It is used as
a measure of risk in the bond market.
Birth parent negative affect was assessed in the current study because of its close approximation to
our measure of risk in children.
Not exact matches
«When you're
in your 30s, you still have a long flight path... so you still have quite a bit
of time to take
measured risks, at least when it comes to markets, to be able to build your portfolio and have more growth,» Snider said.
The collaboration will involve creating machine learning methods which can analyze mountains
of existing type 1 diabetes research
in order to figure out
risk factors and, hopefully, effective prevention
measures.
Exposure is the
measure of risk used
in the pricing
of an insurance product.
The banking system was hyper - competitive and quick to take
risks in pursuit
of profits; policymakers aggressively pushed homeownership through
measures such as tax breaks for mortgage interest payments; and weak recourse laws let mortgage defaulters off the hook.
Tens
of thousands
of jobs would be at
risk as supply chains are torn apart and retaliatory protectionist
measures crimp growth
in both countries.
TORONTO — The federal government is taking steps to ease emerging
risks in the country's housing market with new
measures to slow the injection
of foreign cash and to tighten eligibility rules on prospective borrowers.
From our definition there flows an important corollary: The riskiness
of an investment is not
measured by beta (a Wall Street term encompassing volatility and often used
in measuring risk) but rather by the probability — the reasoned probability —
of that investment causing its owner a loss
of purchasing power over his contemplated holding period.
The PGA Tour's alignment with the NBA and MLB on the integrity fee is about paying for the compliance
measures needed
in order to mitigate the
risk of betting scandals.
Simple
measures, accomplished
in a deliberate, consistent fashion, can significantly reduce the
risk of disclosure
of company assets best kept close.
Along the same stream
of the Sharpe ratio's
risk / return
measures in finance, and the «minimum viable product»
in the tech world, the strategy is about being calculated and conscious
in our efforts, with a flexible, rather than fixed process and goal.
«It is a terrible mistake for investors with long - term horizons... to
measure their investment «
risk» by their portfolio's ratio
of bonds to stocks,» Buffett wrote
in the February 24 letter.
«Although we expect that the Greek government will implement the required
measures, the
risk of early elections is increasing given the rising political cost to the government and its slim majority
in the parliament... Early elections might bring a new and more reform - minded conservative government, but Greece's economy would be hit again by prolonged uncertainty, after having just started to record positive growth,» Moody's said.
This often means transit times
measured in months, with the associated
risks of missing market opportunities.
If you are looking to make a difference
in the lives
of at -
risk children, how would you
measure progress?
«The question from a financial stability point
of view is whether or not those
measures, to the extent they encourage more credit and more investment, may not buy some more growth today, but increase the
risk of some disruption
in growth further down the road,» Carolyn Wilkins, the Bank
of Canada's senior deputy governor, said at least week's press conference.
The
measure of the personal value will come
in the form
of time, money and
risk.
These
risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth
in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the
risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity
measures in European countries that may increase the amount
of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase
in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift
in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases
in treatment duration; availability
of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations
in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations
in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction
of generic versions
of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect
of lowering prices or reducing the number
of insured patients; the possibility
of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials
in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels
of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations
in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits
of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates
in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals
in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the
risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages
of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development
of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta
in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes
in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations
in the foreign exchange rate
of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other
risks identified from time to time
in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
«While any direct effects
of remedial trade
measures on steel and aluminum are likely to be limited, the
risk to the outlook lies
in the response
of US trading partners and whether the administration's decision to impose restrictive trade policies is only the first
in a series
of moves,» they wrote.
Political
risk consulting company Eurasia Group says that other
measures the Trump administration may soon roll out could include blocking Chinese cloud services companies from establishing data centres
in the U.S.; a renewed emphasis on restricting sales
of Chinese telecommunications equipment to major U.S. operators; and prohibiting Chinese acquisitions
of U.S. firms
in sectors such as artificial intelligence, automation, robotics, semiconductors and biotechnology.
A key
risk measure in money markets known as the Libor - OIS spread has risen to levels not seen since worries mounted
in 2011 and 2012 over the debt troubles
of European countries Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain.
At Fiji, Robbins offered some insight into what Jones» daily email updates look like, saying, «he sends me a checklist
of what we
measure, everything from his NAV [net asset value] to his [portfolio] weights, what's happening
in his body, to his focus, to ratios
of risk - reward that we're
measuring, and then he does a narrative for me.»
The best way to safeguard financial stability and improve the balance between economic and financial
risk taking is to put
in place policies that enhance the transmission
of monetary policy to the real economy — thus promoting economic
risk taking — and address financial excesses through well - designed macroprudential
measures.
This has been the situation
in Canada for the past seven years, as reflected
in increasing levels
of household indebtedness and elevated house prices — although, as I'll discuss later, regulatory
measures have been used to mitigate the resulting financial system
risks (Chart 2).3
ATLANTA — Visa and MasterCard are using security
measures prone to fraud, putting retailers and customers at
risk of hacking attacks by cyber thieves, The Home Depot Inc. says
in a new federal lawsuit.
Beta is a
measure of the volatility, or systematic
risk,
of a security or a portfolio,
in comparison to the market as a whole.
Duration, the most commonly used
measure of bond
risk, quantifies the effect
of changes
in interest rates on the price
of a bond or bond portfolio.
As always, the strongest prospective market return /
risk profile is associated with a material retreat
in valuations followed by an early improvement
in broad
measures of market internals.
Similarly, even though the expected return to stocks is negative
in the current climate, the
risk (
measured by the variability
of possible outcomes) is also very wide.
A shift
in investor
risk - preferences, as revealed by a subtle (and eventually profound) deterioration
of observable market internals and
risk measures.
«The GDB's financial condition has continued to deteriorate and, absent the
measures ordered
in this executive order, there is an imminent
risk of a drastic decrease
in GDB's liquidity
in the immediate term.
The
measures, known as «red flag laws» or extreme
risk protection orders, have shown evidence
of reducing suicides
in Connecticut, where the first such law was passed
in 1999, and
in recent years have also been passed
in California, Washington and Oregon.
On balance, we do not believe that the November 2012 Update fiscal forecast was credible and coupled with the slowdown
in economic growth
in 2013, the possibility
of a balanced budget for 2015 - 16 is seriously at
risk, unless additional significant restraint
measures are implemented.
In addition, the HRC has expanded the use of long - term Performance Share awards to a broader group of management and has added for 2012 an additional risk - balancing performance measure to reduce the awards in the event of poor absolute financial performanc
In addition, the HRC has expanded the use
of long - term Performance Share awards to a broader group
of management and has added for 2012 an additional
risk - balancing performance
measure to reduce the awards
in the event of poor absolute financial performanc
in the event
of poor absolute financial performance.
Financial
risk: The potential for gain or loss on a financial level
measured in terms
of revenue, return on investment, return on equity, shareholder value, profitability, debt level, capital expenditures and free cash flow.
With the S&P 500 within about 8 %
of its highest level
in history, with historically reliable valuation
measures at obscene levels, implying near - zero 10 - 12 year S&P 500 nominal total returns; with an extended period
of extreme overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions replaced by deterioration
in market internals that signal a clear shift toward
risk - aversion among investors; with credit spreads on low - grade debt blowing out to multi-year highs; and with leading economic
measures deteriorating rapidly, we continue to classify market conditions within the most hostile return /
risk profile we identify — a classification that has been observed
in only about 9 %
of history.
But for good
measure, and given the
risk of appeal, Justice Macintosh went on to give his reasons denying Burnaby's application and for supporting the NEB's reasoning
in its Ruling No. 40 concluding (at para 80) that «under both... paramountcy and interjurisdictional immunity... Burnaby is precluded from seeking to apply its bylaws so as to impede or block any steps Trans Mountain must take
in order to safely prepare and locate the Expansion Project.»
Historically - reliable valuation
measures are remarkably useful
in projecting long - term and full - cycle market outcomes, but the behavior
of the market over shorter segments
of the market cycle is driven by the psychological inclination
of investors toward speculation or
risk - aversion.
For each fund with at least a three - year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar Ratingä based on a Morningstar
Risk - Adjusted Return
measure that accounts for variation
in a fund's monthly performance (including the effects
of sales charges, loads, and redemption fees), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance.
As I've regularly noted
in recent months, our immediate outlook is essentially flat neutral for practical purposes, though we're partial to a layer
of tail -
risk hedges, such as out -
of - the - money index put options, given that a market decline on the order
of even 5 % would almost certainly be sufficient to send our
measures of market internals into a negative condition.
Multipliers are frequently used
in offsetting to compensate for the
risk of failure
of the offset
measures and the time lag between when negative impacts
of the development project are felt and the positive impacts
of offsetting come to fruition, often a period
of many years.
The off - balance - sheet items
in this
measure cover all direct contractual exposures to credit
risk â $ «including letters
of credit and guarantees, transaction - related contingencies, trade - related contingencies, and sale and repurchase agreements.
The Securities and Exchange Board
of India (Sebi) on Wednesday put
in place additional
risk management
measures for the derivatives segment.
As the filing sums up, «If we do not complete our remediation
in a timely manner or if the remediation
measures that we have implemented and intend to implement are inadequate to address our existing material weaknesses or to identify or prevent additional material weaknesses, there will continue to be an increased
risk of future material misstatements
in our annual or interim financial statements.»
Relying upon further macroprudential policy tools to contain housing
risks in a timely manner is set against the mixed success
of such
measures to date.
In their October 2009 paper entitled «Risk Sentiment Index (RSI) and Market Anomalies», Guy Kaplanski and Haim Levy introduce the Risk Sentiment Index (RSI) as a measure of the residual risk contained in VIX after accounting for the statistical and economic variables most predictive of future stock market volatility (such as previous month actual volatility and VIX
In their October 2009 paper entitled «
Risk Sentiment Index (RSI) and Market Anomalies», Guy Kaplanski and Haim Levy introduce the Risk Sentiment Index (RSI) as a measure of the residual risk contained in VIX after accounting for the statistical and economic variables most predictive of future stock market volatility (such as previous month actual volatility and V
Risk Sentiment Index (RSI) and Market Anomalies», Guy Kaplanski and Haim Levy introduce the
Risk Sentiment Index (RSI) as a measure of the residual risk contained in VIX after accounting for the statistical and economic variables most predictive of future stock market volatility (such as previous month actual volatility and V
Risk Sentiment Index (RSI) as a
measure of the residual
risk contained in VIX after accounting for the statistical and economic variables most predictive of future stock market volatility (such as previous month actual volatility and V
risk contained
in VIX after accounting for the statistical and economic variables most predictive of future stock market volatility (such as previous month actual volatility and VIX
in VIX after accounting for the statistical and economic variables most predictive
of future stock market volatility (such as previous month actual volatility and VIX).
To
measure the effectiveness
of each predictor, they each quarter rank stocks into fifths (quintiles) based on the predictor and then calculate the difference
in average gross excess (relative to the
risk - free rate) returns
of extreme quintiles.
Returns by media type are similar whether
measured simply
in excess
of the
risk - free rate or adjusted for multiple
risk factors common to long / short U.S. equity hedge funds.
In the March 2009 version
of their paper entitled «Higher
Risk, Lower Returns: What Hedge Fund Investors Really Earn», Ilia Dichev and Gwen Yu
measure actual hedge fund investor returns by integrating the returns
of the funds they hold with the timing and magnitude
of their capital flows into and out
of these funds.