Sentences with phrase «equal risk factors»

I would love to see a study with a matched control group... that is, a group with equal risk factors (education level, socioeconomic background, etc.)... that looked at breastfeeding and its effect on neglect.

Not exact matches

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For comparison, they also consider equal weight, minimum variance and equal risk contribution (equal contribution to portfolio risk by each individual factor) allocation approaches.

Construction methods include equal weighting, two versions of minimum volatility, three versions of mean - variance optimization, eight versions of reward - to - risk timing (six of which involve factor models) and a characteristic - based scheme that each year estimates stock weights based on market capitalization, book - to - market ratio, gross profitability, investment, short - term reversal and momentum.

If we see them as equal, then any risk factor added to the breastfeeding equation would tip the balance in favor of the alternative.

¹ Risk factors include, but are not limited to: Preeclampsia; Gestational age less than 36 0/7 weeks or more than or equal to 41 0/7 weeks; Meconium stained fluid; Shoulder dystocia; and Placental abruption.

«We need to have equal focus on stimulating the protective factors as well as limiting the risk factors.»

I read your article very carefully, as well as all the published information available, and I am very well read in the issues of genetics and schizophrenia, and this does not change one thing: risk factors do not equal cause or prevention.

Another way of asking what happens in this experiment is to ask whether this difference in hormonal and metabolic responses to diets of equal caloric content will have a meaningful effect on, say, fat accumulation and risk factors of chronic disease.

But that person has a higher risk of committing fraud than someone with a spotless credit history — all other factors being equal,» says John Warren, vice president and general counsel with the ACFE.

Impact investments generate returns that range from below market (sometimes called concessionary) to returns that can equal or exceed the market's, but with risk factors that differ from the market's.

They calculate alphas for each anomaly by using the specified linear model risk factors to adjust gross monthly returns from a portfolio that is long (short) the value - weighted or equal - weighted tenth of stocks that are «good» («bad») according to that anomaly, reforming the portfolio annually or monthly depending on anomaly input frequency.

They find that total return of the equal - weighted portfolio exceeds that of the value - and price - weighted because the equal - weighted portfolio has both a higher return for bearing systematic risk and a higher alpha measured using the four - factor model.

The researchers find find that the equal - weighted portfolio with monthly rebalancing outperforms the value - and price - weighted portfolios in terms of total mean return, four factor alpha, Sharpe ratio, and certainty - equivalent return, even though the equal - weighted portfolio has greater portfolio risk.

Regarding currency risk, it's true that if the currency of a country declines relative to your home country's currency, the value of that country's stocks will decline in your home country's currency (all other factors being equal).

There are strategies targeting single risk - factor exposure (e.g., value, low volatility, momentum, quality, or size), those employing alternative weighting methods (e.g., fundamental, dividend, or equal weight) and a smaller, but expanding, set of multifactor strategies coming to market.

Also, if the customers with high and low risk factor pay equal premiums, it would be injustice to the client who is less prone to risk.

In many cases, those who are applying for a no medical exam life insurance policy may have health conditions that deem them as being more of a risk to the insurance company — and because of that, these types of policies will often be costlier in terms of premium than a medically underwritten policy, with all other factors being equal.