productivity rate growth contracted 0.2 per cent in 2015, by far its weakest result in three years.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its rating on Target Corp. following weaker - than - expected fourth - quarter results that were dragged down by a massive data breach and a disappointing foray into Canada.

Capital Markets Mergers & Acquisitions A need by banks to address weak earnings could result in increased merger activity in 2016, according to Fitch Ratings.

Weak or malfunctioning marriages often experience further fragmentation and perhaps termination, partly as a result of the crises precipitated by the «adolescing» of the children.

The emergence of nationalist tendencies in the colonies started to challenge the political domination of the industrialized countries, and as a result, the direct political domination by the rich over the exploited apparently became weak.

God is simply a fabrication by and for weak minds, for those who are incapable of facing the fact that there is no super-father to take care of them, that they are in fact responsible for their owns actions and the results thereof.

You think the miracles of creation (existence) in Genesis are less credible than a quantum flux out of a weak gravitational field resulted in organic matter simply by adding a time function.

We can't really say the result is a surprise but it doesn't stop us feeling let down by our weak attempt to stop Man City....

The QB has been throwing touchdowns at a record pace and the net result has helped Seattle to a 5 - 0 record ATS aided in part by games against the 49ers, Browns, and Ravens, three of the weaker defenses in the game.

By accepting everything, you are the weak and impotent and to be honest brainless moron who thinks doing more of the same will have a different result.

I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!

The research contradicts the findings of earlier studies, including one by researchers at Florida Tech in 2003, which suggested that heading in soccer may result in the short term in weaker mental performance, including a decline in cognitive function, difficulty in verbal learning, planning and maintaining attention and reduced information processing speed.

Two 2003 studies suggest that heading in soccer may result in weaker mental performance, including a decline in cognitive function, difficulty in verbal learning, planning and maintaining attention and reduced information processing speed, but a critical review of the literature in 2010 by an expert panel of the American Academy of Pediatrics found no support for such a finding, and a 2012 study in the journal Neurosurgery concluded that it was «unlikely» that the subtle cognitive differences detected were sufficient to affect the daily lives of players.

A common passion or interest will, in almost every case, be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and concert result from the form of government itself; and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual.

It's all rather a good advert against that most overrated of ideas: direct democracy - the silly notion that encouraging everyone to shout as loudly as they can won't result in the domination of the weak by the strong (or by those who are able to effectively bamboozle the majority).

Weak Oppositions rarely result in good governance by the majority party.

Republicans might cast ballot for perceived weaker candidate By Scott Bauer Associated Press Madison — Republican leaders hope their supporters vote for fake Democrats in May 8 recall elections, a move that could result in GOP backers having an influence...

One - third of people over the age of 65 fall every year, often as a result of poorer eyesight, weaker muscles or dizziness caused by illness or medication.

Among the historical figures bound by the thematic thread of dna in journalist Sam Kean's new book are Charles Hapsburg, whose weak chin was the result of royal inbreeding, and a group of Arctic explorers who were poisoned by the Vitamin A in polar bear liver, which threw off their gene expression.

George Daley of Harvard Medical School said on December 1 that he and his team have seen multiple patients affected by NEMO deficiency syndrome, a disorder where an inherited faulty gene results in a weak immune system and leaves patients prone to serious infections.

Moreover, Moertel seems to have staged a media coup by giving the results to the media first, which left Pauling and Cameron in a weak position.

Furthermore, the meeting should remove the stigma of NCDs, which are sometimes considered the result of unhealthy choices by weak individuals.

In cases of androstenedione over-production, testosterone gets blocked by its weaker cousin and the end result are low T levels.

By practicing brain games with brain stimulation programs, you will be given a personalized brain training program that will improve each user's weakest cognitive skills, which over time could help improve intelligence and reach one's desired cognitive results.

The latest string of results echoed this: Moncler's first quarter sales grew by 16 percent, driven by strength in Europe, whilst Burberry and Tod's suffered from weak demand in the USA.

What isn't strange, however, is that the resulting film, directed by Peyton Reed, seems weaker as a consequence of Wright's departure.

by Walter Chaw John Dahl's latest foray into knock - off B - movie territory is Joy Ride, a film that indulges an awkward dedication to hiding the face of its villain (which results in the biggest cheat of the film at its conclusion), presents predictably misogynistic victimizations for both of its female characters (followed by weak - wristed salvations), and demands an ironclad suspension of disbelief that the bad guy is omniscient, omnipresent, and only ruthless when there isn't a long speech to be made.

Hand - off results: Day 1 Studio's F.E.A.R 3 is generally regarded as the weakest of its kin, but in all fairness, the F.E.A.R franchise was already losing its edge by the time Day 1 took over.

Results of a poll released on Tuesday show strong public support for the idea of shared academic standards, but much weaker support for the standards that have been put in place by 43 states and the District of Columbia: the Common Core State Standards.

As a result, it is harder to detect particularly strong (or weak) performance by reading instructors than by math teachers.

By testing students, releasing the results to the public, and attaching rewards and sometimes a few weak sanctions to those results, accountability reformers have attempted to tighten the screws on local school boards, administrators, and classroom teachers.

While we spent recent years pretending that a teacher might lose his or her job because of an 8th grader's poor test results, we gave short shrift to the reality facing the 8th grader: a lifetime of truncated opportunities dictated by weak performance at an incredibly young age.

As a result of this legislation, over 350,000 education - related jobs were saved, state governments devised ambitious plans to compete for $ 4 billion in «Race to the Top» grants, and the federal government put forth solutions to the problems faced by the nation's weakest schools But the long - term impact of the stimulus money is much more unclear, according to a nationwide review led by the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media and the Education Writers Association.

Sir Michael will call for weak areas highlighted in the report to be targeted by programmes that raised results in places like London and Manchester, by focusing on leadership and school mentoring.

Graduation rates, Regents test scores, drop - out rates, the progress of minority students, the performance of the weakest 9th grade students — you name it, and the results, as evaluated and tabulated by the respected university - based scholars at the Research Alliance for New York City Schools, were very strong, even remarkable.

It is important to note that many of these results are much stronger for students with weaker reading skills, as measured by their 8th - grade reading scores.

The network's critics have long argued that it achieves those results in part by weeding out weak or difficult students, and the list appeared to lend some validity to those accusations.