Sentences with phrase «lower general funds»

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After tracking cash flow in and out of mutual funds to measure investor sentiment, the research found that in response to hype, general market enthusiasm or a mass exodus, «retail investors direct their money to funds which invest in stocks that have low future returns.

To learn more about low - cost index fund investing (and the «case» for investing in general) read The Coffeehouse Investor and The Bogleheads» Guide to Investing.

I am a big fan of the Vanguard investing philosophy (which is built on investing in low cost index funds), as well as Vanguard funds in general.

Not 100 percent sure about your individual taxes but in general if you sell a stock or mutual fund and want to be taxed with the lower long term capital gains rate you must wait 31 days before you buy them back, otherwise it turns into a short term capital gain.

This cutback will accelerate the point at which the program moves into supposed «negative equity» — a calculation that ignores the option of restoring pension funding to the government's general budget, where it would be paid out of progressively levied income tax and hence borne mainly by the wealthy, not by lower - income wage earners as a «user fee.»

But if the state issued a dollar - for - dollar state tax credit for charitable contributions made to, say, the state's general infrastructure fund, the first $ 6,000 donated, though reducing state tax liability by $ 6,000, does nothing to lower federal taxes owed because the taxpayer would still take the standard deduction.

Moreover, Folkenberg has taken a stand for reducing the staff of the General Conference because of the shortage of funds and widespread demands that more tithe be retained at lower levels, and is already implementing this policy vigorously.

sorry this is a bit of the subject does anyone know what the situation with our overall debt is at the moment and what our repayments are i was under the impression that we are at about the # 245 million mark gross debt and about # 97 net debt are the stadium repayments lower now or something is the bonds interest dropped lower inprice we were paying something like # 20 - # 30 million in repayments but heard its down to about # 15 million per yr now i know we will have broken throught the # 300 million mark in revenue now i am guessing that contributes more to the transfer funds or if not what makes up the transfer funds in the club i.e deals or match day revenue plus cash in the bank which stands at a high level but must be just in case we might default on a payment we need heavy cash in hand to bail us out this side of the club really intrigues me as it is not a much talked about subject unless you are into that type of area of work or care about the general fianacial outcome of the club does anyone have more insight into our finances would be great to hear from anyone about this matter cheers gonerwineverything (because we are)

His Democratic opponent, Lew Simon, is running a low - funded, underdog campaign that was hampered last month by news that the candidate had an angioplasty a month before the general election.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- The attorneys general for New York and Minnesota are suing the Trump administration for abruptly cutting off federal funding for health care coverage for more than 800,000 low - income residents in the two states.

New York's $ 182 million share of the nationwide $ 7 million Citigroup settlement includes at least $ 90 million in mortgage relief as well as directing funding for land banks and community development agencies aimed at housing for low - income earners, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office on Monday announced.

Taxpayers will receive the same net benefit, but SOF spending growth appears lower.3 Other substantial changes include shifts in workers from payrolls in the general fund to those paid by capital funds, reclassifying the Sales Tax Asset Receivable Corporation (STARC) funds from a miscellaneous receipt to an offset against spending, and shifting expenses off - budget as shown in Table 3.

One could frame the debate in the advantages of using less fossil fuel, which range from lower costs to people (an all electric car has operating costs about 1/4 that of a gasoline vehicle), to balance of payments (less capital flowing out of the country, especially relevant to countries who import most of their oil), to terrorism (not funding it, and western influence leaving the ME, which is the basis of most ME terrorist organizations) to conflict in general (most of the major conflicts in the last 30 years have involved ME oil), to finite supply (when we run out, we'll be facing a global economic meltdown).

But the budget was also notable for what was not included — mainly, the City Council Fair Fares plan, which would provide reduce priced MetroCards for low - income New Yorkers, a $ 400 million property tax rebate and an increase in the general reserve fund.

The General Fund ended June with a balance of $ 3 billion, which was nearly $ 4.2 billion lower than a year earlier but $ 548.3 million higher than the latest projection.

Lev Dassin, the acting United States attorney for the southern district of New York, and Tony West, the assistant attorney general for the civil division of the Department of Justice, announced today that Westchester County has agreed to fund the building of 750 units of affordable housing in areas with low racial and ethnic diversity in order to settle a lawsuit brought against it by the United States under the False Claims Act as well as the Housing and Community Development Act.

LOWER MANHATTAN — A marketing consultant used his connection to the Puerto Rican Day Parade to line his own pockets, scamming more than $ 1 million in donations to fund his trips and personal expenses — while the board stood by and did nothing — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Thursday.

About 40 low - income, owner - occupied homes will benefit from the attorney general's funding.

«A good general rule of municipal finance is that one - time revenue events, such as the sale of assets or appropriated surplus, should only be used to fund one - time expenses, such as equipment purchases or to lower borrowing needs.

Funded by a 5 - year grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and supported by the Ohio State Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS), the GIFT study is in the first of two phases, where researchers are determining the lowest tolerable, yet effective dose.

In spite of many scientific achievements, issues of low funding, rigid bureaucracy, and inbred career structures dominate the general perception of Spanish research.

In general, unless otherwise exempt, the following three criteria must be met in order for non-classroom based charters to be guaranteed full funding levels: (1) at least 80 percent of total revenues must be spent on instruction or classroom support, (2) at least 50 percent of public revenues must be spent on certificated staff salaries and benefits, and (3) the pupil - teacher ratio must be equal to or lower than the pupil - teacher ratio in the largest unified school district in the county or counties in which the school operates or the school must maintain a minimum of 25:1 ratio.

This list includes three Southern states, all of which have modest to low levels of teacher pay, deterioration in both salaries and general education funding over the last decade, and state - determined salary schedules.

The highest ELL achievement quintile schools» total general funds expenditure per pupil advantage over the lowest ELL achievement quintile schools doubled from approximately $ 400 per pupil in 2010 to approximately $ 800 per pupil in 2012.

By ruling that the state is currently providing sufficient levels of funding to meet its obligation to «make suitable provisions for a general diffusion of knowledge,» the court has put its stamp of approval on low expectations such that schools where half of the students are failing state assessments are considered to be performing at acceptable levels.

Most critically, however, Illinois must increase state investment in financial aid for low - income students, and in funding for higher education in general.

With significant strains already on general fund resources at the school level, we really have no reason to believe these activities will continue to happen without reimbursement,» said Katie Valenzuela, spokeswoman for Public Advocates, a non-profit representing the interests of low - income families.

Studies of college enrollment and graduation rates of scholarship alumni have shown that, despite coming from socioeconomic backgrounds associated with lower rates of college enrollment, Children's Scholarship Fund students enroll in college at an average rate that is similar to or higher than the general population.

WHEREAS, the ESEA Discussion Draft repeals the long - standing Title I Maintenance of Effort (MOE) and the Title IX General Provisions MOE requirement, and without them, state and local education funding could be lowered by states with no consequences to the state's ongoing receipt of federal aid; and

Options created by the General Assembly that enable students to leave the low - performing schools to which they have been assigned create choices for students but do not provide the funding public schools need to serve these students well.

Previous work on the impact of philanthropy in education terms these types of status quo investments as «lower leverage» grants, which can include funding for efforts in professional development, unrestricted or general purpose grants to schools, or special - purpose grants to fund a particular program or activity (e.g. arts enrichment).4 The contrasting approach — the «higher leverage» investment — is investment with the potential to exert systemic influence on public education, which can be divided into two broad categories: 5

When adjusting for enrollment and inflation, school funding has been cut in the following areas since leadership of the General Assembly switched hands in 2010 (a time period in which the state was already struggling to find resources as a result of the Great Recession): classroom teachers, instructional support personnel (counselors, nurses, librarians, etc.), school building administrators (principals and assistant principals), teacher assistants, transportation, low wealth schools, disadvantaged students, central office, limited English proficiency, academically gifted, small counties, driver training, and school technology.

Most studies conclude that funds with lower fees, in general, outperform funds with higher fees over virtually all time frames measured.

Fortunately, many pension plans offer funds with fees lower than those available to the general public.

In general, experts says, investors in low volatility funds can expect more muted losses in down markets but also more modest gains during up markets, leading to roughly comparable returns over the long term.

In general, higher - risk funds allow for greater returns, while lower - risk funds typically have lower returns but with much less volatility.

In general, most people will see their best returns in a broadly diversified portfolio of low cost, passive stock, bond, real estate and maybe commodity funds.

I've learned that ETFs track an index just like a mutual index fund does, except that in general they have lower expense ratios than mutual index funds, and better tax advantages.

There is a cluster of equally safe, equally low - return investments such as money market mutual funds and Treasury bills, which you can talk with your banker about, but in general they all produce approximately the same level of return.

A key advantage of index funds is that they are a low cost option, charging just a fraction of a percentage point each year (0.05 % to 0.25 % being the general range of the ones we use, some more specialist ones may charge slightly more), while many active funds, for instance, may charge between 1 - 2 % per annum.

A FAVORITE BECAUSE: With bond yields in general at historic lows, this fund's 0.23 % exp ratio gives it an advantage even better managers at other funds won't be able to beat.

Most importantly, what about the performance difference between this low volatility fund and the general market?

The disadvantage of bond funds in general right now is their low rate of return and the fact that once the Federal Reserve starts to increase interest rates bond funds typically decrease in value.

Mutual funds in general have lower returns than individual stocks but because they are diversified among many different stocks they also tend to lose less in market downturns.

... or you can just do what Warren Buffett suggested at his most recent Annual General Meeting in Omaha (in response to a question by Tim Ferris of «4 hour workweek» fame): «Invest your money in a low - cost index fund... then «forget about it» and get back to work!»

I'm not sure about the availability of index funds for Netherlands investors, but in general your costs are much lower buying low - cost passively managed funds compared to trying to mirror the share ownership pattern yourself.

The fees on these funds are ridiculously low (like, 0.09 %) and will model the general market pretty well.

Increasingly considered to be more beneficial than mutual funds by the general investor community because they have usually have lower fees, index funds involve a certain set of securities (such as the S&P 500).

This in turn has contributed an overall lower savings rate in general — whether it is for a down payment, retirement, or simply to maintain an emergency fund.

In general, many bond and bond funds are considered to be lower risk because, for the most part, a bond holder will receive the principal on the bond as long as the bond is held to maturity.