Sentences with phrase «narrowing the spread of»

Valuation informed indexing narrows the spread of the data considerably.

Your point «The superior utility of the OLR seasonal cycle in narrowing the spread of climate sensitivity may arise because it is a better measure of dOLR / dTs.»

In a new analysis released by the journal Nature, an international research team led by Sherwood reports that better cloud - cover physics narrow the spread of disagreement among the climate sensitivity estimates.

Not exact matches

With the vast majority of private investment capital tied up in just three states (California, New York and Massachusetts) and a fairly narrow group of industries, SBIC helped spread the wealth to a much broader portfolio of promising businesses.

Bonds due in 2018 and won by BofA were «aggressively» priced with a 1.64 percent yield that narrowed Illinois» spread over Municipal Market Data's benchmark triple - A yield curve to 70 basis points from 100 basis points ahead of the sale, Greg Saulnier, a MMD analyst, said.

The spread between the two - year note yield and the 10 - year note yield, a widely - watched measure of the yield curve, narrowed to 42.8 basis points, the tightest since September 2007.

To note, the end of previous equity market corrections occurred within the context of a rebound in emerging market exchange rates and narrower U.S. credit spreads.

But a continuation of favorable economic growth and low default levels — which we expect — and measured Federal Reserve tightening — which we also expect — should support more narrow high - yield bond spreads for some time to come.

Credit spreads have tightened globally, and U.S. credit spreads are at the narrow end of their 17 - year range against government bonds — even after a recent widening.

Higher interest rates and compressing cap rates have increased the cost of capital and narrowed investment spreads for medical office - focused REITs, prompting Stifel to downgrade three...

It would have almost no impact on U.S. interest rates, except to the extent perhaps of a slight narrowing of credit spreads to balance a slight increase in riskless rates.

Higher interest rates and compressing cap rates have increased the cost of capital and narrowed investment spreads for medical office - focused REITs, prompting Stifel to downgrade three stocks in the space.

This reduces your risk of being picked off by trading with informed traders, which lets you make a profit even on much narrower spreads.

This narrowing spread between the Indexes serves as continuing evidence that the primary trend of the market is actually growing increasingly positive.

Second, the higher number of shares outstanding can result in greater liquidity for the stock, which facilitates trading and may narrow the bid - ask spread.

Spreads on the lowest quality segment of the «junk» bond category, «C» rated bonds, have narrowed by an extraordinary 30 percentage points since late 2001, to around 5.5 percentage points.

The more recent narrowing of credit spreads might also be consistent with concerns about Y2K abating in financial markets, as participants have become more confident about their preparations (Graph 32).

Fifteen points of P / E separate energy stocks and technology stocks, the narrowest spread between low and high P / E groups in at least three years.

This led to quite a sharp narrowing in the spread in bond yields between the two countries, from around 130 basis points at the time of the previous Statement to a low of 85 basis points in early December.

The OCC's findings are consistent with more recent surveys: The Fed's October survey of senior U.S. loan officers found a growing number loosening standards for commercial and industrial loans, often by narrowing the spread between the interest rate on the loan and the cost of funds to the bank.

European bond markets initially welcomed the deal made at the July summit, although the narrowing of spreads for peripheral bonds over German Bunds was relatively muted, perhaps signaling a measure of skepticism among investors about the ability of the eurozone to survive in the absence of a formal mechanism that ensures the sharing of liabilities among member states.

Since credit spreads are one of the best indicators of economic confidence, with generally - widening credit spreads signifying declining confidence and generally - narrowing credit spreads signifying rising confidence, it would be logical if there were a positive correlation between the gold / commodity ratio and credit spreads.

The gap between Canada's 2 - year yield and its U.S. counterpart narrowed by 7.9 basis points to a spread of -17.4 basis points, its narrowest since Oct. 30.

Spreads are still above the narrowest of the cycle though and may be tracing out a rounding bottom.

Credit spreads confirm the speculative nature of this market with spreads narrowing 12 basis points over the last month.

The narrowing of spreads indicates growing optimism regarding corporate creditworthiness.

Amid OPEC supply compliance, WTI markets are focusing on dwindling inflow of Crude from Canada to Cushing due to limited accommodation on the Keystone pipeline.The disruption is providing a fillip to WTI prices while the stronger dollar has Brent prices falling and narrowing the WTI - Brent spread.

The spread between the yields on the 2 - year Treasury note and the 10 - year Treasury note narrowed by 70 basis points from 125 points at the start of 2017 to just 55 points at the end of 2017.

The LPSY is most notably described as a series of peaks and valleys on a fairly narrow spread as the bulls and bears exchange positions.

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt Analysts expect another year of positive returns for the fixed - income markets in 2013, although gains will be harder to com e by than in 2012, owing to narrower spreads.

In Eastern depictions of space, the area most distant from the viewer is spread out as the world expands in the distance, while the area close at hand is narrow and confined.

2) Line a cupcake pan with liners & fill the bottom with batter, use a spoon to narrow out an opening in the middle & spread the batter up the sides of the liner!

Spread filling in a 3 - inch strip along the narrow end of the phyllo, leaving a 2 - inch border on the sides.

Using a putty knife, small offset spatula, or butter knife, spread masa into a thin, even layer, covering the width of the husk and about 5» up the length of the husk; leave the narrow end uncovered.

Using a butter knife, small offset spatula, or putty knife, spread masa in a thin, even layer, covering width of husk and going about 5» up the sides, leaving narrow end uncovered.

But Paul was a classic niche candidate, whose support would never spread far beyond a relatively narrow circle of activists.

More importantly, the money can be spread out to Flanagan's conference members and Republican candidates running in key swing districts in order to bolster Republican chances of keeping their narrow majority intact.

Given that newly hatched female mosquitoes usually wait two days before they have their first blood meal and potentially take the dengue virus onboard, the 21 - to 27 - day life span of a Wolbachia - harboring mosquito therefore offers only a narrow time frame for dengue to incubate and spread.

Narrowing down the location of the origin will facilitate the reconstruction of the spread of the disease.

«For burrowing snakes, you can't spread your jaws wide apart in a narrow tunnel,» notes evolutionary morphologist Kenneth Kardong of Washington State University in Pullman.

When a beam of light is shone through two narrow holes in a screen, the light waves leaving the holes spread out like ripples on a pond.

«Instead of spreading losses evenly across many items, consumers prefer to focus a shrinking budget on a narrower set of preferred products.»

Earthquake-report.com has a narrower estimate of deaths, up to 10,000, whereas the USGS gives a much broader spread, estimating that between 10,000 and 100,000 fatalities are most likely.

Researchers who focus on the intersection of disease and ecology are narrowing in on a troubling question: are altered ecosystems making pathogens more virulent and likely to spread?

Berkeley Lab was home to a pioneering experiment) in 2004 that showed laser plasma acceleration can produce relatively narrow energy spread beams - reported in the so - called «Dream Beam» issue of the journal Nature - and in 2006 used a similar laser - driven acceleration technique to accelerate electrons to a then - record energy of 1 billion electron volts, or GeV.

Berkeley Lab was home to a pioneering experiment in 2004 that showed laser plasma acceleration can produce relatively narrow energy spread beams — reported in the so - called «Dream Beam» issue of the journal Nature — and in 2006 used a similar laser - driven acceleration technique to accelerate electrons to a then - record energy of 1 billion electron volts, or GeV.

The analysis of processes contributing to climate feedbacks in models and recent studies based on large ensembles of models suggest that in the future it may be possible to use observations to narrow the current spread in model projections of climate change.

The transmission feels like it has too wide a spread between third and fourth gear or too narrow a spread between fourth and fifth gear, or some combination of those two issues.

It flows faster when it was younger and the course is narrower: at the end of all things time has spread and slowed, lik oil spilled on a still pond.

Since her marriage to Edward Swift, three years after the sudden death of her first husband Horace Torrington, Charlotte had changed her position at the breakfast table in order to accommodate her new husband's needs: specifically, aiding him in the spreading of toast and cutting of meat, owing to his having suffered the loss of his left arm at the age of twenty - three in an unfortunate encounter with the narrow wheels of a speeding gig, out of which he had fallen on the driveway of his then home in County Wicklow.