Sentences with phrase «conservative assumptions in»

Felten makes a series of conservative assumptions in order to arrive at some estimates of the size of the collected data — the size of the problem, if you will.

On the to - be-developed parcels we use very conservative assumptions in an NPV approach.

Not exact matches

Unscrupulous executives discovered they could set aside reserves in good periods by making overly conservative assumptions.

Using our interactive models, we find that using our $ 43 target as a take - out price, fairly conservative deal structures and synergy assumptions could result in an accretive deal for direct peers or regional banks, although given the more obvious scale synergies possible with peers the accretion potential would seem higher for that group.

Despite the unforeseen fall in oil prices in 2014, the Conservative government, with a lot of slight of hand (reduction in contingency reserve, selling GM shares at fire sale prices, optimistic economic and oil price assumptions), produced a budget that financed all of its pre-election promises, while still leaving a surplus of $ 1.4 billion in 2015 - 16 rising to $ 4.8 billion in 2019 - 20.

I based my growth expectations on what I think were conservative estimates of consumption growth and the growth in productive investment (with which the reported data is currently consistent, although do not prove my assumptions one way or the other), but I always pointed out that as long as credit growth accelerated, the growth in non-productive investment would remain high, in which case reported GDP would also remain high for much longer.

It is clear from the model, however, that without a major change or disruption in policymaking, current debt dynamics will be hard to sustain, even with assumptions underlying the logic that are very conservative.

The Conservatives and the NDP have based their planning framework on assumptions from the April 2015 budget, before it was understood that Canada was in a recession.

A first one for the first 10 years that will reflect best the current situation of the company and another one for the years after that should correspond to a more conservative number in order to make a strong assumption.

When you project an infinite dividend growth rate, it is crucial to remain conservative in your assumptions.

Using conservative assumptions, they estimate that WU.com will account for 27 % of Western Union's enterprise value in 2020, up from 11 % in 2016.

But even if that were a safe assumption — and there is no evidence to suggest that it is — what if the United Conservative Party takes office in Alberta in 2019?

Given patient mix, we could be conservative in our assumption that the blended avg price per patient over time is ~ $ 200K as this is below Myozyme ($ 600K) pricing.

In this context of aughties - unease, older conservative assumptions of a natural alliance between more libertarian Americans and more socially conservative ones, around the supposedly shared attributes of religious Liberty, economic Liberty, and political Liberty, with the threat of Islamist terror cast as the substitute for that of Communist domination, fell flat.

First, churches in the ecumenical center must forego the temptation to imitate the conservative theology, and style on the assumption that this is what will succeed.

The «context of Scripture» became the primary determining factor in defining what the Bible is... The conservatives» reaction was also problematic in that it implicitly assumed what their opponents also assumed: the Bible, being the word of God, ought to be historically accurate in all its details (since God would not lie or make errors) and unique its own setting (since God's word is revealed, which implies a specific type of uniqueness)... Conservatives have tended to employ a strategy of selective engagement, embracing evidence that seems to support their assumptions... but retreating from evidence that seems to undercut these assumpconservatives» reaction was also problematic in that it implicitly assumed what their opponents also assumed: the Bible, being the word of God, ought to be historically accurate in all its details (since God would not lie or make errors) and unique its own setting (since God's word is revealed, which implies a specific type of uniqueness)... Conservatives have tended to employ a strategy of selective engagement, embracing evidence that seems to support their assumptions... but retreating from evidence that seems to undercut these assumpConservatives have tended to employ a strategy of selective engagement, embracing evidence that seems to support their assumptions... but retreating from evidence that seems to undercut these assumptions.»

It may, of course, be conservative in spirit and is so at least to the extent that it begins with the assumption that the Scriptures remain normative for the church.

Given the overwhelming evangelical ambience of the Sunbelt, however, and the safe assumption that the RCA must reflect that attitude in order to succeed in the area, it is not difficult to predict that what has been the dominant theological position of the church may very well in the next ten years become a minority one as the conservative evangelicalism of the new Sunbelt churches joins forces with the existing strength of that position in the midwest.

Let's start with one rather large false assumption made in the quote above by Amanda, affirmed by Martha and the book she was reviewing: that Attachment Parenting (AP) is an elaborate parenting theory created to achieve the same result as the conservative movement — i.e. to hold a woman at home, tied to the kitchen.

Still fresh and revived from his triumph at the general election - and to wipe out the Conservatives» majority at an election called suddenly and unexpectedly by a prime minister who was twenty five points ahead in the polls was a genuine triumph - Jeremy Corbyn's words will be received by renewed adulation from his admirers and a new respect from critics who he proved to be wrong in many of their outdated assumptions.

He appears to be largely correct in that assumption because there have been relatively few Conservative to Labour transfers.

Yes it is more staggering that a politician like Ken Livingstone was ever seriously in contention at all The system was designed to make it harder for the Conservative Party though the assumption being that Conservatives are the second choice of relatively few people.

But it takes the Conservatives one giant leap closer to power, in terms of the electorate's assumptions if not actual Commons seats.

Having led the Leave campaign in the EU referendum, the assumption was that Johnson would sweep to victory in the contest to replace David Cameron as Conservative leader and prime minister.

Putting the final deal to a vote in parliament is a compromise of sorts but if you operate under the assumption that the Conservatives believe they are electorally secure it more resembles a millionaire giving a pound coin to charity: «No skin off my nose.»

«No government - whether it's a coalition of parties, or a coalition of rivalries as in the Blair - Brown governments - is able to survive without a core set of common assumptions and aspirations,» Mr Clegg said, in an argument which emphasised the important areas where the Conservatives and Lib Dems are reading off the same hymn sheet.

The lawsuit filed by a conservative group seeking to repeal the same - sex marriage law that took effect Sunday relies on a lot of assumptions, incendiary charges and the hope the judiciary will become involve with the rules of order in the state Senate.

Its core assumption is that ideological conservatives made the Republican Party their vehicle and rallied in lock step against Democrats.

With conservative assumptions about sea level rise and the subsidence of the area, two diversion structures — large concrete sluices placed in the river embankment — would create about 700 square kilometers of land over 30 years, said Gary Parker of the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign.

On the assumption that Cameron will indeed craft a governing majority, ScienceInsider has used the Conservative Party's manifesto, speeches by its officials, and news interviews in other publications to compile the Conservative Party's position on some key issues related to British research:

Using conservative assumptions, the researchers estimate that they found 11,000 cases of upcoded infections per year — about $ 200 million in unwarranted payments — in a sampling of about 492,000 Medicare patients who had hospital stays between 2009 and 2010.

Based on conservative assumptions, the analysis showed that over one million health center patients in the opt - out states who would have gained Medicaid coverage under an expansion will likely remain without insurance.

Furthermore, the main findings of our study were still significant in sensitivity analyses under the most conservative assumption that diet was unrelated to inflammatory disease mortality in those excluded from analyses.

Contrary to common assumptions, only a small minority of conservative Christians take the stance that Christian kids should be in Christian schools as a matter of principle.

TFA, suitably representative of the liberal education reform more generally, underwrites, intentionally or not, the conservative assumptions of the education reform movement: that teacher's unions serve as barriers to quality education; that testing is the best way to assess quality education; that educating poor children is best done by institutionalizing them; that meritocracy is an end - in - itself; that social class is an unimportant variable in education reform; that education policy is best made by evading politics proper; and that faith in public school teachers is misplaced.

I just gathered up my courage and quit my day job to go writing full - time this year, and I hope to hit that high data point in 2014 I know quite a few other indie authors who are doing much better, so I'm only surprised at how low these numbers are (granted, they're conservative assumptions, but still).

This will give you the percentage of your portfolio that you should have dedicated to stocks, with the assumption that the remaining amount be invested in conservative investments like bonds.

We've given a lot of thought to contingent plans and conservative assumptions which I detailed in the post on walking softly and carrying a 4 × 4 to secure retirement.

If you make the conservative assumption that your investments will just keep pace with inflation during the years leading up to age 65, that means you will need an extra $ 50,000 in your nest egg to cover every year earlier you retire.

He also takes a conservative approach to how much money one needs in retirement, using a 4 % withdrawal assumption, which in a low interest - rate and mid-to-high P / E environment like today is only reasonable.

So 9 % is a very conservative planning assumption at current valuations, is beneath the TSE / TSX index's long - term average return, and an acceleration in inflation is not required to achieve such return.

In Canada the risk of a pension collapse like those in some U.S. jurisdictions seems negligible because of stricter regulations that require more conservative assumptions and practiceIn Canada the risk of a pension collapse like those in some U.S. jurisdictions seems negligible because of stricter regulations that require more conservative assumptions and practicein some U.S. jurisdictions seems negligible because of stricter regulations that require more conservative assumptions and practices.

«MBA analysis shows that if FHA were to adopt a policy which stepped down the [annual] MIP in year 10 of the loan, reducing it to 60 basis points for the balance of the life of the loan, the net present value of cash flow to FHA would remain positive under conservative assumptions,» the April 2 letter says.

A first one for the first 10 years that will reflect best the current situation of the company and another one for the years after that should correspond to a more conservative number in order to make a strong assumption.

When you project an infinite dividend growth rate, it is crucial to remain conservative in your assumptions.

My assumed return was 6.5 % (one can get nearly 7 % in municipal bond funds that I'm comfortable with, so my assumption is a fairly conservative one).

The most important thing I try to focus on is having a margin of safety in my investments and be conservative in making assumptions.

A conservative assumption is that their low - cost portfolio will produce 6 % annual returns, meaning their $ 170,000 in savings will double over the next 12 years.

Which all equates to $ 9.74 per share — but I'm surely conservative in my assumptions, so stretching my valuation to the $ 11 bid appears fairly reasonable.

And the default assumptions embedded in TFG's valuation models are relatively conservative vs. the current run rate for leveraged loan defaults.