Sentences with phrase «few percentage points»

You can mess your picture up in a hurry with these fine settings, but they're also the path to the last few percentage points of image accuracy.

You don't want investors who would call you each time the market is down few percentage points.

Most people are good for the first few percentage points of decrease.

Some companies allow payment via credit cards, so picking up an additional few percentage points there, or even points, might be something to ask about when applying.

Very often car dealers mark up auto loans by few percentage point in addition to the commissions they get from auto lenders, and make you pay extra thousands of dollars in interest, most of which goes straight to their pockets.

Foreign transaction fees (where the credit card company charges an additional few percentage points on the purchase to convert currencies) are actually where credit card companies do make money off me; something sadly unavoidable since no Canadian travel credit cards offer free foreign transaction fees.

At Montgomery, however, we know our clients care more about losing 30 per cent, 40 per cent or 50 per cent than they care about trying to squeeze out an extra few percentage points of gain in a bubble.

The catch is that you pay back that loan plus interest — and those measly few percentage points can really add up.

They won't give you rockstar returns, but a steady few percentage points (depending on the interest rate environment) is something you can depend on.

Unsecured loans are only ahead of collateral - backed loans by few percentage points, ranging in low 20 % APRs, and higher.

Integrating the first few percentage points of variable renewables into generation poses few problems for most power systems.

«We don't want people risking something that's important for an extra few percentage points.»

Work out in a fasted state, consider intermittent fasting — Although advanced techniques to get to super low body fat percentages are beyond the scope of this article, here's another tactic if you want to drop the last few percentage points: strength train in a fasted state, and don't consume your first meal of the day until AFTER your workout.

Think of what would happen if we could grow that by even a few percentage points.»

Shipments have been steadily ticking up a few percentage points each week during that time, relative to their 52 - week average, according to MillerCoors.

On a positive note, I have seen a slight improvement by a few percentage points in most of the core metrics since I last checked back in November 2016.

Shipments have steadily ticked up a few percentage points each week in the second half of 2014, relative to their 52 - week average, according to MillerCoors.

So taxes rising a few percentage points each year along with growth and population would make sense.

While outlet malls are expected to add only a few percentage points to RioCan's and Calloway's respective asset bases, they will impose new cost pressures on traditional retailers, and add a significant new element to the fast - changing mix of Canada's retail.

The fees can vary from less than 1 percent to a few percentage points — and interest at the prime rate to several points over prime on the balance of receivables you sell, making it steeper than most bank loans.

Instead of worrying about bargaining for a few percentage points off the rate, spend time negotiating the lease's term and thinking about the company's true needs for the future.

Facebook stock is up a few percentage points after CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the recent scandals hadn't made «any meaningful impact» on the business.

The share prices of major hospital chains such as HCA Holdings Inc, Community Health Systems Inc and Tenet Healthcare Corp fell a few percentage points within minutes of the Supreme Court's announcement.

But AMD gained only a few percentage points of market share against Intel (intc) and investors had been hoping to see profit margins and earnings per share improve more quickly, too.

The brewer's brands are usually priced a few percentage points higher than local competitors, but the difference is now as much as 30 % in some regions, a situation that Carlsberg says can't last.

Have you devoted any time to considering how you could improve your business by an order of magnitude rather than a few percentage points?

(Let paper waste creep up a few percentage points, and suddenly, your business is in the red.)

Or, maybe you'll come close and miss it by a few percentage points and tell yourself, «I did my best.»

And that's how, over time, you can lose a few percentage points of fat even if you don't change your exercise routine and don't change what you eat; keep all the other variables consistent and intermittent fasting will cause you to lose fat.

If you're lucky, extra attention might result in a few percentage points of extra performance.

And if — inflation is gonna average 2 %, it'll be above by a few percentage points from time to time.

Some of my properties are mortgaged so that drops the return a few percentage points.

Apple originally had planned to pay music owners 71.5 % of Apple Music's subscription revenue after the trial period ended, Re / code previously reported, which was «a few percentage points higher than the industry standard,» to account for the longer trial period.

Devaluation risks are much less of a concern to investors now compared with the near panic in 2015 when the currency fell by a few percentage points.

While the rates are subject to tweaking, the general idea is that Hilton has eliminated what was once the best available rate and introduced a «fully flexible» rate that's higher than the old BAR by a few percentage points, Nassetta said.

Shares of PFE were trading a few percentage points lower on the release.

Speculators could borrow at only a few percentage points interest in Japan, and convert their debt into foreign currency and lend to equally desperate countries such as Iceland at up to 15 per cent.

Depending on your credit, you could shave off a few percentage points in interest, resulting in big savings.

But Kondrk says Apple's payouts are a few percentage points higher than the industry standard, in part to account for the lengthy trial period; most paid subscription services offer a free one - month trial.

This is not simply because Harper is better liked by Canadians who prefer to steer an SUV while sipping their Starbucks (though polls suggest he is); this is because Conservative candidates finished within a few percentage points of winning quite a few of those suburban ridings in 2006.

Interest rates on bridge loans are a few percentage points higher than the going market rate.

The maximum allowed interest rates for the program are based on the WSJ Prime Rate plus a margin of a few percentage points.

Interest rates are usually within a few percentage points of a prime rate, such as the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Prime Rate.

Small fluctuations of a few percentage points occurred right before and after the 2009 recession.

«Even a change of a few percentage points in those areas can have a big impact on sales.»

In the meantime, you're likely to collect at least a few percentage points of interest or money market dividends, possibly keeping pace with inflation.

But only a few percentage points or so of all grocery shopping happens online, according to analysts» figures.