Sentences with phrase «fund by a percentage point»

Over the past 20 years (which is as far back as our mutual fund database extends), the Couch Potato has beaten the average Canadian balanced mutual fund by a percentage point and a half per year.

Not exact matches

Looking at the global economy, the Fund noted that «global economic activity continues to firm up» and is estimated to have grown by 3.7 percent in 2017, which is 0.1 percentage points faster than projected in the fall.

Feb 02, 2017 In December 2015, the Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point.

The fund reduced its estimates of American growth in 2012 and 2013 by a tenth of a percentage point, anticipating that the economy will expand just 2 percent this year and 2.3 percent next year.

The researchers calculate that the rational response to a reduction of a percentage point in the rate at which banks themselves can raise funds is to boost the credit limits of the 37 % of cards issued to those with the highest credit ratings by $ 2,203 each.

Of the funds, the Highland Energy MLP Fund has had the best absolute performance through August 25, with year - to - date returns of 18.64 %, but these gains actually fall short of the category average by 0.21 percentage points.

The writing was already on the wall last year, when Buffett announced the index fund was beating the hedge funds by nearly 44 percentage points.

The people who invest in those funds could improve their performance by about 1 percentage point a year by switching to other funds that don't pay brokers.»

As seen in the following bar chart, smaller funds have outperformed historically by about 5.5 percentage points.

According to a 2014 study by the Kauffman Foundation and Hebrew University, it turns out that when a female entrepreneur tries to raise money on Kickstarter, she is 7 percentage points more likely to be funded than a man.

Each percentage point of additional borrowing costs with current abnormally low interest rates increases costs of funding by $ 680 billion.

At year - end 2013, we estimate pension funding levels for our 50 largest rated US corporate issuers increased by 19 percentage points to 94 % of pension obligations, compared with a year earlier.

Those fifteen large growth funds underperformed the Goldfarb Ten during those five years by an average of over 18 percentage points per year.

Over the final five years of their existence, they underperformed the average fund by a cumulative total of more than 20 percentage points.

Worse, those averages overstate the annualized performance of funds by 0.14 to 0.68 percentage points, for reasons I'll explain in a moment.

It has beaten the S&P 500 by three full percentage points a year, on an annualized basis since inception, making it the number one fund in its Large Blend category which includes over a thousand other funds.

Amid signs of stronger economic growth and a pick - up in inflation, as well as easier financial conditions, the Federal Open Market Committee, the policy arm of the U.S. central bank, is expected to raise its key federal funds rate in March by a quarter percentage point to a target range of 0.75 % to 1.00 %, says Ellen Zentner, Morgan Stanley's Chief U.S. Economist.

«To illustrate the magnitude of the 75 - year actuarial deficit, consider that for the... Trust Funds to remain fully solvent throughout the 75 - year projection period... revenues would have to increase by an amount equivalent to an immediate and permanent payroll tax rate increase of 2.76 percentage points to 15.16 percent.»

The 15 top out - performers among actively - managed mutual funds in China over the past three years a beat benchmarks by an average 15 percentage points, more than double the level in the U.S., according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

The fund also raised the growth forecast for the world's No. 2 economy, China, by 0.3 percentage point to 7.5 %.

Stefanik, a plywood company vice president and former White House policy adviser from Willsboro, handily defeated Matt Doheny, an investment fund manager from Watertown, by a 21 percentage point margin in the Republican primary Tuesday.

The tax cut for middle - class wage earners amounts to a fraction of 1 percentage point and will be funded by an increase in the rate for married taxpayers making more than $ 2 million a year and single taxpayers whose yearly income exceeds $ 1 million.

Among the key findings of the state comptroller's office audit of the Willsboro Central School District: The district overestimated appropriations in the adopted budgets by more than 10 percent over the past three years; the district has accumulated fund balance that exceeds the statutory limit by nearly 12 percentage points, and district officials did not develop a multi-year financial plan.

Willsboro Central accumulated unrestricted fund balance that exceeded the statutory limit by approximately $ 977,000 — or nearly 12 percentage points — and has levied more taxes than were needed to fund operations during the 2013 - 14 through the 2015 - 16 fiscal years, the report revealed.

Serving on an NIH review committee (itself an indication of receiving NIH funding) increased R01 funding by 8.2 percentage points (P <.001).

Previous receipt of NIH RPG or K grants increased the probability of R01 funding by 8.2 (P <.001) percentage points.

Taking 2010 as the starting point, the government pledges to almost double the representation of Ph.D. - holders among the population age 25 to 34 by 2020 and increase research employment from 11.8 % to 16 %; raise to 10 % the share of publicly - funded Spanish papers ranked among the top 5 % of the most cited publications globally; increase Spain's share of European Union research funds, including a 90 % increase in the number of so - called Starting Grants from the European Research Council; boost the number of patent applications by 50 %; and raise the national percentage of innovative companies from 18.6 % to 25 %.

In a year when mainstream Republicans have mostly bested tea party - backed challengers, a little - known and little - funded tea party challenger in Virginia's 7th Congressional District pulled the upset of the year, defeating House Majority Leader Eric Cantor by 10 percentage points.

When the «government funds» wording was used, Republican backing for targeted vouchers fell by 24 percentage points between 2007 and 2016: from 53 % in 2007 to just 29 % this year.

If the share of public funds going to independent private schools rose by 1 percentage point, there was a 12 point increase in math achievement.

For instance, a 2015 study of a privately funded voucher program in New York City found that being offered a voucher to attend a private school increased college enrollment rates among black and Hispanic students by 4.4 percentage points, a 10 percent gain relative to the control group, and also increased bachelor's degree completion rates among black and Hispanic students by 2.4 percentage points, a 27 percent gain.

Going beyond the recommendation of staff and consultants, the board of the California State Teachers Retirement System voted Wednesday to lower by a half - percentage point — from 7.50 percent to 7 percent — the projection of how much the financially struggling teachers pension fund will earn annually on investments over the next 30 years.

During state fiscal years 2001 - 02 through 2010 - 11, statewide base per pupil funding under the Public School Finance Act (PSFA) and state funding for categorical programs are required to «grow annually at least by the rate of inflation plus an additional one percentage point;» and after 2010 - 11, by a rate at least equal to the rate of inflation.

A spokeswoman said: «The average class size at state - funded primary schools has increased by 0.1 percentage points, but the average class size in state - funded secondary schools has remained the same and the numbers of unlawfully large classes in infant schools has decreased dramatically».

In western North Carolina's Macon County, the school district is dealing with an even more dire situation, where they exceed the state's funding cap on special needs by several percentage points.

In 1990 the state reached its high point of funding 45 % of the costs — the number now is between 38 - 40 % depending on how you calculate it — but the formula has been «corrupted» to the point where wealthy towns do much better (as measured by percentage growth) now than they did in 1990 and poorer towns do much worse.

Together with the Austin Area Research Organization (AARO), Central Texas Education Funders, Incite Marketing, Emmis Communications and participating school districts across the region, our goal is to increase attendance by a minimum of two percentage points, or an average of three school days per student.

Under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, states are provided with funding to develop the technical skills of secondary and postsecondary students who elect to enroll in CTE programs.46 Currently, 12.5 million high school and college students are enrolled in CTE programs.47 These programs help keep students in school; the graduation rate of CTE students is about 90 percent, 15 percentage points higher than the national average.48 However, research on their effectiveness is still in the preliminary stages.49 The best and most effective CTE programs are linked to and supported by local business or industry; provide real - world experiences or work opportunities; give students tangible outcomes such as an industry credential or college credit; and create pathways for pursuing college or career after graduation.50

Together with the Austin Area Research Organization (AARO), Central Texas Education Funders, and participating school districts across the region, our goal is to increase attendance by a minimum of two percentage points, or an average of three school days per student.

Although this represents a victory of sorts — in that a small group of teachers managed to fund and facilitate a professional development program — the small percentage of district teachers who benefited from those efforts points to the difficulties faced by the organizing teachers as they attempted to implement reforms without active administrative support.

The EFSF will now be able to loan the full amount allotted to the fund, it will be allowed to buy sovereign bonds on the primary market, and the interest rate on loans to Greece was cut by a percentage point while the maturities of the loans were extended.

A typical DSC starts at 5 % or 6 % of the amount of your original investment during the first year you own the fund, then gradually declines by a percentage point each year until it's at 0 % after about six years.

When we did, we discovered that over the last five years, our All - Stars beat the best Canadian equity fund (in either the pure or focused categories) by nearly two percentage points a year — and the second best fund by more than three percentage points a year.

The moment you steer away from index funds, your annual management fees jump by a lumpy two percentage points or more.

The majority of variable interest rates are subject to change in coordination with the Prime Rate, which is 3 percentage points above the federal funds rate — set by the Federal Reserve Bank.

If interest rates rise by one percentage point, figure on the fund losing about 5 % of its value.

For instance, in 2008, the Vanguard index fund returned 5.1 %, beating its peers — funds that invest mainly in taxable investment - grade, intermediate - term bonds — by an average of 9.8 percentage points.

Now it's defined as 3 percentage points above the federal funds rate that sets by the Federal Reserve.

They concluded that investor performance lags fund performance by about 1 to 2.5 percentage points depending on the particular comparison, as shown in this figure from Vanguard.

You can check a bond fund's sensitivity to interest rates by looking up its effective duration, which can be used to estimate how much the fund would gain (or fall) should interest rates decline (or rise) by 1 percentage point.