Sentences with phrase «longer than the index»

One easy - to - spot result of this flood of testosterone: a ring finger that's significantly longer than the index finger.

In men, the ring (fourth) finger is usually longer than the index (second); their so - called 2D: 4D ratio is lower than 1.

This print shows a ring finger slightly longer than the index finger, typical of males.

Not exact matches

Holding a few Canadian companies you know and admire, therefore, might be a better long - term strategy than possessing a fund tracking the S&P / TSX composite index.

The number of ETFs on the market has skyrocketed this year more than ever, forcing me in recent months to look again at my long - held preference for cheap index funds.

Treasury bonds, which tend to have longer durations, now represent more than one - third of the index compared with 22 percent in 2007.

For now, the major indexes have held above their February low points and most evidence indicates they are still in a fairly typical correction within a long - term climb rather than entering a deep, prolonged downturn.

Construction of rental housing on Long Island came to a near standstill in the 1980s and 1990s and more than 22,000 rental units were converted to for - sale housing, according to the Long Island Index, a research study compiled by nonprofit the Rauch Foundation.

«People are staying in their homes longer rather than selling and trading up,» David Blitzer, managing director and chairman of the index committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices, said in a statement.

The gist of these studies is this: Over time, investors who buy and hold long - term investments, and specifically low - cost index funds, earn more money than investors chasing the latest investment trend.

It is well - established that you're better off, over the long haul, investing in passively - managed index funds rather than actively - managed mutual or pension funds.

The longest - ever streak without a 5 percent drop in the S&P 500 Index may end with nothing more than a dip, if history is any indication.

As with all «short ETFs,» which typically underperform their underlying indexes with longer holding periods, this swing trade is only intended to be held for a quick «pop» of no more than a few days (as opposed to our typical holding time of 1 to 3 weeks).

Yet despite the most extreme version of these assurances in Japan, where the Bank of Japan has driven long - term interest rates to negative levels and has purchased stocks outright, the Nikkei 225 index is no higher than it was in November 2014.

«Far more money than before (about $ 9 trillion of assets, which represents about 30 % of total mutual fund long - term assets) is managed passively in index funds or ETFs (both of which are very easy to get out of).

Yes the Index - linked fund is more susceptible to interest rate risk than the regular bond fund, but not by the nature of it being a linker, it's because the average duration is longer.

a) investing their own money alongside you, so your interests are aligned b) a stake in the company they work at i.e. it is a partnership or employee - owned c) a proven ability to outperform an index over the long - term (at least 10 years) d) reasonable charges — preferably no more than a 1 % management fee and no performance fee e) a concentrated, high conviction portfolio i.e. they do not just hug their benchmark f) a low - asset - turnover ratio i.e. they have a long - term investment horizon and rarely sell investments g) a proven ability to preserve capital during the bad times h) a stable team who have worked together for a number of years.

This separately managed account seeks long - term growth of capital and dividend income greater than the S&P 500 ® Index, with the potential for less volatility than the U.S. stock market.

Mutual funds have much higher management fees than index funds and almost always will make you less money over longer periods of time.

We believe that our Funds are positioned to continue delivering on their dual long - term goals of growing investor capital and performing better than index funds.

The lack of substantial bullish follow - through in leading individual stocks in recent weeks, the absence of leadership in most ETFs (other than international ETFs), and the bearish pattern on the weekly chart of the S&P 500 Index (below) are all valid reasons to avoid the long side of the market now.

The chart they produced assumed a $ 1 million initial investment compounded at 20 % per year (after all — most money managers who are hyperactive in their trading espouse their desire to perform at least 70 % to 80 % better than the long - term average of the index.)

This carries particular resonance today because of how abnormally long the current market cycle has become: Despite the recent sell - off, the S&P 500 Index hasn't seen a bear market since the financial crisis ended more than nine years ago.

If any of those come back to be loved, the value of the index or ETF will go up, and over the long run, it could grow at a faster rate than the S&P 500.

@ Sam, Asset allocation with index funds has so much research in it's favor, long term, you will be better off than most.

In your 20s, all stock index fund investments might seem like a fine idea, as short - term volatility matters less than long - term appreciation when a portfolio has decades to grow, says Phillip J. Deerwester, portfolio analyst and chief compliance officer at TGS Financial Advisors in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

Compounding can also cause a widening differential between the performances of an ETF and its underlying index or benchmark, so that returns over periods longer than one day can differ in amount and direction from the target return of the same period.

As US markets opened after the long weekend, the major indices all fell by more than 2 % in the first two hours of trading, with a...

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Because coconut blossom nectar has a much lower glycaemic index than sugar, it prevents crazy sugar highs and grizzly sugar crashes, keeping kids fuller for longer, and fingers out of the biscuit jar.

One thing that * is * true is that steel - cut oats digest a bit more slowly and rank lower on the glycemic index than other forms of oats because they take longer for your digestive enzymes to reach the starch inside.

Several studies have also attempted to understand the role of breastfeeding on IQ, and although some authors conclude that the observed advantage of breastfeeding on IQ is related only to genetic and socioenvironmental factors, a recent meta - analysis showed that after adjustment for appropriate key co-factors, breastfeeding was associated with significantly higher scores for cognitive development than formula feeding.6 Longer duration of breastfeeding has also been positively associated with intelligence in adulthood.22 We also observed the benefits of long - term breastfeeding on mental indices, along with the indirect benefit of balancing the impact of exposure to p, p ′ DDE after adjustment for some socioeconomic variables.

The democracy index by The Economist (also see Wikipedia) is almost systematically classing countries that were recently dictatorships as less democratic than the longer term democratic countries.

An index finger that's shorter than the ring finger can be a sign of knee osteoarthritis risk, particularly in women, compared with people whose fingers are equal lengths, or who have a longer index finger.

People who are slightly overweight but not obese — as defined by their body mass index (BMI)-- tend to live longer than their normal - weight counterparts, according to a new Danish study.

More than half of TKR patients have a body mass index (BMI) within the obesity range (greater than 30 kg / m ²), which has been linked to a higher risk for related comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis; and in some studies, to higher medical costs and longer hospital stays.

Their findings show that children sleeping longer have lower Body Mass Index (BMI) scores than those sleeping less.

Dr Borges said a third of people with MND lost weight rapidly, and those with a higher body mass index (BMI) survived longer than those with a lower BMI.

Obese patients with metastatic melanoma who are treated with targeted or immune therapies live significantly longer than those with a normal body mass index (BMI), investigators report in a study published in Lancet Oncology of 1,918 patients in six independent clinical cohorts.

From this close correlation, McLean et al argued that more than two thirds of interseasonal and long - term variability in temperature changes can be explained by the Southern Oscillation Index.

But people who never smoked and had a body mass index less than 30 (the threshold for obesity) tended to live four to five years longer than the general population.

Underweight is defined by Body Mass Index < 18.5, but for a margin of safety, I don't recommend that anybody fast longer than 24 hours if they have a BMI < 20.

Longer sleepers have lower Body Mass Index (BMI) than those that can't get sweet dreams.

It's higher in fat than other grains, and this along with its low glycemic index and high protein and fiber content can help keep you feeling full for a longer period of time.

For example they'll ask detailed questions like «is your index finger longer than your ring finger?».

A person with an index finger shorter than the ring finger will have been exposed to more testosterone while in the womb, and a person with an index finger longer than the ring finger will have had more estrogen.

Many states have relied on an accountability index for so long that policymakers may be unaware that reducing school performance to a single indicator hides more than it reveals about teaching and learning.

Also you can now make your savings grow faster in the long - term than any stock market index can do — and you'll do it systematically and consistently.

MASNX seeks to achieve long - term returns with lower risk and lower volatility than the stock market, and with relatively low correlation to stock and bond market indexes.