Sentences with phrase «equity concerns about»

The two issues cited most often were equity concerns about lack of Internet access at home and the fear of teachers not wanting to go digital, including teachers not comfortable or effective with digital learning.

Anyone with equity concerns about the city's reforms should read two recent pieces.

Not exact matches

Ignore all the day - to - day headlines out of Washington, he said on «Fast Money Halftime Report,» even as equities were coming intense under pressure on concerns about a trade war after President Donald Trump announced steel and aluminum tariffs.

Despite the rocking start to the New Year so far, I remain concerned about the near - term future for equities.

The company considered an offering in May, when equity crowdfunding became legal, but backed off because of concerns about whether it could draw interest, Mr. Coleman said.

Private equity and alternative investments could fall into disfavor as a result of concerns about liquidity and short - term performance.

An abrupt rise in interest rates, concerns about rising inflation, and a potentially more hawkish Federal Reserve have created an equity market tantrum that now has the Dow and S&P 500 Index in full correction territory (a correction is a price decline of between 10 % and 20 %).

Other considerations that have historically been important would persist independent of our various concerns about profit margins, Fed - induced yield - seeking, covenant - lite leveraged loan issuance, equity margin debt, economic deceleration, and so forth.

When founders sometimes bring in co-founders, they are concerned about equity dilution.

• Nike is reviewing its human resources department after employees raised concerns about pay equity and corporate culture.

Assuming that the total amount of bad debt in the banking system exceeds total bank capital — something which is almost certainly true — the conversion of debt which can not be serviced into an equity position that is unlikely to generate much more (and in an economic downturn, which is when we are most concerned about the debt burden, we can assume that the decline in value of these equity positions will be highly correlated) leaves the net indebtedness of the banking system unchanged, and so the contingent liabilities of the government are unchanged even as reported debt in the system declines.

Concerns about global trade tensions between China and the U.S. and the fear that the stellar earnings could be as good as it gets for stocks are all combining to undermine the sort of confidence that was in abundance during last year's run of repeated records for equity benchmarks, as the U.S. economy enters it ninth year of expansion and as the Federal Reserve moves to normalize monetary policy from crisis - era levels.

But we don't see a reason to be overly concerned about equities, as long as the U.S. economy keeps churning along at its current pace, though there is greater risk for bonds.

For investors who want to maintain equity exposure but are concerned about overall equity market volatility, less volatile dividend stocks may offer an attractive alternative.

This could also be of concern for those nervous about equity markets.

This switch from raising funds in equity markets to bond markets would, other things equal, also tend to raise concerns about credit quality, as corporate leverage would tend to rise.

While the early - 2017 Federal Reserve minutes «expressed concern [about] the low level of implied volatility in equity markets,» it is worth noting that the SPX implied volatility levels at both 80 % and 90 % moneyness (corresponding with out - of - the - money puts used for portfolio protection) generally were much higher than the VIX levels.

This recent instability comes as yields have jumped from July record lows and investors have become concerned about the implications of higher bond yields for equity valuations.

The Strategic Growth Fund and Strategic International Equity Fund remain tightly hedged here, but it bears repeating that our defensiveness at present is not driven by valuation considerations alone, nor by our broader concerns about underlying debt and mortgage conditions.

Despite the recent fluctuations and concern about major corrections in global equity markets, Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at Oanda, says fundamentals, like corporate earnings, remain positive.

Where we are concerned about volatility risks in global equity, we can focus exposure on stocks that exhibit the «quality» factor.

Investors are now also concerned about softer manufacturing activities and weaker commodity and Chinese equity prices.

This was a welcome development for Metals & Mining equities, as metal prices have been under pressure for most of 2011 and 2012, largely, we suspect, due to concerns about a recession in Europe, slowing growth in key emerging markets, especially China, and the sluggish pace of economic recovery at home.

Accordingly, a year - over-year increase in new claims of about 20 % (which would currently equate to a level of about 340,000 weekly new claims) would create a significant concern of a new recession in progress, particularly if coupled with other evidence such as equity market weakness and slowing growth in real personal income.

We focus on the Swiss franc in this debate, but I'm just as concerned about the equity and bond market.

Greek equities took another battering Wednesday while its yields spiked, as concerns about the strength of the euro zone economy returned to spook investors.

Nonetheless, in the case of a number of well - established US corporates, investors remain concerned about the extent of unfunded medical and pension liabilities and the equity prices of these firms have generally underperformed the overall market.

The rise in yields began to unwind in late March, however, in response to the fall in global equity prices and growing concern about the impact of higher oil prices on global economic activity.

As the NAFTA negotiators pause to consider the latest U.S. proposal on auto rules of origin, Here For America companies continue to have concerns about its complexity, equity and achievability.

Global equity markets have more than doubled from 2008 - 2009 financial crisis lows, but with concerns about China, credit, central bank policies, currencies and commodities all piling up, where do we go from here?

Equity market volatility has increased from the very low levels of last year, partly because of concerns about the direction of international trade policy in the United States.

These groups were less concerned about market fluctuations and more concerned with issues of social equity, environmental health and having fun, which meant they unwittingly epitomised the goals of political ecology, by challenging the dominant agricultural methods of production and marketing.

Most of the discussion has been about the problem of campus sexual assault, but the overall concerns that the DOE will not enforce gender equity under Title IX bleeds over into sports, too.

«While we are concerned about long - term return in private equity, we have reason to be encouraged by the relative returns of our private equity portfolio in recent years,» a spokesman for the comptroller's office said.

Small businesses - that together employ twelve million people - are concerned that any changes proposed in the forthcoming Pre-Budget Report may stifle their ability to grow instead of addressing concerns about private equity.

It's not exactly clear why the board delayed discussing the subsidies, but state Sen. John DeFrancisco told the website that Republicans are concerned about Triangle Equities» lack of progress on the project and whether it will secure financing from other sources.

And I think it is safe to say that Gary Oldman could care less about homelessness, women's rights to pay equity and their right to choose, as wll as issues concerning public health or housing, etc..

However, others expressed skepticism about what I shall call the Overregulation Theory, and proposed alternative explanations for the LSP's poor results, while a few more raised concerns about the impact of a more free - market school choice system on equity.

This shift has been stimulated by a combination of influences, including greater demand by families at all economic levels, increased public understanding of the importance of early learning, greater support for investment in programs for low income children as a matter of equity, and growing concern about the threat of economic globalization and the need to enhance the nation's human capital by building a strong foundation early in life

«From the time I was really young, I was concerned about educational equity,» Mundy - Shephard says, noting she often dreamed about opening privately - funded boarding schools for low - income students.

Most of our concerns about equity of access are likely to be addressed if we simply empower disadvantaged families with higher resource amounts.

It is one thing to share the authors» concerns about equity and current threats to social cohesion (which I do) and quite another to think they have made the case either that charter schools are threats to those values or that schools controlled by elected school boards effectively promote them.

Lecturer in Literacies Education at the University of Southern Queensland, Stewart Riddle, told The Conversation the review has been little more than a political distraction from addressing serious concerns about equity in our schools.

I've been long - concerned about The manipulation of Social Emotional Learning and what can often be its lack of connection to racial equity issues.

At the same time, increased public and elite concern about the effect of underperforming schools on national equity and economic competitiveness has created new political incentives for policymakers to embrace innovative approaches to teacher quality and school reform generally.

Either way, decisions about Title I school designation would be driven by SNS compliance concerns rather than instructional or equity goals.

Another competitive education grant program from the Obama administration — this one designed to overhaul the teaching profession — has state and local policymakers concerned about equity and flexibility.

It will also provide an opportunity for concerned community members in Nashville to raise questions about access, achievement, equity, and accountability.

The Council on Educational Services for Exceptional Children, an advisory panel for the state board that includes parents, educators and legislators, offered a number of cautions about the new policy in January, citing concerns about equity.

Dear Members of the Commission: The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) is concerned about the damage done to educational equity and excellence by the use of high - stakes testing.