Sentences with phrase «examples of good fund»

There are of course many more examples of the better funded campaign winning.

Not exact matches

And if the global economy truly is as screwed as some believe — like Kyle Bass, for example, a Dallas fund manager Lewis encounters who predicted the sub-prime mortgage disaster and who has since bought an isolated ranch with its own water supply and an arsenal of weaponry, betting on severe economic collapse — then you're probably better off saving your nickels.

For example, the outlook for Government of Canada transfers is subject to changes in economic variables that affect federal funding as well as changes by the federal government to the funding arrangements themselves.

The AIIB's willingness, for example, to fund projects the more conservative Asian development bank won't because of pressure from developed market non-governmental organizations is arguably good for future globalization.

A good example is the operation of U.S. money markets — as noted in the recent Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) report, we still have some of the vulnerabilities in the wholesale funding markets that led to the Fed's intervention: triparty repo, and the risk of money market mutual funds breaking the buck.

As was documented by The American Prospect in April, the Trump Organization has repeatedly benefited from federal funding; for example, Trump owns part of a low - income housing development in Brooklyn that has received numerous grants from HUD (and that the president once called «one of the best investments I ever made»).

The best example of diversification with one investment is to own a diversified index mutual fund — for instance, one that tracks the S&P 500.

Money that you'll need in the short term or that you can't afford to lose — the down payment on a home, for example — is best invested in relatively stable assets, such as money market funds, certificates of deposit (CDs) or Treasury bills.

If Japan tries to increase domestic savings to fund the debt, for example by limiting wage increases, or by taxing consumption, both of which they have proposed, these measures may well cause domestic investment to fall.

Trusts enjoy, effectively, indefinite longevity (they have a finite existence, but it can be a good long time) and can have limited liability for benficiaries (but not for trustees) and have legal personality (in the form of the trustee) and yet we permit them to pass income through to their benefiaries to avoid tax at the trust level (so that, for example, most mutual fund trusts in Canada pay no income tax - in fact, if you look at their trust indentures, most of them are required to arrange their affairs so as not to pay tax).

For example, Bill and Melinda Gates — and a consortium of other well - known investors — recently launched the $ 2 billion green energy Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, whose goal is to invest in technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least half a gigaton.

Over the past couple of years, speculators have also used short sales of gold to obtain low cost funds to invest in other assets — for example, by shorting gold (borrowing it and selling it in the spot market), market participants have been able to obtain US dollars at between 1 and 2 per cent, well below the rate of return available on US assets.

Ms Quinn: I notice now that we can select from ETF, as well as mutual funds, here we have a but of mystery example.

Unless you really need or especially value the human touch that those services provide, you're probably better off simply choosing low - cost index fund options at a fraction of the bank cost through robo - advisers, which use algorithms to provide automated investment advice, or investment companies (examples of which include Charles Schwab or Vanguard).

This good example where some of the supply went and more notably, how its funded / leveraged.

Indeed, over the years, Georgetown has been perhaps the clearest example of what many such schools practice: the whipsaw of «Catholic tradition,» in which the strongest declarations of Catholic identity come from the fund - raisers, the alumni association, and the public - relations office ¯ all the people trying to sell the university in a tight economic situation that requires a good bit of niche marketing.

Good examples of topics where this tends to happen are abortion, school funding, pray at public events, and so on.

An example is the case of Rugasira, whom the government supported by helping them buy a coffee roaster as well as some funding.

The consensus: online fundraising rates are going up, with the Webb campaign receiving almost half of its funds through the Internet as a good example.

I think your summary of the differences between the liberal and social democratic positions is a fair one, but I do think that post 18 education and training is a fine example of a «merit good», and that there is considerable benefit to both individuals and society from earmarking this funding for education and study.

Professionals who are in close contact with elderly people could soon be in a better position to spot if they are being financially exploited, for example through a lottery scam or by a deceitful relative draining the bank account, thanks to a pioneering new study funded by the UK Research Councils» New Dynamics of Ageing programme (NDA)

''... these funds are most effective only when they are spent with good intentions, and all across the state we see daily examples of waste, fraud and abuse of the system,» Griffo said in a statement.

Or the Saharan example of UN funded wells.

I want to talk about equity beyond funding,» Nelms said, pointing to training as an example of how the funding might be better used.

«There is probably no clearer example of how Mike Bloomberg uses his immense private wealth for public power in a fashion that is unprecedented not only at the city level but at the state and national levels, as well,» Douglas A. Muzzio, a professor at the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College, said, referring to the Doe Fund.

As The Guardian notes, this is just the latest example of Team Obama's revolutionary use of the internet to produce the best - funded and best - supported campaign in US political history.

For example, I have voted to improve fuel efficiency standards for vehicles, to provide communities with funding to expand public transportation, to provide tax credits to expand the use of wind and solar technologies, as well as expanding access to grants and tax credits for homeowners to weatherize their homes and purchase more fuel efficient vehicles.

We're funding innovative STD prevention sites on the Internet, which is where many men who have sex with men, for example, meet partners [as well as] programs at bathhouses and other kinds of venues where men who have sex with men may meet and gather.

In the process, the inventors themselves bring recognition to the value of innovation, serving as living examples of what an inventor can accomplish in terms of solving problems that confront society, as well as advocating for the support of innovation through prerequisites such as strong STEM education and sustained government funding of science and technology.

This event will provide an overview of the recent National Research Council report, «Successful K - 12 STEM Education,» as well as give examples of innovative research - based tools for engineering education funded by the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Education and Human Resources.

But with lawmakers and government agencies ratcheting up the rhetoric about dirty bombs in their lobbying for more funding, the average citizen can hardly be blamed for considering dirty bombs a grave threat — a perfect example of well - intentioned efforts that would amplify, not dampen, the impact of a terrorist attack.

She identified development of national flood building and disaster resiliency standards as two examples that could «drive locals to make better decisions,» and noted the president just announced that all international development programs will have to undertake a climate risk assessment going forward to qualify for federal funds.

Funding for science and engineering creates good jobs throughout the local community: Families USA has estimated, for example, that each $ 1 billion of NIH research grant funding creates over 15,000 jobs with an average wage of $ 52,000 / year and generates $ 2.21 billion of new business activity, a much better «multiplier» than many other proposed parts of the stimulus pFunding for science and engineering creates good jobs throughout the local community: Families USA has estimated, for example, that each $ 1 billion of NIH research grant funding creates over 15,000 jobs with an average wage of $ 52,000 / year and generates $ 2.21 billion of new business activity, a much better «multiplier» than many other proposed parts of the stimulus pfunding creates over 15,000 jobs with an average wage of $ 52,000 / year and generates $ 2.21 billion of new business activity, a much better «multiplier» than many other proposed parts of the stimulus package.

Examples of putting the funds to good use include providing staff with professional development, mentoring, training and resources to help teach the subject more effectively, and hiring qualified sports coaches to work with teachers to enhance or extend opportunities.

It is true that a district with more funds per pupil than its neighbors can afford to offer more or better services (in the form of extracurriculars, smaller classes, and individualized learning time, for example).

For example, while the Teacher Incentive Fund has historically focused on compensating teachers for their performance, we should also encourage districts to start compensating more teachers based on the difficulty of their job and the supply of people who can do it well.

For instance, in a recent study by Kings College London, Beyond Barriers to LOtC in the Natural Environment, evidence showed «there are many examples of schools with relatively restricted budgets providing exemplary LOtC and relatively well - funded schools doing very little».

Parents at Leesburg Elementary School in Virginia's Loudoun County, for example, found themselves in a fracas with the school's principal after he refused to provide them better accounting of the funds they helped raise and tell them what the school was doing to improve student achievement.

This is a great example of taking a key partner and leveraging public and philanthropic funding as well as university partners to drive a city - wide goal to support students.»

Every page has an example of a very good leader wrestling with old rules, habits, programs, and funding streams, struggling to make a new type of organization out of one created for a different time and different purposes.

There is no minimum size for EEF - funded projects and we might fund a small project in one school if the research design was good enough, for example involving random assignment of individual students.

Increased funding may very well be needed, but what recent coverage has missed is that the Mississippi School for Math the Science and similarly the Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) are two of the most strikingly successful — and widely acclaimed — examples of public school choice success in Mississippi.

The letter reiterates ESSA's seven principles for good assessments and provides examples of how States and districts can use ESSA funds to support fewer, smarter high - quality assessments.

For example, charter schools are publicly funded but are much more independent than traditional public schools, and far more often than not, they do a better job of educating the poor.

Well, for example, when Catalyst asked how Chicago Public Schools justifies $ 76 million in increased funding to charter schools despite their lackluster performance and the district's enormous deficit, spokeswoman Becky Carroll said that «our job is to not only help build high - quality schools, but expand the number of choices.»

There is probably no better example of how the legislature manipulates school funding than the topic of Ghost Money.

The U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, for example, might have chalked up a better record improving the academic record of low - achieving children in American families than has the U.S. Department of Education if it had been tasked by Congress to improve maternal skills in reading and writing and given similar funding.

For example, the judge in the CCJEF school funding case found a lack of reading and math intervention staff throughout the CCJEF districts, as well as shortages of space, time and supplies for reading and math intervention.

While Carnegie Corporation of New York funds education programs across the United States, we often find ourselves looking globally for examples of how to serve students best.

One of the best examples of this is the nation's only federally funded voucher program: the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program.