Sentences with phrase «few years interest»

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Buoyed by uncommonly low interest rates, the industry has boasted of double - digit returns; the past few years, at least anecdotally, have been especially rich.

Michael Dell doesn't talk specifically about the companies he's interested in, but according to an April 2012 Forbes interview, Dell said he, personally, looks at over 250 companies every year that might fit into the company's acquisition strategy, even if the company only acts on a few.

The Federal Reserve's decisions over the past 12 months to continuously raise interest rates from the near zero percent level of the past few years have made it more profitable for big banks to lend money.

Private firms like Amur have proliferated in the past few years, which is hardly a surprise, given that Canada's stubbornly low interest rates have pushed investors into alternative asset classes, and residential real estate has generated stunning returns for investors and homeowners alike.

The minutes showed that Fed officials thought it may be appropriate to raise interest rates over the next few years faster than previously expected.

A lot of credit card debt, of course, has in the last few years been shifted over to lower - interest lines of credit, usually unsecured.

When those prices collapsed anew a few years later, the central bank dropped the benchmark interest rate back to its crisis - era setting of 0.5 per cent %.

For me, one of the most important, and surprising, discoveries over the last few years has been that choosing the best approach to balancing business and social concerns starts with a decision to make shareholder interests the higher priority.

Every few years, some interests on the left or right become frustrated that most Americans care deeply about the small - business community — and that concern gets in the way of those interests» policy objectives.

Having had the sublime pleasure of riding in a robot car a few years ago (and writing about it again recently), it was with great interest that I read the cover story in the latest issue of Wired.

But in the past few years, observe several academics, there has been a markedly increased interest in personality surveys.

Popova began her blog by pulling together all the interesting things she stumbled upon while working at an ad agency a few years ago.

The German bank has struggled over the last few years due to weak earnings, a low - interest rate environment and penalties on past misconduct.

Few Silicon Valley outfits have taken as keen an interest in Canada as Salesforce, which is this year celebrating its 10th anniversary in the country.

His interest in Canadian policy debates was rekindled a few years ago, he says, around the time he was invited to participate in a 2010 «thinkers» conference put on by then - Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff in Montréal.

I'm very interested to see how it influences the corporate world in the next few years.

I'm very interested to see how it affects the business world in the next few years.

Over the past few years, public pensions including California Public Employee's Retirement System (CalPERs) and California State Teacher's Retirement System (Calstrs)-- the largest in the country by assets — have posting mediocre returns due to low interest rates and growing retirement obligations.

It is set to conclude in the next few years, but Obama has indicated he has little interest in a deal with an independent Britain.

The last few years have seen a number of interesting developments for aircraft carriers.

That's significantly higher than the 4.63 % interest it got when it issued bonds to fund its own buyout a few years ago.

Janet Yellen has spent that last few years preparing investors for rising interest rates.

A few years ago, the notion of negative interest rates was a purely academic discussion.

Deloitte's interest in 3D printing has grown along with improvements in the technology over the past few years that increasingly let companies quickly print custom designed products with materials like plastics, nylon, and other resins.

What if oil stayed at just $ 60 a barrel for a few years, as the Bank of Canada assumed in January 2015 when it cut interest rates?

While the country's online purchases are lower in comparison to other countries, this is expected to grow in the next few years, which could leave an opening for businesses interested in reaching those new online shoppers.

Nevertheless, the latest gain in earnings left them up just 2.1 percent from a year ago - in the same tepid range they have been in for the past few years and well below the 3 percent or more economists say the Fed would want to see before lifting benchmark interest rates.

While at the beginning of 2011 trading in euro - dollar futures was still foreseeing a return to typical interest rates over the next few years, that view has given way to expectations that rates will remain low for a decade to come.

Christie had floated his interest in radio and even filled in for Francesa a few times over the past year to results that are at the very least interesting, but it appears that WFAN will have to look in another direction.

For instance, Kovel said, robot toys made in Japan after World War II took off in price for a few years, but then interest dropped off.

While interest rates have been historically low for the past few years, a consequence has been that banks became stingy when it came to making loans.

On one hand, Apple has made it abundantly clear over the last few years that it's keenly interested in health.

The economy may be healthy enough for them to raise interest rates, but the new 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent target for the benchmark fed funds rate, up a quarter point from where it had been, remains far below the historical norm — and, by all indications, the Fed still expects rates to stay low for at least a few more years.

Interest rates will inevitably rise, as the Bank of Canada keeps pointing out, and the federal government has instituted numerous changes over the past few years that will make a home purchase more difficult for first - time buyers.

Hey, Inc., the company behind the app had an interesting backstory: After building a few successful gaming apps, they had tried, for four years, to make their social media app take off.

«Policy makers will continue to watch this metric, but rising interest rates and better income growth should stabilize, then nudge this ratio lower over the next few years.»

«Most informed investors believe that when interest rates go higher, as they are expected to within the next few years, condo prices will be hit very hard,» says MacKenzie.

Over the past few years, analysts have noticed an interesting, unexpected trend.

University of Michigan professor Wayne Baker, who includes open - book finance in his curriculum, says he's seen increased interest in the past few years.

There are a few hundred microlenders throughout the United States and while they often charge slightly higher interest rates for loans than banks, they've helped 250,000 - 300,000 small businesses each year and lent more than $ 2 billion nationwide during the past 10 years, according to the Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO), the trade association for microlenders.

Drawing interest domestically and abroad, the NBA has seen its popularity and revenue streams rapidly increase over the past few years.

Lola's still quite a few years away from college and getting a job, but we thought we'd ask what some of the career options are for kids who are interested in careers involving animals and animal rights.

Even if social media is predictable at the moment, that martech investment could make the space more interesting in the next few years.

They require fixed - rate interest in the first few years of the loan followed by variable rate interest after that.

Equities really have had the best of all worlds these past few years, with earnings growth in the double digits and financial conditions remaining very accommodative, despite the recent rise in both short - and long - term interest rates.1 The combination of rising earnings growth and benign financial conditions is a powerful set of tailwinds which usually drives stock valuations higher.

This area of the city has always been an interesting entertainment scene, but in the past few years, the number of unique, high - caliber eateries, bars, and bistros has exploded...

Public interest and transaction volume has grown more or less steadily for the past five years, and the «blocks» that make up the blockchain — bundles of about 2,000 transactions compiled every few minutes — are getting very crowded.

Through the years, the Kelley School has fashioned a reputation as a true MBA innovator, from being one of the few programs that give a single grade for the entire core curriculum to having a series of first - year academies that provide experiential learning, consulting projects and coaching to students interested in six core areas that range from capital markets and strategic finance to consulting and supply chain management.

Progress in a few areas has been solid: slashing of bureaucratic red tape has led to a surge in new private businesses; full liberalization of interest rates seems likely following the introduction of bank deposit insurance in May; Rmb 2 trillion (US$ 325 billion) of local government debt is being sensibly restructured into long - term bonds; tighter environmental regulation and more stringent resource taxes have contributed to a surprising two - year decline in China's consumption of coal.

«With interest rates poised to rise over the next few years, a large allocation to bonds, especially now, may result in significant capital loss,» said Hardeep Walia, CEO of Motif Investing.