Sentences with phrase «including grade inflation»

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In both ways, the Hussman Funds can contribute to a well - constructed, diversified portfolio that includes U.S. equities, international equities, U.S. Treasury securities, and as appropriate, precious metals shares, U.S. agency securities, investment grade corporate bonds, and Treasury inflation - protected securities.

These include the ethics of grade inflation, lottery - based school assignment policies, disciplining socially fragile children, and charter school expansion policies that take attrition rates and school demographics into account.

Many explanations have been offered for grade inflation, starting with teachers (one - half, in one study) basing grades on factors only indirectly related to student performance, including effort, ability, behavior, and attitude (Bursuck et al., 1996).

It is a multi-asset fund but it is largely unconstrained: it targets US and international income - producing securities including common stock, high - yield and investment grade debt, preferred shares and convertibles, and a variety of hedges including gold, precious metals, currency forward contracts, and inflation - linked vehicles.