Sentences with phrase «less duration risk»

If one believes that interest rates will increase, taking on less duration risk would be a better move.

Likewise, bank loan products launched when investors were looking for better yielding fixed income products with less duration risk.

Not exact matches

Interest rates on 15 - year mortgage terms are typically lower than those on longer - term loans because the shorter duration of the loan makes it less of a risk to the lender.

Indeed, this duration of couchification is the most telling aspect of the study: Those who got up more frequently — presumably, even to stand and fetch the cable remote... or a glass of water in the kitchen, let us hope — were less at risk.

Potenza: As the yield curve flattens, investors get less compensation for moving further out on the curve and taking on more duration risk.

Lower duration TIPS funds» headline yield level may be lower, but their portfolio impact may be more beneficial than broad - based TIPS because they require less duration (risk) to earn that yield,» added Mazza.

The shorter the maturity or duration, the less risk they have.

Women who breastfeed are less likely to get breast cancer (and longer duration reduces the risk more), less ovarian cancer and osteoporosis.

These findings agree with the results of a British retrospective study demonstrating an increased duration of gestation with increasing coital frequency at all gestational ages up through 37 weeks.8 Similarly, low - risk women delivering prematurely in another study were less likely to be sexually active than the full - term controls.10

In adjusted analysis a shorter duration of predominant breast feeding (less than two months) was a risk factor for four or more hospital, doctor, or clinic visits because of upper respiratory tract infections (OR 1.43, 95 % 1.02 to 2.01, p = 0.041), as was partial breast feeding for less than six months (OR 1.46, 95 % CI 1.07 to 2.00, p = 0.018).

In another study, it was shown that the risk for major depression in adolescents increased with a sleep duration of 6 hours or less a night, which subsequently increases the risk for decreased sleep.

Although it is often suggested that children with epilepsy who are benefiting from ketogenic dietary therapy continue this for at least two years, duration of treatment could be shorter in patients with infantile spasms who become seizure - free; one study reported no adverse effect on seizure outcomes and less risk of growth disturbances when treatment was tapered down after 8 months (15).

New Recommendations from the National Sleep Foundation - The Atlantic January 2015 - Poor Sleep in Adolescence Predicts Future Problems, Study Says - Los Angeles Times January 2015 - How Sleep Keeps You Healthy, Helps You Heal - Discovery News September 2014 - Lack of Sleep Increases Risk of Failure in School Among Teens - Science World Report, from Sleep Medicine August 2014 - Sleep Woes in Old Age May Be Linked to Brain Cell Loss - Health magazine August 2014 — University of Chicago Study: Getting More Sleep Could Cut Junk Food Cravings in Half — CBS News August 2014 — University of Montreal Study Shows Learning Is Best Enhanced During Sleep - Jewish Business News February 2014 - Link Found between Sleep Duration and Depression - Psych Central February 2014 - Less Sleep, More Time Online, Raises Risk for Teen Depression — National Public Radio

The challenge here is many aren't as confident making duration calls and even less equipped to have risk controls in place for their high yield exposures.

This makes long term bonds much less attractive because we are not being rewarded for taking a risk in holding longer duration bonds.

Low duration can mean less volatility or price risk.

Our short duration funds have an average duration that's typically less than five years, and offer varying yields and levels of credit risk.

The subsequent low - volatility screening is designed so that bonds with less risk, as demonstrated by their trading pattern, are selected, while duration and credit rating are held equal.

This year investors who followed the MFIP were led to shorten maturities (therefore lowering their interest - rate risk) and also to use higher - yielding corporate bonds rather than Treasuries or mortgage - backed securities (thereby keeping lower duration and less interest - rate risk).

Although the duration of the unscreened bond fund mix was less than that of the socially screened bond fund, the increase in duration enhances the portfolio on a risk adjusted basis, and it enables IFA to provide a fully screened portfolio for socially responsible investors.

However, a 15 - year term is priced better than a 20 or 30 - year option since the duration is shorter, so less risk for the carrier.

Studies link tobacco use to reductions in breastfeeding initiation and duration, meaning that infants of mothers who smoke are less likely to enjoy the health benefits of being breastfed.47 Relatedly, exposure to secondhand smoke increases children's risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) during the first 12 months of life.