Sentences with phrase «means the ratings hold»

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While it's not as generous as taking the grant approach, it does eliminate the tax burden on the employee and it means any gains are taxed at a long - term rate depending on the holding period.

A 10 - times return over six years, a hypothetical holding period, means an investor rate of return of 46 percent, although returns are inherently diluted by other investments in the portfolio.

While U.S. savings bonds have lost popularity as a means of long - term savings due to the low interest rates they currently earn, some retirees have been holding on to bonds that were issued when rates were higher.

The actual earnings estimates for the underlying holdings are provided by FactSet, First Call, I / B / E / S Consensus, and Reuters and are used to calculate a mean 3 - 5 year EPS growth rate estimate.

A turnover rate of 100 % means that the fund changes all of its holdings during a given year.

Even if we agree that «doing nothing» means «doing nothing with the nominal rate of interest», that leaves open the question of how long the Bank holds the nominal rate of interest constant.

The Strategic Total Return Fund continues to hold a portfolio duration of about 6 years, meaning that a 1 % (100 basis point) change in interest rates would induce a roughly 6 % change in the value of the Fund.

The answer is that Fed policy is the primary factor driving the returns of short - term bonds, meaning that they tend to hold up much better than long - term debt when the Fed is expected to keep rates low as was the case in 2013.

Strategic Total Return continues to carry a duration of about 3.5 years in Treasury securities (meaning that a 100 basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact the Fund by about 3.5 % on the basis of bond price fluctuations), and holds about 10 % of assets in precious metals shares, and about 5 % of assets in utility shares.

This periodic adjustment means that, unlike traditional fixed - income securities, floating - rate loans tend to hold their value when short - term interest rates increase, all else being equal.

If that rate holds, that means an eventual $ 61 billion additional, annual interest cost to taxpayers.

That means the Fed will roll over its $ 4 trillion worth of securities holdings until the fed funds rate normalizes at 2 percent.

Each of those four banks also have an outsized presence on Wall Street; each of them received taxpayer bailouts during the 2008 crash; each received secret, below - market interest rate loans from the Federal Reserve during the crisis; and three of them (JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citibank) are currently holding tens of trillions of dollars in derivatives within the insured banking subsidiary — meaning there would be a forced taxpayer bailout if the derivatives blew up the bank.

It is observed that lower rates mean lower borrowing costs or lower costs of drawing down liquid asset holding making the purchase of capital goods more attractive.

That means it's important to not shrug off talk of higher rates as just a pipe dream, and then get caught holding the bag if and when they transpire.

It would be unprofitable to inquire what he, and many others, meant by this expression, but, later at any rate, this «impersonal» power was one with which he could hold commune.

I'm happy some of you guys only get to manage with your mouth... the game got a huge turn around when Ox switched position... Holding got no help from Bellerin... and Elneny hardly got dribbled... Xhaka was poor... remove him from the midfield and you ll know what poor means... Dude had 100 % pass rate vs Chelsea!

A central bank by all means can adopt a negative rate, charging retail banks to hold their surplus funds on deposit... But in their hordes, customers would up and leave, withdrawing their cash and locking it up at home.

That means the atmosphere in 2100 would hold an extra 4 1/2 years» worth of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning at current rates,...

Neuroscientists are rethinking another long - held dogma: that the firing rate serves as a brain cell's sole means of expression.

«We rate this target «Inadequate,» meaning it is not in line with any interpretations of a «fair» approach to hold warming below 2ºC,» the research group explained in a statement.

That means the atmosphere in 2100 would hold an extra 4 1/2 years» worth of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning at current rates, the researchers report in the Sept. 23 Science.

According to a study conducted at the National Center for Biotechnology Information, holding on to resentment and hate can mean heightened blood pressure and heart rate, which can lead to:

That means that I was now able to burn fat for fuel efficiently enough to hold a pace that a year before was redlining my effort at a maximum heart rate of about 190.

Then again, the latter can be said about the entire film; it's supposed to be dark and mean - spirited, but it never goes beyond a somewhat dark shade of grey; perhaps the PG - 13 rating held more sinister — and possibly funnier — instincts in check?

This means that the students that Mr. Poland is intentionally sending us can not read high school level texts or materials, yet Mr. Poland intends on evaluating us based on the new so - called «Smarter Balance» common core tests, tests that the students can not possibly pass because district mandate has advanced them without having held them to standards in the name of fraudulent graduation rates.

He held that the state's scoring thresholds for rating a teacher ineffective, developing, effective or highly effective are invalid — which means in practice that teachers can't be rated «ineffective» based only on student performance.

Maybe I would even give the $ 3 burger a slightly higher rating on that basis, but that doesn't mean I thought it tasted better — it just means I held the $ 6 Burger to a higher standard.

I continue to believe that rates will have to go up (e.g. reversion to the mean, reduce the «real» value of $ 20T in US debt, expiration of «conspiracy theory» suggesting the Fed held rates on the floor until the election to get Hillary elected, etc, etc)....

On the one hand we have central bankers in Europe and Japan lowering their lending rates into negative territory, which means they charge the major banks money just to hold their reserves overnight.

In 2017, the capital gains rate for those in the 10 % and 15 % income tax brackets is 0 %, meaning those who earn the least are not required to pay any income tax on profits from investments held longer than one year.

Strategic Dividend Value is hedged at about half the value of its stock holdings, and Strategic Total Return continues to hold a duration of just over 3.5 years (meaning that a 100 basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact Fund value by about 3.5 % on the basis of bond price fluctuations), with less than 10 % of assets in precious metals shares, and about 5 % of assets in utility shares.

Also, as the Fed looks to end its quantitative easing program later this year, interest rates are expected to rise, which will mean that the large balances these companies hold as assets will suddenly be collecting far more interest.

Due to recent liquidity issues, certain of the auction rate securities MEMS holds have failed at auction, meaning that the amount of securities submitted for sale at auction exceeded the amount of purchase orders.

For home buyers this means they can still expect the low interest rate environment we've become accustomed to throughout 2016, but don't hold out for a dip in rates below the historically low levels that we experienced in 2015.

The adjustment is meant to disincentivize surrenders in a rising - rate environment, but has no impact on the contract if held until maturity.

Second, it meant (and means) that investors are finally receiving at least a nominal rate of interest on their cash equivalents and short - term bond holdings going forward — a welcome change for patient value investors.

For stock - market investors, this means holding a total of 10 to 20 mainly well established, dividend - paying stocks, chosen mainly from our average or higher ratings and spreading their holdings out across most if not all of the five main economic sectors.

1 = Strong Sell and 5 = Strong Buy, so a rating of 3.6 means that the consensus is about midway between Hold and Buy.

That means that, while the interest rate is just 0.1 % a year for those with shorter holding periods, you're guaranteed 3.5 % a year if you keep your EE bonds for 20 years.

It could mean a lower interest rate, better terms and just an overall better loan.FHA's requirements are; a down payment of 3 - 5 %, the home must be under the FHA's set loan limit for the county that the borrower lives in and a few other small requirements.The main advantage to an FHA loan, is if you can fall within their requirements, your credit history or income level, will not hold you back from getting a home loan.

It means you should look forward to low interest rates longer that you might have, but don't revolt and jettison your bond holdings; instead, celebrate or even buy more.

They focus on net fund alphas, meaning after - fee returns in excess of the risk - free rate, adjusted for exposures to three kinds of risk factors well known at the start of the sample period: (1) traditional equity market, bond market and credit factors; (2) dynamic stock size, stock value, stock momentum and currency carry factors; and, (3) a volatility factor specified as monthly returns from buying one - month, at ‐ the ‐ money S&P 500 Index calls and puts and holding to expiration.

Adopting the discipline of rebalancing bond exposures toward fundamental weights, which are linked to the economic size of the underlying issuing companies rather than to the amount of debt they have issued, achieves the dual objective of: 1) tilting holdings toward companies with better debt servicing and higher credit ratings; and 2) taking advantage of mean reversion in securities prices over time.

For one, a winding down of the Fed's bond buying program means interest rates could go up, which may trigger losses for investors holding Treasury bonds.

Keep in mind that currently, low interest rates have caused everyone in the real estate profession to hold their breaths for a possible fed rate increase, which can mean a fixed mortgage at these low rates may be a better chance for more security in the long run.

Meaning although you may be paying a higher rate, you own your car no matter what happens and they don't get to hold your title until repayment.

The firm currently holds the rating of an A + from A.M. Best, which means that it ranks as being superior as far as financial strength and operating performance.

The actual earnings estimates for the underlying holdings are provided by FactSet, First Call, I / B / E / S Consensus, and Reuters and are used to calculate a mean 3 - 5 year EPS growth rate estimate.

Since the federal government holds these student loans, a high interest rate means they actually make a profit from students which Sanders feels is morally wrong.