Sentences with phrase «of a percentage point advantage»

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Polls there are close; the Real Clear Politics average of polls has the race essentially tied: Trump has a scant 1.8 percentage point advantage, well within the margin of error.

But given the insurmountable lead of the opposition candidate, Tsai Ying - wen, who now enjoys a 20 percentage - point advantage in the latest opinion polls, the summit will not likely upend Taiwan's presidential race.

According to a Survation poll published yesterday the Conservatives have a narrow lead of four percentage points over the Lib Dems, reversing recent findings that gave Nick Clegg's party a similar advantage.

In an unprecedented fashion, a sitting president was not merely denied a straight second term but was defeated by a margin of nearly 10 percentage points which translates into over one million votes in real terms and his party lost almost fifty parliamentary seats to concede their legislative advantage to the incoming president's party.

Hardly anyone noticed, and Brown took advantage of the leeway to raise NI contributions last year by 1 percentage point across the board.

Of the 27,372 absentee ballots that have been returned, 45 percent have been from Republicans, an 8 percentage - point advantage over Democrats, according to Political Data's ballot tracker.

Supporters of Mayor de Blasio point to the Hizzoner's big margin of victory over Albanese and others — he won 74 % of the vote, the biggest percentage in decades — but then - city controller Bill Thompsons tallied 71 % in 2009, without the advantage of being an incumbent.

Steve: One of the points you make in the article is just how much of the photosynthesis that is carried on now, human beings kind of take advantage of, and it's an astounding percentage of all the photosynthesis in the world.

A growing percentage of the population is deciding to take up a vegan diet, but it is not yet absolutely clear from a scientific point of view what advantages and disadvantages are associated with such a decision.

Roughly 9 percentage points, or about one - fifth, of the 52 percent compensation advantage R & B claim is due to their estimated value of greater teacher job security.

In contrast to the BLS ECEC data, which indicate a 5.7 - percentage - point pension benefit advantage (measured as a share of wages), R & B find a 25.8 - percentage - point advantage (see retirement and savings in Table 2).

Meanwhile, average proficiency rates in a matched set of comparison schools increased by lesser amounts, 9 percentage points in reading and 13 percentage points in math (although the Edison advantage is statistically significant only in math).»

As I wrote last year, even a seemingly small advantage in the range of half of a percentage point can make a huge difference over a lifetime of investing.

A key advantage of index funds is that they are a low cost option, charging just a fraction of a percentage point each year (0.05 % to 0.25 % being the general range of the ones we use, some more specialist ones may charge slightly more), while many active funds, for instance, may charge between 1 - 2 % per annum.

For example, if the account owner is in the 35 % tax bracket and the beneficiary is in the 28 % bracket — a difference of just seven percentage points vs. the 13 percentage points of dropping from a 28 % to 15 % tax rate — those two advantages are enough to put the conversion ahead of the traditional IRA plus taxable account by nearly 4 % after 20 years, $ 340,000 vs. $ 328,000.

Even the three - to four - percentage - point difference between stock and bond yields understates the advantages of stocks.

Given that those bonds yield a 1.5 percentage point premium over government bonds (which have a default risk close to zero), a corporate bond investor is likely to be left with a one percentage point advantage over government bonds after accounting for the risk of loss.

This represents a mouth - watering advantage of 1.5 to 5.5 percentage points over government bonds, depending upon how much risk you are prepared to assume.

The best route is through paid stays, taking advantage of frequent promotions, and getting elite status to earn a higher percentage of points.

With Bitcoin reaching all - time highs and nearly tripling this year in value while ETH has seen growth in the thousands of percentage points, many people are looking to take advantage of the cryptocurrency rush.

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