Sentences with phrase «moderate price declines»

Index investors are often more concerned with hedging against moderate price declines than severe declines, as these type of price drops are both very unpredictable and relatively common.

On the second count, the argument for how dividend payments moderate price declines is fundamentally flawed.

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Goldman Sachs» derivatives strategy team pointed out that a trade hedging against a moderate decline in the S&P 500 is reasonably priced.

Clear Capital says prices declined 4.1 % in 2010 and are likely to continue declining at a more moderate pace of 3.6 % in 2011 (via Housing Wire):

So far, the decline in major commodity prices has been fairly modest, though enough to help rates of CPI inflation to moderate a little.

Even with a weaker currency and a partial reversal in recent oil price declines, these issues will moderate any increase in long - term interest rates in Canada.

For many owner - occupiers, on the other hand, a moderate decline in prices should not create major discomfort, in an environment of ongoing growth in employment and wages, as well as reduced taxes.

Looking ahead, further impacts from the exchange rate appreciation are likely to be limited: in fact, the prices of tradables (excluding food and petrol) were flat in the December quarter and their decline in year - ended terms moderated in the second half of 2004.

All in all, the Fed continues to expect inflation to rise gradually toward 2 % over the medium term as the labor market improves further and the transitory effects of energy price declines and other factors dissipate, but the pace for hikes in interest rates could well be moderate, as the Fed has been indicating.

The Wildrose is attempting to tie the new government to economic conditions caused by the decline of the international price of oil, but the Alberta NDP was elected on a moderate progressive platform and have moved swiftly to implement it.

The past year witnessed a moderate decline in stock prices.

Volatility Does Not Equal Risk — Dividend lovers hope to moderate volatility in two ways: 1) smaller intrinsic price fluctuations and 2) counter balancing price declines with cash dividend payments.

Inflation appears to have moderated since earlier in the year as prices of energy and some commodities have declined from their peaks.

More recently, inflation has moderated as prices of energy and some commodities have declined from their earlier peaks.

In light of the declines in the prices of energy and other commodities and the weaker prospects for economic activity, the Committee expects inflation to moderate further in coming quarters to levels consistent with price stability.

The Notes offer the potential for a variable return while providing contingent protection against a slight to moderate decline in the price performance of an equally - weighted basket of shares (the «Reference Basket») over the term of the Notes.

Reduced nuclear generation due to outages and reduced hydropower generation both served to moderate declining electricity prices in much of the country.

The report says: «Without the increase in biofuels, global wheat and maize stocks would not have declined appreciably and price increases due to other factors would have been moderate.»

After two to five years of moderate drinking and no smoking your insurance prices will decline.

Over the course of the month, the ethereum price rose by 76 percent — even as bitcoin endured a moderate decline — and it ended the year at $ 752.

Nonetheless, moderate job growth and further declines in home prices may continue to weigh on consumer spending going forward.

In 2018, Yun anticipates essentially no change (a decline of 0.4 percent) in existing sales (5.52 million), and price growth to moderate to around 2 percent.

http://www.batonrougerealestatetrends.net/ — Baton Rouge Housing Trends: PMI Study Shows Moderate Risk, 40 Percent Chance Of Home Price Declines.

Following extraordinary housing price spikes in Alberta's red - hot economy, which have begun to moderate, 54 per cent of buyers surveyed were worried about declining values.

Economists at the National Association of Realtors estimate that the tax changes could whack 10 percent off average prices around the country, with declines steeper in states with higher home costs and tax burdens, lower in areas with more moderate prices and taxes.

Some of the decline in the affordability index could be the result of a loss in some more modest priced home sales as tight underwriting standards have limited the purchases by moderate income families.»