Sentences with phrase «lag of a couple of decades»

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The sobering fact is that the typical equity mutual fund investor's portfolio has lagged inflation from 1984 to 2003, while barely beating inflation over the last couple of decades, according to a study done by Dalbar, a Boston investment research company.

It all comes down to what you mean by â $ œthe market.â $ Youâ $ ™ re absolutely right that the Couch Potato has lagged a couple of percentage points behind the red - hot Canadian stock market over the past decade.

If we lower these emissions by a lot and keep below 400 - 450 ppm CO2 and watch those methane emissions and melting permafrost we can significantly slow the warming in 60 - 100 years and reduce the risks in the couple of decades, adjusting for the lag phase.

That is, depending on the study, if memory serves me well, the lag times between solar variation and response in global temperature is said to range between 5 - 7 years on the low end to a couple of decades on the high end due to the thermal inertia of the oceans.

I understand what you mean about the lag, but I'm not sure this means no response for a couple of decades rather than a couple of decades to finish responding.