Sentences with phrase «of higher point values»

Americans who travel overseas an average of at least once per year are often better off with a travel rewards credit card because of higher point values and no foreign transaction fees.

Americans who travel overseas an average of at least once per year are often better off with a travel rewards credit card because of higher point values and no foreign transaction fees.

Not exact matches

FMS earnings before tax as a percentage of FMS total revenue and FMS operating revenue (a non-GAAP measure) were 4.0 % and 4.8 %, respectively, both down 60 basis points from the prior year, primarily reflecting higher depreciation due to vehicle residual value policy changes and lower used vehicle sales results.

Put another way, the investment would lose almost a fifth of its value in 30 years if the fees were only 0.65 percentage points higher.

As a simple rule of thumb, if the value of each point is less than 1 cent, use cash and keep your points for a higher - value opportunity.»

The larger point Wolfers seems to be making with his response to Trump is that looking at the number of record - high closes in a narrow period is not a particularly good indicator of economic performance — particularly for a president who inherited a stock market that was already relatively high in value.

«I would argue that the good companies that trade at expensive multiples are better quality companies and deserve a higher multiple,» she says, pointing to the example of retailer Dollarama Inc. (TSX: DOL), which trades at 28.8 times current - year earnings — seemingly rich even for its sector — with an enterprise value - to - EBITDA ratio of 19.8.

New customers were being courted for higher - value projects such as complex point - of - sale display boxes.

«Nobody would have thought it was possible for GE's market value to fall from a high of $ 600 billion to as low as $ 70 billion at one point,» said Wright.

His deep - value philosophy can be boiled down to four points: he's looking for high - quality stocks that protect against the downside; he wants businesses where short - term issues have caused investors to abandon the company; he wants to wait until valuations are «out - of - this - world» cheap, and he tries not to pay attention to macro issues like eurozone debt or Chinese growth.

He points out that New Zealand — a country that places a high value on human rights, rule of law and democracy, as Canada does — has benefited enormously under a free - trade agreement with China.

Those who defend very high levels of compensation point out that the value of stocks and options depends on how successful the company is, which means that money gained that way rewards CEOs for helping make the company stronger.

This value is indexed and normalized to account for the highest point of interest for the period.

Loeb recently told Third Point fund investors that shares of the oil and gas company could be 60 percent higher, and he outlined changes it could make to add value, such as spinning off its retail business or selling its Canadian natural gas assets.

Jonathan Horton of Perth - based «fund - of - funds» NWQ points out that 2016 was notable because it delivered the lowest «price dispersion» between high - growth, high - quality stocks and deep - value stocks with lower quality balance sheets.

As the gap widens, it creates rising uncertainty about how excess debt servicing costs will ultimately be allocated, and at the point at which this uncertainty is high enough to alter materially the behavior of economic agents, and so lower the net asset value of the economic entity, the borrowing country has «excessive» debt.

Citing Ripple's traction with global banks, including UBS, Santander, CIBC, UniCredit, ReiseBank, ATB Financial and National Bank of Abu Dhabi, the report points out that far from being just hype, Ripple's solution is already cutting the time and internal costs for cross-border payments for banks, while enabling the increasingly crucial use case of high - volume, low - value global transactions.

When you take the high value of Starpoints into account, the sign - up bonus on this card becomes a lot bigger than the sheer number of points would suggest: Earn 25,000 Starpoints ® after you use your new Card to make $ 3,000 in purchases within the first 3 months.

Between the high rewards rate on general spending, and the ability to transfer rewards points to airline miles, there is a lot of good value here.

This may seem low, when compared to the point - earning of other cards - however, Starpoints carry a significantly higher value than other rewards points.

Canadian negotiators have pointed out that the North American treaty doesn't capture the value of high - tech equipment in autos, Reuters reported.

These positive earnings drivers were more than offset by the combined impact of several factors, including increased energy - related provisions for credit losses, a 17 basis point decline in net interest margin, moderate growth of non-interest expenses, the addition of acquisition - related contingent consideration fair value changes reflecting performance within CWB Maxium Financial (CWB Maxium), higher preferred share dividends, and the 20 % increase to CWB's income tax rate in Alberta.

In addition, pure - play broadcasters are valued from 6 - 9x EV / EBITDA and one could argue that MEG deserves a valuation closer towards the mid point or higher for its peers when factoring the disposal of newspapers and accounting for the high quality locations of its key stations.

The long / short strategy based on the joint quality and value signal generated excess returns of 61 basis points per month, twice that generated by the quality or value signals alone and a third higher than the market, despite running at a volatility of only 9.7 %.

The card comes with outstanding rewards, with Starpoints from the Starwood Preferred Guest loyalty program having one of the highest average dollar values per point in any loyalty program we've researched.

It is important to point out the fact that last year, bitcoin transaction fees skyrocketed to a new all - time high, as people saw fees as high as $ 55 for relatively small transfers of value.

However, if the appraised value of the home is more than a few percentage points higher than the lender's expectation for what that value should be, the lender may ask to commission a second, verifying appraisal.

The FlexPerks credit card offers a lot of opportunities to earn high - value travel points, and the best use is when it's redeemed for airfare at over 150 airlines for up to a 4 % rewards rate.

It is here, where the moral bonds of voluntary attachment have not yet been stretched beyond the breaking point, that true moral discourse can be maintained, especially, as Michael W. McConnell says, «over the highest things - matters of ultimate truth and value.»

«In a crude and offensive way of trying to make a point that their vodka is high quality and inexpensive, the billboards evoke a Jewish holiday to imply something that is cheap and of lesser value when compared to the higher value of a Christian holiday,» said Ron Meier, the ADL's New York Regional Director, in a press release.

The solidarity between members and professional leadership, coupled with the high degree of value homogeneity, points toward minimal conflict in goal.

Yet teaching people how to understand what the media are doing to them and helping them learn the techniques of media discrimination so that they can develop values and opinions and points of view which are their own should have a very high priority among educators and church leaders.

Both values are good and not necessarily incompatible, but if not articulated and discussed, it could be a point of high conflict if the responsible person likes consistency and persistence, while the risk - taker likes changing things up and going for the impossible.

Jesus does not support his demand for love by referring to the value of other men as human beings, and love of enemies is not the high point of universal love of humanity, but the high point of overcoming of self, the surrender of one's own claim.

Hence there is naturally no longer reason to formulate general ideas about the highest good, about virtues and values, for every such theory originates from the spectator's point of view.

The recipe builder will not count values for the zero point foods but those foods of course still have calories, fat, sugar, etc which will lead to a higher points value per serving.

In the smoke point values presented above at the beginning of this section, we suspect that the coconut oil and EVOO were less refined than the safflower oil and canola oil, such that the much higher smoke points of the safflower oil and canola oil were not due to the plants from which these oils were obtained, but to the way that they were processed.

But did you know that frozen fruits and vegetables are picked and frozen at their peak ripeness, which means they have a high nutritional value at the point of freezing?

Now, it's only two starts, but his fastball in terms of wSL / C (Fangraphs), sits at 3.37, which is three times the highest rate of his career and nearly a full three point jump over its career value of 0.47.

Even the «Trade Value Chart» reflects this, with higher round picks being worth hundreds of points, while 7th round picks are worth but a handful.

All this is accepted blindly as being the norms of football for no other reason than it is what the Market wants and does (sic ``... like «trading», football is a results business»)-- indeed these values are lauded and held up on high so that we now reach the point here when even a truly great manager is being subjected to a witch - hunt by sections of the media and so - called fans who question his tenure of his post and ask what has he got to do to be sacked.

Sunderland will arrive on a high and look to have every chance of turning up and taking home another three points as they continue their impressive start to life in the Championship, and at 5/2 for the away win look plenty of value.

Introduction: From a recruitment point - of - view, a sporting director must always have a deeply scouted list of alternative transfer targets, to not only maintain the club's footballing philosophy, but to ensure that high quality talent is secured at an excellent value for whatever roles and weaknesses the coaching staff want to improve.

As the Bank of England has pointed out, higher VAT, higher tuition fees and the sharp fall in the value of sterling since 2010 have driven up inflation and reduced the living standards of British families.

But if knowing that struggling is normal doesn't calm your anxieties, or if the high points of research haven't outweighed the failures and rejections, reflecting on the value of the Ph.D. for your career and life goals can help you critically evaluate whether pursuing a doctorate is time well spent, career counselors say.

When all the forms of evidence are combined, they point to a most likely value for ECS that is close to three degrees C. And as it turns out, the climate models the IPCC actually used in its Fifth Assessment Report imply an even higher value of 3.2 degrees C.

On the other hand, the so called viral - load set point, meaning the period of time be-tween the highest and lowest values, was 31 days.

The aim was to score more points than your opponent by making a deal that meant you ended up with the items of highest value to you.

The decrease in insulin AUC to baseline values after 12 wk of the ad libitum high - protein diet most likely reflects a decrease in the stimulus for insulin secretion resulting from the overall decrease in energy intake by this point in the study.

In an AskMen survey, users give Bumble an overall eight point four out of ten with high scores on value for price and quality of members.