Its long effective duration, weighted average maturity and yield - to - maturity match those of our benchmark to perfection.
For this reason, VTIP offers strong protection against inflation compared to other ETFs with
longer effective duration.
Not exact matches
Specifically,
longer -
duration bonds are reasserting their role as an
effective ballast to equity risk and can be especially helpful in equity - centric portfolios.
Since even
long Treasuries are still less volatile than equities, they require both
long duration and a heavy weighting to serve as an
effective counterbalance to stocks.
We currently intend to have 24 - month offerings with multiple purchase periods (of approximately six months in
duration) per offering, except that the first purchase period under our first offering may be shorter or
longer than six months, depending on the date on which the underwriting agreement relating to this offering becomes
effective.
Although Step 10 of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiatives requires that accredited maternity units provide post-natal breastfeeding support groups, the availability and uptake of these services remains unclear.40 The effectiveness of peer - support for
long - term breastfeeding success has been well documented in middle - income countries, 35,41 and a systematic review has emphasized the importance of skilled post-natal breastfeeding support in the UK.39 However Graffy et al. 40 concluded from a randomized controlled trial of support provided by volunteer breastfeeding counsellors that although such support was rated by mothers as helpful, volunteer support was not
effective at increasing breastfeeding
duration, perhaps owing to mothers not actively taking up such support.
BFHI has been shown to be very
effective in increasing breastfeeding initiation, exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding
duration in many countries, as well as improving mother's health care experiences and reducing rates of infant abandonment.12 Given the short and
long - term benefits of breastfeeding to the infant, mother and society, implementing BFHI — alongside with the other objectives stated in the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding - continues to have an important role to play in health services worldwide.
For mothers who enjoy sharing sweet dreams with your baby, the research is affirming — touch and proximity are essential elements of bonding; the hormonal status that enhances bonding is at its most
effective during night - time breastfeeding; continued breastfeeding maintains the release of hormones essential for mother - infant bonding, and breastfeeding is more likely to be successful for a
longer duration when mothers and infants share sleep.
Carl Ade, assistant professor of exercise physiology, and collaborators partnered with the Johnson Space Center to find that astronauts» exercise capacity decreases between 30 and 50 percent in
long -
duration spaceflight because the heart and small blood vessels are not as
effective at transporting oxygen to the working muscle.
For example, DBS of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is
effective for alleviating sleep problems and fatigue associated with PD, producing noticeable
long - term improvements in sleep efficiency and the quality and
duration of continuous sleep.
«It was surprising to see all these significant changes in A1C and body weight without altering medications or activity level and without aiming for weight reduction,» Dr. Hamdy pointed out, «Which tells us that nutrition therapy can be as
effective as medications even after a
long duration of the disease.»
Emergency response plans, including plans for communicating with affected populations, should be revised or supplemented to ensure that there are scalable and
effective strategies, well - trained personnel, and adequate resources for responding to
long -
duration accident / disaster scenarios.
The committee also calls attention to the potential for very cost -
effective and scientifically fruitful advances with the advent of
long -
duration (10 - day) balloon flights and the expected availability after the final 2 years of development of ultralong -
duration (up to 100 - day) balloon flights (see the section «The National Virtual Observatory and Other High - Leverage, Small Initiatives» in Chapter 3).
First, as a
longer duration fast, it tends to be a little more
effective.
It's much more
effective than
longer durations of low - intensity cardio workouts.
The latest research shows that HIIT or interval training is much more
effective in burning body fat compared to low - intense and
long duration workouts.
However, as a whole HMB appears to be
effective in a majority of studies with
longer -
duration, more intense, periodized training protocols and may be beneficial to bodybuilders, particularly during planned over-reaching phases of training [164].
The
duration and rhythm of
effective CPD requires a
longer - term focus — at least two terms to a year or
longer is most
effective, with follow - up, consolidation and support activities built in.
Specifically,
longer -
duration bonds are reasserting their role as an
effective ballast to equity risk and can be especially helpful in equity - centric portfolios.
For fixed - income funds, the vertical axis shows the credit quality of the
long bonds owned and the horizontal axis shows interest rate sensitivity as measured by a bond's
effective duration.
Effective February 1, Freddie Mac servicers will no
longer need prior approval from the government sponsored enterprise (GSE) before extending forbearance of up to six month's
duration to its borrowers who have lost their jobs.
I would like to seek your advice for
effective management of different Mutual SIP, we are a couple with 2 children and like to plan for education for in 6 years
duration and my retirement on
long term basis.
Can be especially
effective in a rising rate environment, offering a lower volatility of principal and more stable returns than those of a
longer - term short
duration strategy
Although autocallable structured products tend to be issued for
longer terms than reverse - convertibles, autocallable structured products can have shorter
effective durations because of the embedded call feature.
Waiver of Premium: A particularly
effective rider for business owners under the age of 60, the WoP rider kicks in if you are disabled, waiving all premiums due on your policy for the entire
duration of the coverage, or until you are no
longer disabled.
Currently, the fund has an
effective duration of 20.2 years, which is
long.
Low - dose prescriptions of itraconazole, fluconazole or terbinafine given over a
long duration of time are generally the most
effective.
«The product shows a
long duration of activity and has been well proven in the field to be highly
effective.
Some of today's antimicrobials are
effective for a
longer duration, allowing cattle to adjust to their new surroundings without additional handling that traditional antimicrobial choices may require.
Charlotte
Long maintains the lack of information by failing to refer to the World Small Animal Veterinary Association's Guidelines for the Vaccination of Dogs and Cats (2010), which advise that after
effective vaccination with the core vaccines for parvovirus, distemper virus and adenovirus,
duration of immunity «is many years and may be up to the lifetime of the pet».
The very cost -
effective storage in CST or pumped hydro are found be more cost -
effective for the
longer durations like evening peaks which tend to be 5 or 6 hours.
If your loan is a very short
duration you may consider an ART policy but if the loan payoff is
longer than 3 years, a level term plan will be more cost
effective.
Adolescence is a critical period for the development of depression with prevalence rates rising sharply from childhood to early adulthood.1 Many adult depressive disorders have their first onset in adolescence2 with
longer episode
duration being the strongest predictor of future problems.3 In addition to increasing the risk of later mental health problems, adolescent depression is associated with significant educational and social impairment and is a major risk factor for suicide.1 Providing
effective early interventions to shorten the
duration of episodes and potentially reduce the impact on later life is therefore important.3 This study explores this question and compares the effects of...
She draws upon a 2003 meta - analysis conducted by Bakermans - Kranenburg, van Ijzendoorn and Juffer, in which they concluded that interventions that target parental sensitivity and are initiated after approximately six months of age are more
effective than interventions with more global goals that begin during the early months.8 Moreover, she concludes that brief interventions are at least as
effective as those that are
longer in
duration.
This finding is in line with findings of a meta - analysis on
effective ingredients of prevention programs for youth at risk for juvenile delinquency, which also showed that preventive interventions of shorter
duration were more
effective than preventive interventions of
longer duration (De Vries et al. 2015).
Home visiting programmes also appear to be most
effective where they are focused on a broad range of outcomes and are multi-focused, targeted, and are of medium to
long - term
duration.