We tend to weight our own experiences using a device much
higher than benchmark scores, but for those interested, in the Quadrant benchmark test, the One X performed incredibly well, scoring an average of about 5,000, which is the highest score we've seen other than the One S, which posted near identical results.
Based on our data, renters insurance premiums in Longview are 18 %
higher than the benchmark in the state.
So on one hand, you don't need to put in 10,000 hours to become a good investor capable of earning decent returns (a bit
higher than benchmark indexes) on your investments.
Payout ratio is considerably
higher than benchmark / peers / broader market / analyst expectations.
Its 3 year returns are 22.32 % which is
higher than the benchmark & category by 11 % and 9 % respectively.
Bull markets rarely end when the earnings yield on stocks — now around 6 % — is
higher than benchmark bond yields.
Bull markets rarely end when the earnings yield on stocks — now around 6 % — is
higher than benchmark bond yields.
The fund's average market cap is
higher than our benchmark's, but overall XLY represents the space well at low all - in cost.
If your income is
higher than that benchmark, you can claim a reduced amount of the credit.
Not exact matches
It's also just 0.5 %
higher than the equity
benchmark's current level.
The
benchmark 10 - year yield hit a
high of 2.626 % on March 13, briefly ticking above the 2.60 % threshold that the bond - market veteran Bill Gross had said was «much more important
than Dow 20,000.»
The
benchmark 10 - year Treasury note fell from a more
than four - year
high to below 3 percent after the European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged and reaffirmed its stimulative monetary policy stance.
Although some states have set
higher benchmarks than federal law requires, minimum wage in the US is $ 7.25 an hour.
Brent crude, the international
benchmark for oil prices, rose to $ 70.37 on Monday, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude reached $ 64.89 on Tuesday, both hitting more
than three - year
highs.
On Monday, the European
benchmark closed above $ 64 a barrel, more
than a two - year
high.
Prices of WTI crude oil, the
benchmark grade for North America, have averaged $ 97.40 a barrel over the last year, 15 %
higher than the five year average.
Premiums for insuring our
benchmark rental property are 3.7 %
higher than the state average.
The only justification for an ETF to charge
higher fees
than its passively managed ETF
benchmark is «active» management that leads to out - performance.
Whether the contract's buyer receives or loses money is based on whether the
benchmark price — determined by a 4 p.m. ET auction held by Gemini — is
higher or lower
than the price paid for the contract.
Even though Alberta Bitumen is cheaper
than most
benchmarks, given the need for it to be mixed with
higher - quality, more - expensive lighter crude to be transported from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf, its drop into single digits is no less remarkable.
The only justification for any ETF to charge
higher fees
than its passively managed ETF
benchmark is «active» management that leads to out - performance.
Our
benchmark 30 year old driver's rates were $ 930 for a 12 - month policy and 37 %
higher than the state average.
«The one big thing that Bogle knows — and explains so well in this slender volume — is that buying and holding a broad
benchmark of stocks while keeping fees to a minimum leads to
higher long - term returns
than constantly trading in a vain attempt to beat the market.
In short, the book covers more markets over longer timeframes with a
higher level of comparability
than previous
benchmarking efforts.
The MSCI and Standard & Poor's
benchmarks for these frontier markets and their underlying countries are vastly different where some countries have a significantly
higher weight in the
benchmark than others.
Let's look at the costs of an actively managed portfolio designed by a financial advisor to provide
higher returns with lower volatility
than the corresponding
benchmark.
Under the rules, a buyer paying more
than 20 per cent down on their home purchase must prove they can carry their monthly payments at either their contract rate plus two per cent, or at the Bank of Canada's
benchmark rate — whichever is
higher.
The
benchmark 10 - yr yield, for instance, finished at 2.95 % on Thursday — which is about eight basis points below the more
than four - year
high it hit last week.
Favourable attributes associated with boutiques include: 1: Managers who think independently 2: A lack of
benchmark - hugging 3: A reasonable, incentive - based remuneration 4: Less run by committee, meaning decisions can be made quickly 5: Less bureaucracy and company politics to deal with
than at big firms 6:
Higher level of employee ownership and investment in own funds, aligning employee and client interests 7: Lower staff turnover
a) investing their own money alongside you, so your interests are aligned b) a stake in the company they work at i.e. it is a partnership or employee - owned c) a proven ability to outperform an index over the long - term (at least 10 years) d) reasonable charges — preferably no more
than a 1 % management fee and no performance fee e) a concentrated,
high conviction portfolio i.e. they do not just hug their
benchmark f) a low - asset - turnover ratio i.e. they have a long - term investment horizon and rarely sell investments g) a proven ability to preserve capital during the bad times h) a stable team who have worked together for a number of years.
Market contacts have reported that it also reflects the relatively
high level of swap rates — a common
benchmark for price - makers» funding costs — for reasons related more to the demand for funds
than to credit concerns.
The only justification for a mutual fund to charge
higher fees
than its ETF
benchmark is «active» management that leads to out - performance.
The leading non-US
benchmark for oil prices reached its
highest level for more
than two years, as Turkey threatened to disrupt supplies from Kurdish oilfields in northern Iraq in response to the autonomous Kurdish region's referendum on independence.
Starting Oct. 17, all buyers with
high - ratio mortgages — less
than a 20 per cent down payment — must qualify based on the five - year
benchmark posted rate, even if they have negotiated a lower five - year fixed - ate term.
While not exactly hitting the Federal Reserve's revered 2.0 % annual inflation target, it was apparently close enough to create more jitters in the bond market, with the yield on the U.S. Treasury's
benchmark 10 - year note immediately climbing seven basis points to 2.91 %, its
highest level in more
than four years.
We looked at the
benchmark weights pre - and post-downgrades — for example, autos went from less
than 3 % to nearly 7 %, there was not much of a
high - yield financials universe and energy endured some significant downgrades to post some meaningful growth.
To what degree, for example, is a portfolio cheaper
than its
benchmark, or more tilted toward
high quality stocks?
Our internal credit standards are
higher than those found in the
benchmark indices.
We can argue about what an appropriate index is to
benchmark returns here, but in Q1 it really didn't matter as a mixture of hype and hope pushed company share prices
higher than either index.
The much better
than expected ADP employment report gave a boost to the market, especially the Nasdaq, but the rally looks increasingly «thin», as only a few huge names carrying the major
benchmarks to new
highs, with giants like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Tesla have been seeing great inflows in the past week.
The nine
benchmarks also accept the contemporary understanding of time, the role of unpredictability (novelty), persuasion as a
higher form of power
than coercion, and the priority of evolution and change (instability) over equilibrium or stasis.
«They have set themselves as this
higher -
than -
high, pious team who set the
benchmark for what is right and what is wrong in cricket, when everyone who has played against them knows it's an absolute joke.»
When the dust settles, 13,660 kids will be kicked back into the regular CPS system, where less
than 9 percent of all
high students meet college readiness
benchmarks on the ACT.
This is a much
higher benchmark than simple «tariff - free access».
The level of PFOA in affected areas has been much
higher than the new
benchmark, leading communities to establish alternate water supplies.
The team plans on doing
benchmarks on the Jaguar supercomputer, which has a much
higher theoretical bandwidth
than either the Franklin or Chinook systems.
Throwers are, on an average, heavier
than 220 pounds, a
benchmark normally used to determine whether or not an athlete should perform
high - intensity plyometric exercises.
TIMSS shows that Australian Year 4 students with a
high sense of school belonging scored around 40 score points
higher than those with little sense of school belonging, while Australian Year 8s with a
high sense of school belonging scored around 70 score points
higher, this being equivalent to almost one TIMSS
benchmark,
than those with little sense of school belonging.
While many people now have access to internet at a much
higher speed
than this, it can act as a useful
benchmark and conservative target for calculating the capacity of a school connection.
For example, the ACT reports that just 46 percent of
high school graduates taking its college entrance exams in 2012 met college - readiness
benchmarks in math; fewer
than one in three did so in science.