Sentences with phrase «lackluster marketing»

-LRB-...) Executives have warned that lackluster markets could lead to year - over-year declines in fixed - income, commodities and currency trading revenue when banks begin reporting fourth - quarter results next week.

After the immense success of their second generation console, the Playstation 3 was released in 2006 and met with lackluster market adoption.

By sheer bad luck, China's crackdown took place a week before, hence the lackluster market reaction.

At a time when the majority of national franchise brands are contracting in response to lackluster market conditions, one notable exception is Keller Williams, which has continued to see a net growth in agents and numbers of offices.

Not exact matches

The market watchers wanted to know how much of the coffee chain's lackluster first quarter results was related to bad weather.

That fall is likely related to lackluster inflation numbers, according to BMO Capital Markets rates strategist Aaron Kohli.

Since then, a sputtering economy and lackluster inflation have changed Wall Street's perception of when the central bank's Federal Open Market Committee will enact its first hike since taking its funds rate to zero in late 2008.

Markets in France and Germany were closed, while futures augured a lackluster start on Wall Street.

«We will know the labor market is getting tight when we do see a more meaningful upward move in wages,» Powell said in response to a reporter's question as to whether he was satisfied with the pace of wage growth, which remains lackluster by most accounts.

In between these events are long periods of lackluster action in the markets.

The particular fund has had lackluster investment returns compared to the rest of the stock market.

The lackluster performance has revealed a hard truth about the quality of investments made during the peak years: A large number of inexperienced funds bought at inflated prices and settled for taking minority stakes, which left them little room to maneuver when growth slowed in markets like China and India.

In a previous piece, we discussed that China's lackluster performance had made it the worst - performing country in the Pan Asian bond market in 2017, and that it was the only country that closed the year in negative territory.

Given that the market had gone down far enough, long enough that traders are growing anxious for an oversold bounce, Thursday's lackluster advance is a big disappointment...

Still, the overall performance of the U.S. equity market can be termed mixed, with the small - cap sector putting together a lackluster showing today.

Despite the lackluster performance of Chinese bonds in 2017, the market value tracked by the S&P China Bond Index continued to expand and reached CNY 56.9 trillion (USD 9 trillion) as of Feb. 26, 2018.

October's labor market data reverted to the relatively familiar picture of solid job creation accompanied by lackluster wage growth.

01/29/2018 The equity markets began a new week on Wall Street with a lackluster showing.

Additionally, this cycle stands out for its divergence between the lackluster economic growth — average real GDP is 1.3 % since 2009 — and the stock market, which, thanks in part to unprecedented monetary stimulus, is up nearly fourfold since its 2009 low.

Rather than trying to outperform, they merely match the market, but they do so at such low costs that they end up outperforming most actively - managed investment funds that charge high fees for lackluster performance.

A 4 - Day Bitcoin Price Resurrection After several lackluster weeks, which saw BTC / USD trailing below $ 6500 for a second time in 2018, markets delivered a surprise, rebounding $ 300 in minutes and remaining above $ 7000 on major exchanges since.

As the financial crisis waned and the emergency lending programs were wound down, the Fed chairman faced a new challenge: A recovery hobbled by tight credit, a lackluster housing market and financial turmoil in Europe that left the unemployment rate at 9.1 percent two years after the expansion began.

He was nicknamed «E5» because of his lackluster defense at third, a pure one - tool player, the kind of free - floating slugger you can pick up in bulk at the flea market if you know the right stalls.

As a big market team with vast resources, it's fairly amazing to see such a lackluster list of candidates.

«Singles365 Expands Dating Portfolio Into South African And Mature Markets Main Campus Dating Site Experiences Lackluster Start»

The first installment was released during a time when the market was plagued with scores of hideous titles that would burn my retinas with their lackluster visuals.

The horror / thriller opened on more than 2000 screens, but bad marketing and lackluster reviews prevented audiences from checking it out.

With its numbers off even in a booming luxury market, Cadillac's own record runs from critical successes that have thus far generated lackluster sales — namely the ATS and CTS sedans — to the industry's biggest egg - on - face of 2014, the epically miscalculated ELR plug - in hybrid.

Cost - of - running worries aside, and despite sales not setting the world alight, a second - generation Rapide is indeed in the pipeline and is scheduled to debut before the end of the decade, but given its lackluster performance in the market and issues such as the limited rear legroom, we can't help but wonder, does it make sense for Aston?

Mazda will roll out a major advertising campaign to reposition the brand after talking with dealers who feel its marketing has been lackluster in recent months.

Mazda will roll out a major advertising campaign to reposition the brand, having heard from dealers who think its marketing has been lackluster in recent months and that the marque is losing its connection with consumers.

The JUKE's unique frog - like design already makes it a likely competitor for the C - HR, and its performance NISMO model is begging for some competition in the US's current lackluster performance crossover market.

Jeep your marketing ploys, turn off a lot of people, nowadays enough power helps sell a vehicle (without the premium price for a lackluster engine upgrade)

Take heart in the fact that the marketing of lackluster books will always fail in the long run compared to the promotion of high - quality material /

It would probably be beneficial for Sony to develop a very high end Android Device, when most of the entrants to the market have lackluster products, such as the Augen GenTouch78 and the Apad.

Sony attempted to get into the Japan market in 2007, but quickly withdrew due to lackluster sales.

Although the selection on the Android Market for books is quite lackluster so far, it has only been up for a week.

On paper, the camera should be one of the best on the market, but its performance is lackluster.

IDC reiterated the finding, reporting that «after a strong run through 2009, [Acer] was affected by lackluster sales of Mini Notebook PCs, and slowing consumer demand across many markets.»

On RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, the analyst attributes lackluster sales to RIM's confusing marketing efforts, among other things.

Maybe your sales are lackluster, perhaps you're just running out of time to market your book, or let's face it — we've all had to admit at one point that we just don't know what we're doing.

«Mass - market gaming desktop» doesn't have to mean lackluster performance and uncompetitive pricing.

In addition, Honeycomb tablet sales have been lackluster, especially in the face of the market dominating iPad 2.

China's lackluster performance has made it the worst - performing country in the Pan Asian bond market this year.

This led to bouts of high volatility throughout the year and a generally lackluster performance in the equity markets.

Instead, most college grads are faced with an uphill battle for full - time employment that may mean competing against their own parents and relatives in a lackluster job market.

Despite the lackluster performance of Chinese bonds in 2017, the market value tracked by the S&P China Bond Index continued to expand and reached CNY 56.9 trillion (USD 9 trillion) as of Feb. 26, 2018.

In a previous piece, we discussed that China's lackluster performance had made it the worst - performing country in the Pan Asian bond market in 2017, and that it was the only country that closed the year in negative territory.

Mark Wiedman, Global Head of iShares at BlackRock, says: «Despite lackluster equity markets in 2015, the global ETF industry set a new growth record of USD347 billion.

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