A frustrating feature of the US electoral system is the importance
of large swing states.
The Catholic vote is one
of the largest swing blocs in the country, voting for the winning presidential candidates from both parties in recent elections.
Some of the largest swings from Labour that the SNP achieved in 2015 are big enough to unseat any Labour MP if the Tories achieve the same at this election.
A brief introduction to me: I joined the Liberal Democrats in March 2010, campaigned as part of Bosworth PPC Michael Mullaney's team in the run - up to the 2010 General Election (where Michael gained one
of the largest swings to the Lib Dems in the country), I joined the Social Liberal Forum shortly after that.
The Conservatives failed to secure an overall Commons majority, but they gained 100 seats and one
of the largest swings ever recorded.
In the 1992 general election, Nuneaton was taken by Labour with a 7 % swing, which was one
of the largest swings of the night; in the 2015 election, the Nuneaton result would largely seal the eventual outcome of the election.
While unsuccessful in defeating Cousins, this result represented one
of the largest swings in the country, possibly attributed to Liberal Democrat candidate Greg Stone's student - oriented campaign which focused on issues such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq and Top - up fees.
«For example, knowing that the broad stock market has a history
of large swings and volatility — and that 10 percent downturns are not abnormal — can help investors remain calm in a falling market.»
I am trying to say, I disagree with Fred that there is no evidence
of large swings at 100 + year scales, and I also disagree that one would intuitively expect oscillations to be no larger than decadal scale oscillations.
But we will continue to improve our platform to protect our users from the effects
of large swings in these fees.»
Houston had
some of the largest swings in real estate value.
Not exact matches
The
large swings in income across a population necessitate regular and incisive analysis
of the target market.
Last month, Thomas Peterffy, the billionaire chairman
of Interactive Brokers Group Inc., wrote an open letter to CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo, arguing that bitcoin's
large price
swings mean its futures contracts shouldn't be allowed on platforms that clear other derivatives.
MEXICO CITY, April 24 (Reuters)- America Movil said on Tuesday its net profit fell nearly 50 percent in the first quarter due to currency
swings, but there were signs Latin America's
largest wireless carrier was already reaping the rewards
of an important Supreme Court decision in Mexico.
But behind the scenes as CES — touted to be the world's
largest tech trade show — was in full
swing with major tech announcements from all
of Apple's competitors, the company still featured prominently in the news cycle.
Although the bullish bias
of the past two months has presented some great opportunities for momentum
swing traders, no bull market moves straight up without eventually undergoing substantial corrections along the way (just as bear markets don't fall straight down for too long without
large, counter-trend bounces).
Here's a graph
of what the value should be at the end
of each year,
of course the stock market has
large swings up and down so this is in a perfect world
of 7 % compounding each year.
It has become more likely for stock prices to make
large swings — on the order
of 3 percent or 4 percent — than it has been in any other time in recent stock market history, according to an analysis by The New York Times
of price changes in the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock market index since 1962.
This is because, historically, a portfolio with a
larger proportion
of stocks experiences bigger price
swings than a more conservative mix
of investments.
But since the April 12 decline was so
large, and because we run an end -
of - day
swing trading service, we were unable to immediately take advantage
of selling short the breakdown in $ GLD (or buying the breakout in $ DZZ).
It would be easy to exaggerate the importance
of this effect, because there were very
large swings in the housing sector before deregulation, and asset - price booms and busts occurred even in the regulated world.
MEXICO CITY America Movil said on Tuesday its net profit fell nearly 50 percent in the first quarter due to currency
swings, but there were signs Latin America's
largest wireless carrier was already reaping the rewards
of an important Supreme Court decision in Mexico.
Using new transaction - level data, authors Leonardo Bartolini, Svenja Gudell, Spence Hilton and Krista Schwarz show that trade volume in the federal funds market exhibits
large swings over the course
of the day while prices remain fairly stable, with rate volatility rising sharply only near the end
of the trading day.
Determining your risk tolerance — generally defined as the ability to stomach
large swings in the value
of your investment portfolio — is an important component
of investing.
And, as noted by Christopher Metli, in our Institutional Equity Division, there was an unusually high number
of volatility shorts in the market heading into this week, which may help to explain (some
of) the
large swings in VIX.
Canada's rig count additions appears to be leveling off, and despite its
large swings in the number
of active rigs on a weekly basis, has roughly the same number
of oil rigs in operation that it had back at the end
of July.
Stock prices rose or fell by more than 1 percent in four
of five days last week, and if anything those closing numbers masked even
larger swings within each trading session.
He is being blamed for nothing less than causing the «Flash Crash»
of May 6, 2010, the second
largest point
swing
Because Canada has been endowed with such a wide variety
of resources, we've had to learn how to deal with
large swings in their prices.
By focusing on our mandate to keep inflation low, stable and predictable, the Bank has built up credibility, and Canadians have well - anchored inflation expectations, even in the face
of large price
swings.
In case you are new to momentum
swing trading, it's important to understand that stocks and ETFs breaking out to new 52 - week high usually provide us with our
largest gains because these equities have a complete lack
of overhead price resistance (which would otherwise be created by sellers who bought a higher price).
Guy Bourassa met with Resource Global Network to discuss the improved results
of the 2018 feasibility study as well as the great potential
of Nemaska Lithium as one
of the world's
largest battery grade lithium salt suppliers when the commercial production will be in full
swing.
This
large increase in volume is possible because we have increased the number and quality
of our sub-contractor teammates who actually
swing the hammers and get the hard work done on our projects.
Charts that have violent up and down
swings are not considered to have solid chart structure as I like to place my stops at 10 - day highs or 10 - day lows and if the charts have a tight pattern that will allow the trader to minimize risk which is what trading is all about and if the chart has big
swings your stop will be further away allowing the possibility
of larger monetary loss.
Large price
swings in cryptocurrencies will likely continue next week, although the direction
of those
swings is subject to debate.
The benchmark has been gyrating between resistance at this short - term moving average and support at the 200 - day moving average for the past three weeks, charting
large intraday
swings as investors attempt to find a level
of comfort amongst equity prices.
It could have
large swings up and down, potentially in a short period
of time.
Today, pharmaceutical sales are becoming a
larger part
of Johnson & Johnson's business, which makes it more susceptible to volatile sales and profit
swings.
Since you can control
large amounts
of a commodity with a relatively small amount
of money on margin, you can leverage your portfolio to take advantage
of price
swings in the commodity without having to actually take delivery
of thousands
of gallons
of gasoline — something that is impractical for everyone other than institutions (such as refiners, airlines, transportation fleets, gasoline retailers, etc.).
Tail risk is a technical measure
of portfolio risk that arises when there is an increased probability that an investment will experience a price
swing much
larger than it would be expected to under normal conditions.
Evaporating liquidity and
larger US curiosity rates will result in enormous marketplace
swings with perhaps catastrophic repercussions, Institute
of Global Finance warns & #thirteen & # 13 & # 13 & #thirteen & # 13 Photograph: Reuters & #thirteen & #thirteen Buyers confront a «painful» adjustment in a planet
of evaporating liquidity and higher US curiosity prices that will...
Choosing the right timeframe is as much a personal choice as it is a pragmatic one with some traders preferring the rapid
swings of the sub-5 minute timeframes whilst daily
swing traders prefer the longer
swings of the
larger timeframes.
In 2007, the
large funds surveyed by Towers Watson had a surplus
of $ 82 billion; that
swung to a record $ 297 billion shortfall by the end
of 2012.
In our
swing trading newsletter, we typically inform subscribers whether we are planning to sell the winning trades into strength
of the first move up (often with a predefined price target), or if we were planning to hold through a pullback in anticipation
of capturing a
larger gain.
Gap traders exploit stocks that have seen
large price moves with little to no volume (for example after the announcement
of results), and
swing traders seek to profit from a reversal
of trend.
In November, Thomas Peterffy, the billionaire chairman
of Interactive Brokers Group Inc., wrote an open letter to CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo, arguing that bitcoin's
large price
swings mean its futures contracts shouldn't be allowed on platforms that clear other derivatives.
this will cost obama the election by catering to the gays he wil loosel a
large portion
of the black and latino vote who are very conservative on this issue.and this will only make mitt romney stronger, with a weak economy unemployment as high as 8 % and a republican house there seems the last thing obama needs is to loose more votes that he will gain from this.he will loose the entire south including florida and many
swing states.although he will win san francisco for sure.way to go barry
He discovered what is now known as the uniform motion
of the pendulum which keeps the same time whether it
swings a
large or small arc.
Washington (CNN)- Joel Osteen, the pastor
of America's
largest church,
swung by the offices
of CNN's Belief Blog on Tuesday.
This is a significantly
larger percentage than many
of the popularly touted
swing voting blocs.