Sentences with phrase «looking measures of risk»

The Fed focuses on a lot of process issues that don't matter as much as the substantive issues of discovering forward - looking measures of risk, and changing business processes to reflect those risks.

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If you are looking to make a difference in the lives of at - risk children, how would you measure progress?

The score provides a forward - looking, one - year measure of credit risk, allowing investors to make better decisions and streamline their work ow.

At Fiji, Robbins offered some insight into what Jones» daily email updates look like, saying, «he sends me a checklist of what we measure, everything from his NAV [net asset value] to his [portfolio] weights, what's happening in his body, to his focus, to ratios of risk - reward that we're measuring, and then he does a narrative for me.»

Investigators are said to be taking a good look at Bitcoin and its underlying technology, as a means of measuring cryptocurrency's overall risk to central banking and traditional financial institutions, while also assessing whether or not regulatory measures are necessary.

Part 4 of our series on managing risk, «Cut your risk and boost your return — use the right ratios,» described how many risk measures suffer because they only look backward.

Director General at the Association of British Insurers, Huw Evans, said: «Having worked with the previous Government on delivering sweeping reforms to the pensions market and on practical measures to reduce car insurance premiums and tackle flood risk, the insurance industry looks forward to a constructive relationship with the new Parliament.

Ostensibly, they oppose the measure on grounds of cost, but the sectarianism of their supporters sees any «victory» for Sinn Fein coming at their expense and don't want to risk upsetting grassroots supporters who may drift to the even more hardline Traditional Unionist Voice party led by Jim Allister, who makes Arlene Foster look like Caroline Lucas.

The potential risk is greatest, the Bain report states, to schools that are «not a top - ranked institution,» whose «financial statements don't look as good as they used to,» and that «have had to take drastic measures» to improve the bottom line, such as raising tuition, reducing standards of admission, and cutting aid to students and numbers of faculty.

As for cold weather, Bhaskaran looks forward to examining «the role of clothing and heating — can we get rid of the excess risk just by taking care of these simple measures?»

«A few studies have looked at liver enzyme levels during pregnancy and the risk of gestational diabetes, but to our knowledge this is the first to look at liver enzyme levels measured before pregnancy,» said lead author Sneha Sridhar, MPH, project coordinator with the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research.

And when you look at the risks side by side, the researchers continued, «by any objective measure the impact threat is minuscule (by a factor of at least a thousand) compared to the threat from anthropogenic climate change.»

The researchers — who examined data on more than 8,000 children up to age 14 — did find that breast - feeding was linked to a reduced risk of obesity and hyperactivity and measures of higher intelligence, but that breast advantage evaporated once they looked at families where one child was breast - fed and one wasn't (my exact situation — my older son got the breast while the younger one had to settle for formula because I had low supply).

A 2010 meta - analysis which included nine studies which looked at the effects of coffee / caffeine on different measures of cognitive impairment and / or decline (four studies on Alzheimer's disease; two on dementia or cognitive impairment; three on cognitive decline), found a reduced risk of cognitive decline across different measures of cognitive impairment (mean risk ratio 0.84) with caffeine intake, with moderate heterogeneity14.

If we really want to improve teaching, we should look to develop such models of effective evaluation rather than pursuing problematic schemes that mis - measure teachers, create disincentives for teaching high - need students, offer no useful feedback on how to improve teaching practice and risk driving some of the best educators out of the profession.

Although, when we look at what may be the holy grail of diversification, measured by the risk adjusted return of a portfolio when commodities are added to stocks and bonds, the DJCI comes out slightly ahead.

AM: One can measure interest rate risk by looking at «Average Maturity» or «Modified Duration» of the portfolio.

Credit risk can be measures by looking at credit rating of the portfolio.

To do that, you need to look at corporate bond funds with a similar duration, which is a measure of sensitivity to interest rate risk.

But this brings us to one key problem in the world of investing — if we can measure return, and we can measure risk by looking at volatility, then how do we know if we are being compensated for the risk we are taking on?

Lenders measure the risk level of a deal by looking at the property's Loan to Value (LTV) ratio.

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Given these circumstances, a bond ETF investor has to look at riskier propositions like bond funds with higher duration (i.e. a measure of interest rate risk) since bond funds targeting the higher end of the yield curve generally have higher rates of interest attached.

When investors and advisers measure risk they mostly look at volatility, or the price swings of a security or fund.

In addition to taking these measures, look for professional services that offer you protection against such hacking and identity theft and take special measures to ensure you and your finances are completely protected from the risk of theft.

The downside risk measure is a practical look at what might happen to the value of your mutual fund portfolio in a worst - case scenario.

The housing bubble was easy to see with long - term perception — where one does stress tests, and looks at the long term likelihood of loss, rather than risk measures that derive from short - term price changes.

Most measures of risk are backward looking.

If you look at the entire body of my work, you will see that I define «real» market risks to be a recession (which hits earnings) and financial stress as measured by the SLFSI.

In order to lower your dog's risk of developing hip dysplasia, consider the following: • Feeding your dog a complete, balanced and nutritious food • Do not feed adult dog food to your puppy • Look for a calcium content of about 0.9 - 1.35 % in dry puppy food • Focus on controlled growth of your puppy • Serve small, measured meals on a regular schedule • Canned food is generally higher in calories and fat than dry food

- Madison - Zionsville - Kokomo The AAA Foundation summed up its report with a number of safety measures that federal, state and local governments can look at to help reduce the risks of pedestrian accidents.

Researchers examined medical literature for studies with at least four years of follow - up that looked at stroke risk based on body mass index, or BMI, a standard measure of weight in relation to height used to gauge how fat or thin a person is.

Investigators are said to be taking a good look at Bitcoin and its underlying technology, as a means of measuring cryptocurrency's overall risk to central banking and traditional financial institutions, while also assessing whether or not regulatory measures are necessary.

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This study is the first to look at the relationship between depressive symptoms and objectively measured physical activity in a large sample (n = 1720) of individuals at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

We looked at five indicators of child disadvantage, measured at sweep 4 of GUS, including being overweight, concerns over language development, and social, emotional and behavioural problems - and explored whether persistently poor children were at greater risk of these.

It then looks at a number of risk factors for poor health measured at various points.

The former includes measures to promote awareness of the importance of mental health and well - being at work for managers, risk management for stress and poor mental health, for instance looking at job content, working conditions, terms of employment, social relations at work, modifications to physical working environment, flexible working hours, improved employer — employee communication and opportunities for career progression.