A small decline in sales this year isn't a concern - I think sales will move mostly sideways
at near record levels.
With valuations
sitting near record levels, they're especially vulnerable and likely to lose appeal relative to bonds as interest rates rise.
Employment has
reached near record levels, while the number of people claiming the main out of work benefits continues to fall, the government claimed today.
Q3 sales approach record levels in Fairfield County Home inventory tightened and sales improved to
near record levels in Fairfield County in the third...
In fact, retention rates appear to rise with each year of seniority, starting at 60 per cent for those who have been at a job for one year —
also near record levels — and rising to 95 per cent after five years.
With stock
prices near record levels today, analysts at Leuthold Group in Minneapolis last month bumped up their suggested REIT exposure to 12 percent, for example.
Existing home sales will
stay near record levels this year as low interest rates continue to drive the real estate market, says Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) in its latest forecast.
The move into markets comes at a time when major U.S. indexes like the Dow DJIA, +0.02 % S&P 500 SPX, -0.23 % and Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.18 % are all
trading near record levels.
The very high levels of production in the world's top crude exporter for March were not a one - off as the Kingdom continues to
produce near record levels.
By Paul Nicholson March 8 — Premier League attendances
hit near record levels for the season last weekend after a round of mid-week fixtures that saw the lowest capacity attendance figures of the season.
Well, even with the yield
curve near record levels of steepness, it could get steeper (though probably not by much, I get the weird feeling that something will break, but I don't know what).
According to Jill Oudil, President of Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV), homebuyer activity returned to
near record levels across the Metro Vancouver housing market in May.
«Fewer Republicans say they believe that there is a scientific consensus on climate change or that the effects of global warming have already begun, according to a new Gallup poll, which showed a widening partisan
gap near record levels.»
CMBS lending is
nowhere near the record levels that were recorded in 2006 and 2007 when issuance hit $ 198.4 billion and $ 228.6 billion respectively, according to Commercial Mortgage Alert, an industry newsletter.
Saudi Arabia and Russia would be freezing production
at near record levels, indicating there still would be lots of supply.
Wells Fargo is seeing large outflows from target date funds at a time when they are
nearing record levels in terms of inflows.
Annual occupancy is
also near record levels, according to a new report from brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap, and is expected to increase 30 basis points this year to 65.9 percent due to more travel spurred by drops in unemployment and gas prices.
And with gasoline
prices near record levels, they will seize on any delay to suggest that Mr. Obama is blocking a new source of secure supply that could help reduce the price at the pump.
Existing home sales will
stay near record levels this year as low interest rates continue to drive the real estate market, says Canada Mortgage...
On the other hand, it is important to note that the spread between earnings price ratios and real interest rates are at
near record levels, and that is a crude measure of the equity risk premium.
The major U.S. stock markets are at or
near record levels, Barron's...
Dairy commodity prices have surged, and whole milk powder prices are
near record levels.
Home sales in the Buffalo Niagara region soared over 30 percent in May compared with the year before, and prices remained at or
near record levels.
There are signs that Canada's other real estate market of concern — Vancouver — may be heating up again after that city's real estate board reported Friday that home sales last month have rebounded to
near record levels.
OTTAWA — As investors head into RRSP season this year, stocks in Canada and the United States sit at or
near record levels, but tensions are rising and that could mean volatile times for the markets.
Brett Arends noted in an August 4 article for Marketwatch that U.S. non-financial corporations are carrying debts equal to 50 percent of their actual net worth, and that is «
near record levels, and far above historic averages:»
Similarly, it is one thing if stocks are rising because GDP is growing rapidly, and thus revenues are rising, and another thing if it is due to profit margins rising, and profit margins are
near record levels, as they are today.
Hiring is on the rise, job openings are at
a near record level, and spending on consumer services, such as recreation, is likely to strengthen as incomes rise.»
While winter precipitation came in
near record levels, snow pack did not.
«We're at or
near record levels.»
For example, instead of sending out a board release using their headline of «Sales down 3 per cent over last year», you can still send the same release with a new title, such as, «Sales continue climb for 4th consecutive month» or «Prices holding steady at
near record levels».