Sentences with phrase «lower quality ratings»

Funds with longer average weighted maturities or lower quality ratings have been marked down out of all proportion to the genuine risk of default of the portfolios.

Companies with less dependable and more cyclical performance receive lower quality ratings.

Not exact matches

«Their economies are actually growing more than other economies, their quality rating is higher, the debt to GDP is much lower than the industrialized world.

Its repetitive quality, like meditation, can lower your heart rate and lower cortisol levels in your blood... And yeah, meditation is cool and all, but having a finished product at the end of it is even cooler, if you ask me.»

As for «peak earnings,» Michael Wilson, chief U.S. equity strategist and CIO of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, said in a note to clients on Sunday that» [W] e think the market is digesting the fact that the tax cut last year has created a lower quality increase in US earnings growth that almost guarantees a peak rate of change by 3Q.»

Liew said that with the wide variations in credit quality across emerging markets, from non-investment grade countries such as Argentina and Venezuela, to single - A rated ones, such as Malaysia, GIC was looking for «idiosyncratic situations,» in emerging markets which were likely to converge with lower - yielding developed markets.

It also had the lowest rank in food quality of all rated hamburger chains in the Nation's Restaurant News 2014 Consumer Picks survey.

«Increased losses are emanating from weaker collateral pools in the 2013 - 2015 transactions, which have weaker credit quality including lower FICO scores, higher amounts of extended term loans (over 60 months) and higher LTVs [loan to value ratios],» Fitch Ratings analysts wrote Thursday.

It's quite impressive that Netflix's rate is so low, considering it frequently turns out high - quality original series and movies, with big stars attached including «House of Cards,» «Stranger Things,» «Okja,» and «To the Bone.»

I have years of experience in this market segment but recently opted to bring the same quality service that I offered through such and such big company but at a much lower rate.»

For example, if a driver gets a low rating and is accused of speeding or driving unsafely during the ride, Uber could look at the driving data to determine what happened.Though Uber could reserve looking at the data only when there is a complaint, nothing prevents it from actively monitoring its drivers to regularly conduct quality control and make sure there's no unsafe behavior.

«If there are any negative effects of low rates on net interest income in the future, they should be largely offset by the positive effects of monetary stimulus on the other main components of profitability, such as the quality of loans and therefore on loan - loss provisions,» Draghi added.

In terms of credit card performance, the strength of our risk management capabilities and the quality of our portfolio resulted in new historic lows for the 30 plus delinquency and net chargeoff rates... The 30 - plus [day] delinquency rate fell below 2 %, and our 90 - plus [day] delinquency rate fell to below 1 %.

Credit card companies and mortgage lenders typically reserve their lowest rates and largest loans for people who have exhibited a quality track record when handling credit.

Behind this call is her expectation that this current era of loose monetary policy and tumbling interest rates may be coming to an end, which would put more pressure on companies with low credit quality.

By getting the best of the best (nothing lower than a rating of 4.45) and pay them with shares of the company, Juno would end up with more higher quality drivers, leading to improved service for its riders.

If you sell a quality product, accurately described in your marketing, at a price that's fair in relationship to its value, your return rate will be low — probably less than 5 percent.

Wonder which state has the lowest crime rate, ranks high in environmental quality, parks and recreation and access to health care?

Gallup has discovered links between employee engagement at the business - unit level and vital performance indicators, including customer ratings; higher profitability, productivity and quality (fewer defects); lower turnover; less absenteeism and shrinkage (i.e., theft); and fewer safety incidents.

He is expected to discuss lower rates for middle - income taxpayers as an instant pay raise for everyday Americans, while arguing that lowering the corporate tax rate would make it easy for companies to expand — improving Americans» quality of life.

SPR is up 40 % since publication, but still earns an Attractive risk / reward rating based on earnings quality and low market - implied expectations for future profits.

Failing to do so could lower your click - through rate and therefore damage your Quality Score.

target and maximum levels, assumed, for Mr. Hoyt's Wholesale Banking Group, continued double - digit loan growth and favorable credit quality; for Mr. Oman's Home and Consumer Finance Group, improvement in the home mortgage business due to cost control and expected improvements in the yield curve favorably affecting earnings from hedging activities; and for Ms. Tolstedt's Community Banking Group, growth in deposits, especially low or no - cost core deposits, continued loan growth, and stable credit loss rates.

Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

That means, if your click - through rate is low versus your competition, then you're going to struggle to get a high Quality Score.

As it's become clear that low interest rates are here to stay, high quality dividend stocks are harder to find.

Notwithstanding further Fed rate hikes this year, we recommend caution regarding lower - credit - quality exposure — as we believe that the risks outweigh the potential rewards.

Just so you know — Plato Web Design charges $ 2,500 for a small business site (one of the lowest rates on the internet), which includes a high quality custom web design, marketing help, and lots of other great freebies.

Spreads on the lowest quality segment of the «junk» bond category, «C» rated bonds, have narrowed by an extraordinary 30 percentage points since late 2001, to around 5.5 percentage points.

An inverted yield curve is an interest rate environment in which long - term debt instruments have a lower yield than short - term debt instruments of the same credit quality.

Simply dialing without a name will produce low contact rates and low quality business leads; when you ask «Who buys [insert your product here]?»

The investor should note that vehicles that invest in lower - rated debt securities (commonly referred to as junk bonds) involve additional risks because of the lower credit quality of the securities in the portfolio.

Gurley also believes that customers quality if higher is they are organically acquired: «Organic users typically have a higher NPV, a higher conversion rate, a lower churn, and more satisfied than customers acquired through marketing spend.»

Canadian venture capitalists were seen as requiring higher rates of return or lower risk than their U.S. and Chinese counterparts, and there was a perceived talent gap between the quality of Canadian and American venture capitalists.

This is a market - based estimate of the amount of fear in the bond market Bass - rated bonds are the lowest quality bonds that are considered investment - grade, rather than high - yield.

When oil prices drop and natural resource royalties are low, our artificially low tax rates are unrealistic if we want to sustain the public services that contribute to the high quality of life we enjoy in Alberta.

Prolonged curve flattening from the aforementioned easy financial conditions (low long - term rates) despite rising short - term rates would steadily increase institutions» vulnerability to potential balance sheet shocks, as investors continue to add low quality and illiquid assets to «enhance returns.»

We prefer dividend growers and quality companies in the current low - rate environment.

However, munis may pay lower yields than Treasury or corporate bonds of similar maturity and quality, and are subject to the same rate risks as other bonds.

Emphatically, the next recession, the next equity bear market, and the accompanying collapse in low - quality covenant - lite debt will not be the result of the Fed tightening rates, but will instead be part of economic and financial dynamics that are already baked in the cake.

High - yield bonds are issued by corporations with lower credit quality ratings.

At one point it even commends to the attention of the EU «examples of Member States combining the liberal legislation of abortion with effective sexuality education, high - quality family planning services and the availability of different contraceptives which combine lower abortion rates and higher birth rates.»

The value - based WET effectively taxes alcohol at a lower rate in cheap cask wines than it does in more expensive, higher - quality wines (two wines, same alcoholic content, but different prices and therefore different tax rates per unit of alcohol).

There is still further upside for valuations in 2018 due to low interest rates, strong corporate balance sheets and high quality earnings.

I bought this many times and always rated it 5 star, but the last shipment to me was with very low quality, lots of sands, and then I found this from a mice left over, take a look the photo uploaded

One investigation of 48 overweight ladies on a low - calorie count calories found that the individuals who took after a weight lifting program kept up their bulk, metabolic rate and quality, despite the fact that they shed pounds (28).

When the Gunners are up against lower league oppositio0n on a cup, for instance, we often hear the old adage that we have to match the work rate of our opponents first and earn the right to play and exert that superior quality.

There are 12 high quality studies since 1995 (1 - 12) from Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Holland, US, UK, New Zealand and Israel, which all show planned attended homebirth to have either lower or similar rates of perinatal mortality and very significantly lower rates of maternal morbidity, such as cesareans, hemorrhage, and third and fourth degree tears compared to matched groups of low risk women who plan to deliver in hospital.

Look for high quality and highly rated baby swings to purchase The low price and pretty design may be appealing, but look further than that for the real safety issues.

Twelve critical success factors, including «the right attitude, focus, leadership, teamwork, support, and a personal and financial commitment to best practice and continuous quality improvement,» were identified, based on practices at four Ontario hospitals with comparatively low caesarean rates.19 The «right attitude» included taking pride in a low caesarean rate, developing a culture of birth as a normal physiological process, and having a commitment to one to one supportive care during active labour.