Sentences with phrase «historically average level»

Monthly inventory is at a historically average level, down sharply from last year, which may signal a modest rise in prices on average.

Collectively, these factors helped the markets recover, and by mid-May, both crude oil and the S&P 500 Index were higher than where they began 2016, as loss aversion behavior had reverted to more historically average levels.

Our valuation for FNF is based on long - term home purchase assumptions combined with refinancing falling to historically average levels.

Not exact matches

Even recent Fed cuts don't rule it out, because historically, sequential easings of monetary policy have occurred at an average S&P 500 P / E of about 11, not the current level of 27.

At that elevation of earnings (indeed, even when earnings have been within 20 % of that 6 % trendline), the P / E ratio for the S&P 500 has historically averaged just 9 or 10, compared with the current level of 18.

Lake Ontario has hit historically high levels and is expected to remain above average levels for several weeks.

In countries like Nigeria and Brazil, which have historically suffered high levels of disease, people were found to have (on average) less promiscuous views of sex and to be less open and extroverted than people in low - disease countries like Sweden and Canada.

The school historically demonstrated over 60 % of students performing below grade level in reading at the end of third grade, and special education rates above state and national average.

Historically, all - new models have launched with below - average levels of initial quality.

The level of the VIX has historically reverted to a long - term mean (i.e., average), and any change in the VIX will likely continue to be constrained.

Different levels of these «aggregated» market characteristics - whether based on valuation, trends, or interest rates - are often associated with distinct average returns historically.

These four fundamentals have historically trended for periods of five to 10 years, and crucially, current levels remain well below historical averages for all four.

Historically, stocks with ratio levels of between 0 and 14 produce the best results — with an average return of over 17 % annually.

To the extent that we continue to force add - on effects in the form of declining employment and capital investment, we also reduce the likelihood that profit margins and returns on equity will recover to the historically above - average levels which have prevailed in recent years.

On the other hand, when real yields are at historically low levels (such as in March 2008, when the real yield on some TIPS even turned negative), you might not want to own TIPS with an average maturity as long as nine years, as do the funds.

An index of 100 is equal to the average level of contract activity during 2001, which was the first year to be examined as well as the first of five consecutive record years for existing - home sales; it coincides with a level that is historically healthy.

Economists are predicting that mortgage interest rates will remain at «historically low levels» this year, with Freddie Mac expecting a 30 year fixed rate mortgage to average lower -LSB-...]

He predicted the average rate to reach 5 percent early in 2015, a level that's still historically low.

Thus, the average amount of days each property spent on the market has increased from June but still remains at historically low levels.