Sentences with phrase «markets near record highs»

Powell has been a reliable supporter of the consensus forged by Yellen on the policy - setting Federal Open Market Committee, and likely will be seen as a less risky choice with the economy growing solidly and U.S. stock markets near record highs.

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Despite the recent softness in data — the Citi economic surprise index for the eurozone is now at its lowest since June 2012 — markets remain stubbornly bullish on the euro with overall bets still near record highs as longer - term expectations remain optimistic.

The following may be true of a potential takeover: • the company has fewer than 50 million shares outstanding; • management is dominated by persons near retirement age; • management's record on innovations and improving returns has been poor; • the company owns assets whose market values are potentially higher than those shown on the balance sheet; • outside investors have been steadily buying the stock.

Sellers will have less incentive to put their homes on the market, because most have near - record - low rates and would be buying into significantly higher rates.

As the dollar sinks to near - record lows against the euro and the British pound, the stock market has returned to record highs, but investors are being advised to anticipate a worldwide downturn and the U.S. economy may have already entered a recession.

According to some market watchers, gold has yet to fully adjust to the reality of tapering, and is vulnerable to further weakness when the central bank finally begins to wind down its monetary stimulus — a major pillar of support that has driven gold to record high near $ 1,920 in September 2011.

When the stock market is near a record high, interest rates are headed much higher and the market fear index, the VIX, suddenly shoots up, this is a clear sign of an overvalued market for conventional intangible assets.

This has helped markets remain near their record - highs despite a weak global economy and a weak economic outlook — and despite poor fourth - quarter and year - end results and an even weaker outlook for the first quarter of 2016.

This begs the question: with the stock market at near - record levels and Treasury bond prices at all - time highs, how is it at all possible that these pension funds are still underfunded to this extent?

The correlations between the S&P 500 and crude oil and emerging markets are also at or near record highs.

As Heath wrote: «Wednesday's market turbulence comes amid near - record highs following an eight - year bull run fueled by strong earnings, especially in the technology sector.

Industry sales are expected to remain at or near record levels, with higher GM retail sales and market share on a year - over-year basis.

While the overall manga market declines, fanboys looking for a silver lining like to point to record - breaking high sales of the biggest titles, like One Piece, which sold six times as many copies in 2011 as the nearest competitor, Naruto.

Since the company was trading near record highs, when it levelled off a bit I promptly lost money, which was a bad first venture into the stock market.

The major U.S. stock indexes hit record highs this week, in a dramatic rebound from solid losses seen last week that initially hinted near - term market tops could be in place.

Due to the length of the bull market, which has been big in gains, all the U.S. market averages currently are at or near record highs, so the desire to know when the advance will end is even more acute.

Minneapolis, MN: Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®), showing average fixed mortgage rates edging slightly higher while remaining near their all - time record lows coming off the employment report for September.

Or is it the bears, who see the FTSE 100 at record highs and a near - decade old bull market which must be well into -LSB-...]

This is certainly no assurance of the market outcome in the present instance, but in the context of an overvalued, overbought, overbullish market with margin debt near record highs, it's also not a feature of the present environment that we're inclined to overlook.

As of end - September 2017, margin debt on the NYSE was a record $ 559.6 billion, which is to be expected as U.S. equity indices were also near all - time highs, and stock market peaks and record levels of margin debt often coincide.

This explanation would alleviate the concern that earnings expectations were too high, and that markets were overvalued even on forward earnings (see: Forward Earnings Imply a Return To Near - Record Profit Margins).

With the bull market now into its sixth year and stock prices at or near record highs, many investors may be investing more aggressively than they realize — and unwittingly jeopardizing their financial security.

Since hitting record highs near $ 20,000, bitcoin's value virtually halved over the next four weeks as South Korea explored new regulations to curb excess speculation in the market.

ETC broke - out of its short - term correction yesterday, staying ahead of the rest of the market in this cycle, and it rallied up to the next major resistance zone near $ 43, with only the all - time high remaining ahead as an obstacle before a new record high.

Homes in March came off the market at a near - record pace 1, and indicating an increase in the likelihood of listings receiving multiple offers, 42 percent of homes sold at or above list price (the second highest amount since NAR began tracking in December 2012).

Investors worldwide struggled to find high returns in the wake of the global financial crisis amid interest rates languishing near record lows and bouts of elevated volatility in the stock and bond markets.

Among the 31 NIC MAP ® Primary Markets, four reached near - record high occupancy rates for majority independent living properties in the first quarter of 2017 — Seattle, St. Louis, Chicago and Dallas — while two reached record lows — Houston and San Antonio.

Pending contracts and sales growth continues to hit double - digit percent gains; Prices remain near record highs Rockville, MD --(August 10, 2015)-- The following analysis of the Washington, D.C. Metro Area housing market has been prepared by Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D. of RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI) and is based on July 2015 MRIS housing data.

Regardless, there are many catalysts: a tight labor market, wage growth picking up, a stock market at or near record highs, housing values rising quickly, high commercial real estate prices, low cap rates and narrow credit spreads.

Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) recently released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®), showing fixed mortgage rates at or near their all - time record lows, helping to keep homebuyer affordability high.

Freddie Mac recently released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®), showing fixed mortgage rates easing slightly and remaining near record lows to keep homebuyer affordability high and attractive to those looking to refinance.

Freddie Mac recently released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®), showing average fixed mortgage rates edging slightly higher while remaining near their all - time record lows coming off the employment report for September.

«Depressed new and existing inventory conditions led to several of the largest metro areas seeing near or above double - digit appreciation, which has pushed home values to record highs in a slight majority of markets,» Yun says.

«The Canadian market continues to experience record or near - record housing prices in major markets across the country, with Western Canada posting some of the nation's highest prices,» says Jim Gillespie, CEO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC.