In other words, at what point does attractive valuation compensate you for the risk of investing in
lesser quality securities?
Not exact matches
Because of their ability to invest in these longer duration
securities of slightly
less credit
quality, stable value funds have outperformed money market funds on average by 150 - 200 basis points (1.50 % -2.00 %) net of fees annually over the past 20 years.
The Global Food
Security programme is the UK's main public funders of food - related research and training are working together through the Global Food
Security programme to meet the challenge of providing the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply of safe, nutritious, and affordable high -
quality food using
less land, with lower inputs, and in the context of global climate change, other environmental changes and declining resources.
One of the central tensions for reformers when it comes to improving teacher
quality is that on the one hand they believe teachers are fighting desperately for excessive job
security but also, on the other hand, that you can substantially reduce that job
security without making teaching significantly
less attractive.
Things that I like so far, in no particular order: Android 4.1.1 - already one patch automatically downloaded to Jelly Bean; Battery life is very good; Customization is as simple as the iPad - the home screen is easy to configure; the display is very, very good - not quite up to the new iPad, but excellent for much
less money; Sound
quality is good;
Security is good - face recognition login authentication can be configured to require a blink, making security stronger; Performance is excellent - I haven't noticed anything crapping out or any lags in performance, at the app or UI level; Shutting down running apps is a breeze, much simpler than iOS; Removing apps is easy; Reading is a breeze on this form factor - no more carpal tunnel holding and reading
Security is good - face recognition login authentication can be configured to require a blink, making
security stronger; Performance is excellent - I haven't noticed anything crapping out or any lags in performance, at the app or UI level; Shutting down running apps is a breeze, much simpler than iOS; Removing apps is easy; Reading is a breeze on this form factor - no more carpal tunnel holding and reading
security stronger; Performance is excellent - I haven't noticed anything crapping out or any lags in performance, at the app or UI level; Shutting down running apps is a breeze, much simpler than iOS; Removing apps is easy; Reading is a breeze on this form factor - no more carpal tunnel holding and reading an iPad.
A money market fund's portfolio is comprised of short - term, or
less than one year,
securities representing high -
quality, liquid debt and monetary instruments.
Credit spread is the difference in yield between a U.S. Treasury bond and a debt
security with the same maturity but of
lesser quality.
Typically, the interest on these debt
securities is greater than that on short - term debt of similar
quality but
less than that on comparably rated long - term bonds.
securities and high -
quality debt investments that mature in one year or
less.
The Fund will not purchase a debt
security that is rated
less than Caa / CCC by Moody's or S&P, respectively, and will only purchase an unrated debt
security if the Fund managers believe that the
security is of at least B
quality, subject to a limitation that the Fund may not hold more than 20 % of its net assets in debt
securities that are rated
less than B or that are unrated debt
securities of similar
quality, based on the Fund managers» fundamental analysis of the issuer and of rated bonds issued by similar issuers.
Women who are victims of domestic violence are more likely to have trouble obtaining and maintaining
quality permanent work, to change jobs frequently, and to earn
less money; this lack of
security leaves them without the resources to leave their abusers and reinforces the cycle of abuse
Enabling high
quality locks, smoke detectors, fire alarms, and burglar alarm will ensure more
security of your home, so there are
lesser chances of loss / damage to your property.
Contrary to meta - analytic findings of the earlier literature that focused only on the effects of the amount of care provided without adequately controlling for selection effects, the NICHD Study found that a number of features of child care (the amount of child care, age of entry into care, and the
quality and stability of child care) were unrelated to the
security of infant — mother attachments or to an increased likelihood of avoidant attachments, except when mothers provided
less sensitive parenting of their infant.11 For the children who received
less sensitive maternal care, extended experience with child care, lower -
quality child care, and more changes in child care arrangements were each associated with an increased likelihood of developing an insecure attachment with their mothers.
Unless child care
quality is very poor, or the mother is insensitive to a child's needs, non-parental child care does not appear to undermine the
security of the infant — mother attachment per se, but there are indications that this relationship may be more vulnerable when the mother herself provides
less sensitive care and her child experiences poorer
quality care, more changes in arrangements or many hours of care.
Parent reports of attachment and mixed methods had a stronger focus on the
quality of the parent - child relationship and the bond between parent and child, but
less on attachment
security or internal working models of attachment.