Sentences with phrase «of less than»

Home buyers in California who make an upfront investment of less than 20 % usually have to pay for private mortgage insurance.

Indeed, with the US Federal Reserve finally beginning to hike interest rates and half of all European government bonds of less than five - year maturity paying negative yields, it would appear to us that the rate cycle is bottoming.

Moreover, traders have to choose one of the listed brokers and make a deposit of no less than $ 250.

In summary, investors should not view the mutual diversification power of stocks and bonds as constant for planning horizons of less than a complete business cycle.

Taking this key metric into account, I ran a screen for dividend payers in the energy and materials sector, trading on a major U.S. exchange with yields better than the 10 - year Treasury and an even more sustainable payout ratio of less than 25 % — lower than the S&P 500 average.

About 90 per cent of sugarcane output in the country comes from farmers with a planted area of less than 5 hectares, Ignacio said.

A portfolio with a beta of greater than 1 would generally see its share price rise or fall by more than the market, while a portfolio with a beta of less than 1 would have less share price volatility than the market.

Plus, with the lower costs of telematics and tracking hardware, coupled with lower monthly service fees offered by most companies, there is really no reason not to get into fleet tracking, even if you have a fleet of less than five vehicles.

A payday loan, sometimes called a cash advance, has a repayment term of less than a month — typically 14 days, according to Debt.org.

That compares to an industry average of less than 20 percent, according to research by the Diana Project.

The S&P consumer discretionary sector has fallen about 2.6 percent from one month ago versus the S&P 500's loss of less than half a percent.

«Many of my clients who are in or approaching retirement have a 60 percent stock and 40 percent bond allocation, with an emphasis on dividend - producing stocks and bonds that have a duration of less than six years.»

The fixed - weight deflator for private consumption rose by 1.5 per cent over the year to the December quarter, while the broader fixed - weight deflators also showed increases of less than 2 per cent.

According to Druker, production of the entire system, comprising the batteries and interceptors, Elta's radar, and mPrest's command and control system, is in the hands of less than 100 people.

Further, certain evidence indicates that an investment of less than $ 50,000 will significantly impair the ability of a day trader to make a profit.

While the ABC Canadian small cap fund charged a management expense ratio of less than 2 %, add in the trading expense, and the funds» total cost approaches 3 %.

For example, a 2 % rise in inflation expectations would only result in a more bullish backdrop for gold if it were accompanied by a rise of less than 2 % in the nominal interest rate.

You'll also need to have a personal debt - to - income ratio of less than 50 %.

Its first - quarter net profit slumped by 79 percent, it replaced its CEO of less than three years, John Cryan, this month with new CEO Christian Sewing whose game plan revolves around «painful» cuts.

8 % are slightly bearish - expecting a decline of less than 10 %, and just 3 of the analysts expect a decline of 10 % or greater.

Benefits available if diagnosed as terminally ill with a life expectancy of less than six months (12 months in California).

About 13 % expect a flat market or a decline of less than 10 %, and just 1 % expect a decline of 10 % or more.

Dispositions As part of its strategy to dispose of excess land and inventory, the company completed the sale of a parcel of undeveloped land on Singer Island, Florida in May 2014, resulting in $ 11 million of gross cash proceeds and an estimated gain of less than $ 1 million.

In fact, more than 50 cities in NAR's report require an income of less than $ 30,000 per year to buy a home.

This generally applies when you make a down payment of less than 20 % on conventional loans.

According to Bloomberg's calculations, Aramco's production costs imply that it extracts oil at the cost of less than $ 4 a barrel, compared to Shell and Exxon's per - barrel cost of $ 20.

Payback periods of less than 6 or 7 years sounds pretty good, and I can't imagine that you'll get anything better on traditional passive investments likes stocks.

With these key factors in mind, here is a list of 7 Canadian cannabis companies with market values of less than $ 1 billion that will make excellent buyout targets in 2018.

This leads to horrendous actual returns of less than 3 % annualized over a 20 - year period.

It is frequently but not exclusively used to express differences in interest rates of less than 1 %.

Conventional loans are the most prevalent of all loan types and PMI comes into play with down payments of less than twenty percent.

Extremes in observable conditions that we associate with some of the worst moments in history to invest include: Aug 1929 (with the October crash within 10 weeks of that instance), Aug - Oct 1972 (with an immediate retreat of less than 4 %, followed a few months later by the start of a 50 % bear market collapse), Aug 1987 (with the October crash within 10 weeks), July 1999 (associated with a quick 10 % market plunge within 10 weeks), another signal in March 2000 (with a 10 % loss within 10 weeks, a recovery into September of that year, and then a 50 % market collapse), July - Oct 2007 (followed by an immediate plunge of about 10 % in July, a recovery into October, and another signal that marked the market peak and the beginning of a 55 % market loss), two earlier signals in the recent half - cycle, one in July - early Oct of 2013 and another in Nov 2013 - Mar 2014, both associated with sideways market consolidations, and the present extreme.

Looking ahead, my question is whether 2006 will show slow growth of less than 2 %, no growth, or turn into a classical recession.

Its dots plots predict four rate increases over the next 18 months compared with the markets» expectation of less than two.

According to a report released by the U.S. Small Business Administration, close to 1 in 5 start - up businesses have a score of less than 30 out of a possible 100, as measured by Dun & Bradstreet (D&B).

A Treasury Bill, or T - Bill is a short - term obligation with a maturity of less than one year backed by the U.S. Government.

However, a simple mortgage calculator doesn't factor in property taxes, homeowner's insurance or private mortgage insurance (PMI), which is typically required when you make a down payment of less than 20 percent.

Payout ratios of less than 60 % is certainly more stringent, and for the most part, most of my holdings are in that range but every now and then you screen out some great utilities like SO, ED or D for example.

The bill proposes defining a «standup electric scooter» as a vehicle powered by electric motors of less than 750 watts, and capped at a speed of 20 miles per hours.

She went on to award damages of about $ 100 per member of the bargaining unit — and ordered that «a full copy of this decision [be posted] throughout all workplaces of the employer to which the collective agreement applies, in conspicuous locations, where it is most likely to come to the attention of the employees in the bargaining unit, for a period of no less than 60 days.»

«Generally applicants with a debt - to - income of less than 50 % will have a higher chance of approval.»

This section outlines three such stocks that have received scant mention in past quarterly reports, each representing positions of less than 2 %.

We, on the other hand, view it with hope: because more than anything, the events of the past few days show that the truth is getting out — the truth that capital markets simply can not exist under the authoritarian rule of central planners, the truth that the stock market is a casino in which the best one can hope for a quick flip, and finally the truth that our entire socio - economic regime, whose existence has been predicated by borrowing from the uncreated wealth of the future, and where accumulated debt could be wiped out at the flip of a switch if things go wrong in the process obliterating the welfare of billions (of less than 1 % ers), is one big lie.

Not a single quarter this year is expected to produce earnings growth of less than 17 or 18 percent.

If you start trading signals with an expectancy of less than 60 % then of course you'll lose money.

Under Nasdaq's proposal, the new rule would apply to companies with an initial market capitalization of less than $ 700 million, or with a continued market capitalization of $ 2 billion or less; have an initial average daily trading volume of 100,000 shares or less; and have a bid price greater than $ 1.

If none of these apply, a $ 20 fee will be charged annually for each fund account in which you have a balance of less than $ 10,000.

The Spiral financing has strong credit metrics, including a loan - to - cost ratio of less than 50 %, with over $ 1.9 billion of equity to be invested in the $ 3.6 billion project.

In aggregate, households with incomes of less than $ 50,000 do not pay any federal income taxes.

Homeowners insurance is sometimes mixed up with Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI), which is a specific insurance type generally reserved for homeowners making a downpayment of less than 20 percent.