Sentences with phrase «make over the benchmark»

But even in a bull market, it's about how much MORE you can make over the benchmark.

Not exact matches

With synthetic crude right now commanding a US$ 14 - a-barrel premium over West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark crude, it may make economic sense too.

The 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average were previously considered the primary benchmark indicator for U.S. equities, but the S&P 500, a much larger and more diverse group of stocks, has supplanted it in that role over time.

Many schools also opt to administer the Challenge Success Student Survey and use the data to make policy decisions and benchmark progress over time.

But Gov. Andrew Cuomo has made a benchmark of success over his years in office of getting budgets approved before the start of the fiscal year.

Furthermore, the President will make it a national imperative to dramatically improve student achievement in math and science, and move US students from the middle of the pack to the top on international benchmarks over the next decade by challenging all Americans to dramatically increase support for math and science education.

For over a year we've made a conscious effort not to target ourselves against industry averages and benchmarks.

Now, 74 per cent of its pupils achieve the benchmark, making it the most improved school ever over a three - year period.

«Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R)... signed new legislation that makes his state the first to opt out of Common Core standards, amid conservative outrage over the education benchmarks.

Many schools also opt to administer the Challenge Success Student Survey and use the data to make policy decisions and benchmark progress over time.

What people couldn't work out at the California's launch was how Ferrari could claim a sub-4 second 0 - 62mph time for the 275 kg heavier, front - engined car, making it slightly quicker over the benchmark sprint than its mid-engined stablemate.

If its driving dynamics or design distinctions don't make an impression on you, there's little reason to choose the Passat over benchmarks like the Honda Accord or Toyota Camry, which both feature base models priced well below the Passat's $ 28,000 asking price.

No matter which of the four available powertrains you choose, the 5 Series boasts the premium amenities and stately style that have made it the benchmark among midsize - luxury - sports sedans for over 40 years.

Chevy was able to make two additional benchmarks for 1979 — producing over 50,000 units and increasing the base price of the car to over $ 10,000.

Over the last few years, owning a U.S. - based ETF made a lot of sense — since the market was rising, all you needed to own was a benchmark - hugging security.

In those programs however, values could range from 0.5 cents per mile up to over 3 cents per mile, making a defined benchmark important to know.

Conducting an annual investment review over and above the pure performance number tells you not only how your portfolio has performed — and whether it has outperformed your benchmark — but whether it's time to make changes to your holdings.

Over the one - year period, information technology was the largest and best - performing sector in the S&P 500, thereby making it the biggest contributor to benchmark return.

Using the S&P 500 as the benchmark over the last five years sure made actively managed mutual funds look better than they actually were.

There is no certainty that we'll make money but the team believes that the current portfolio and investment philosophy gives the Forager International Shares Fund the best chance of both outperforming its benchmark and adding valuable diversification to investors» portfolios over the long term.

I always make it a point to highlight my disdain for leveraged ETFs as an «investment» since they tend to lose value over time regardless of the performance of the underlying benchmark given the value decay from daily rebalancing.

Consuelo Mack: Right and so, that is where you can get the edge over the typical benchmark indexes and it is to prevent us from making stupid mistakes.

Shelter managers need a consistent way to communicate and manage this data so they can make meaningful comparisons between shelters in different communities over time and set benchmarks for success.

Many of these titles have set benchmarks for fighting games in various different areas over the years and make DoA's factual status as an absolute shit game comparatively all the more apparent, while DoA has literally been nothing more than an ugly - ass redheaded stepchild of the masterful fighting games I listed earlier.

With more and more established franchises beginning to make their way over to the App Store, Infinity Gene could well have set the benchmark for their rivals to follow for some time to come.

But I think the benchmarking part of it is very useful and I also think that the innovation is probably happening among outliers and I would say that if I'm a firm looking to invest in technology and to go make technology a differentiation with other firms, I think these numbers would actually be very encouraging to say, «Hey, maybe even now even though we haven't done anything for a few years, we could actually make a jump in technology over some of our competitors.»

An unknown Samsung handset running on Verizon's network made an appearance on NenaMark's benchmarking app over the weekend.

For three decades, Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time in order to: 1) Encourage collaborations across communities and sectors, 2) Empower individuals toward making informed health decisions, and 3) Measure the impact of prevention activities.

Now I note that you said today that there's been great improvement over a short period of time, and I'm sure there has been, but you know it's interesting to me, and again I will say this because I come from a country myself where there is a disadvantaged community and a lot of government programs et cetera, it's of serious concern the extent of the dramatic inequalities that are still being experienced by these population groups when they represent only, you know, no more than 2 % of the population of a highly developed, industrialised state, and I just, it makes me wonder about things like the effectiveness of the programs, monitoring, benchmarking, what are the standards, is anybody watching this to see whether or not they really are designed to meet the disadvantages that are real in the communities, you know the real history of systemic discrimination, institutional racism?