Sentences with phrase «of percentage points»

«Barring some political crisis, it would be on the order of a couple of percentage points,» says Wyss.

«Some people own properties that haven't seen an increase in assessment or taxes whatsoever, where others receive assessments that have skyrocketed by hundreds of percentage points.

After all, it's hard to discount BTC's hundreds of percentage points worth of gains over the past year.

Ripple (XRP) is one of the most talked about cryptocurrencies of the last 12 months and rightly so — it's risen in value by tens of thousands of percentage points and, in doing so, has grown to become a behemoth of the sector, currently ranked third only to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) by market capitalization.

In fact, the cryptocurrency market as a whole has become something of a sweetheart sector among investors, with offerings like Bitcoin and Ethereum showing returns in 2017 of hundreds and thousands of percentage points, respectively.

Bitcoin Cash is up a couple of percentage points, as is bitcoin (Core) and this may be something to do with the complexities of buying Bitcoin Cash as compares to Bitcoin (or a general lack of understanding of the two) right now.

While technically not stocks, 2017 has been the year of the coin, with many of these cryptocurrencies seeing gains of hundreds and thousands of percentage points.

As the value of bitcoin, ethereum and other cryptocurrencies continues to climb by hundreds and even thousands of percentage points annually, a great deal of money is entering the cryptocurrency system.

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.

The same went for my usual morning streaming sessions of English Premier League matches using the NBC Sports Live Extra app, where I could watch a full match (nearly two hours) and only watch the battery meter drop a handful of percentage points.

It may not be the hundreds of percentage points of gains that are already now being codified into legend and myth --» the guy who invested $ 10,000 in Bitcoin and became a multi-millionaire a few years later» — but it's still a good pick for those looking for a solid cryptocurrency.

iPhone X was consistently a couple of percentage points below its Android counterparts, but nothing that would suggest it had such a smaller battery.

Discounts differ across tiers, but according to TechCrunch, «Almost all of the discounts have been improved a couple of percentage points.»

I've seen partners, (earning six and seven figure annual incomes), tearing their hair out because PEP has dropped by a couple of percentage points.

Each of these percentage points represents lives lost to drunk driving.

With no BigLaw supplier owning more than a couple of percentage points of market share, wouldn't classical economics label the market as competitive?

I don't care how much we cut by 2020 in terms of percentage points below 2005, which my environmental friends have focused on as the most important thing.

The interest you pay, generally a couple of percentage points above the prime rate, goes into your retirement account.

Which brings me to my point: Lots of people are obsessed with finding the sexiest investing strategy that will bump up their returns by a couple of percentage points: Smart beta!

Giving up a few dollars or a couple of percentage points in gains to get back into position isn't a big deal, it's a smart way to play.

To be honest I don't know what would be the right rate to adjust the premiums upwards, but if we assume constant level of premiums until the number of policies go down by half (say 2017), the IRR drops by a couple of percentage points.

If I'm able to get $ 55 for the balance of my shares by the end of this year, my IRR should improve by a couple of percentage points.

It all comes down to what you mean by â $ œthe market.â $ Youâ $ ™ re absolutely right that the Couch Potato has lagged a couple of percentage points behind the red - hot Canadian stock market over the past decade.

Margin The number of percentage points the lender adds to the index rate to calculate the ARM interest rate at each adjustment.

First, there's little point in buying fixed income gradually, because these investments are not likely to move up or down more than a couple of percentage points over a short period.

Variable rate loans carry an interest rate that is recalculated periodically based on a market index rate plus a set number of percentage points.

The margin is chosen by the credit card issuer, and is typically represented by a certain number of percentage points.

The reason that overall long - term positive stock returns seem so high is statistical: A stock (think Apple, Google, Microsoft) can appreciate by many thousands of percentage points, while a loser like Enron or Washington Mutual can lose only 100 %.

Your lender also determines the margin you will pay, which is the number of percentage points added to index.

Clearly, if you're setting aside 10 % of salary each year into a retirement account and the return you earn drops a couple of percentage points, you'll end up with a significantly lower nest egg come retirement time unless you boost your savings rate.

She explains how the interest rate on the personal line of credit (PLC) debt is a couple of percentage points higher than her mortgage and car loan so it needs to be brought down to zero.

Boosting your savings rate even a couple of percentage points a year can have a major effect on the amount of savings you'll accumulate by retirement.

The number of percentage points (for example, 2.75) the lender adds to the index rate to calculate the ARM interest rate at each adjustment.

This was all really a no - brainer when the difference in royalty rate was only a couple of percentage points.

But while publisher Hachette UK's overall sales dropped a couple of percentage points for the third quarter of the year, its digital sales increased an astounding 80 % over the previous August, and 32 % over the previous July.

Yet the 580 - 2 still dashes from 0 to 60 mph in roughly 3.2 seconds and touches 199 mph, and its 40:60 front to rear weight distribution is couple of percentage points better.

Dealers usually charge a fee for their services, often in the form of percentage points added to a lender's offered interest rate.

«Despite serving a much higher need population than the state as a whole, charters outperformed the state averages in both ELA and math, and eclipsed the state in terms of percentage points increased in both subjects.

Only 68 per cent met the expected standard — which is still a number of percentage points behind the other subjects, though it is an increase of 3 percentage points on last year.

The just released PDK survey of U. S. adults reveals an upward shift in public support for vouchers of 10 percentage points over the past four years, with 8 of those percentage points gained since 2015

«You don't need to move people's political dials by much to influence an election, just a couple of percentage points to the left or right.»

He then called on Bratton, who said, «The overall percentage of those being stopped in terms of race or ethnicity has not changed dramatically — only by a couple of percentage points.»

According to the Daily Record poll, UKIP are only a couple of percentage points from winning a seat:

«If you can ratchet that down by a couple of percentage points or in the case of the Cuomo proposal, three to four points, then you are making an enormous difference over time,» says Ward.

It is a good day for us but it will be hard to change this into a meaningful vote maybe a couple of percentage points all very important even 2percent really helps us Lib Dems out

Yet even taking a tiny handful of percentage points away from Labour could gift the Tories a majority.

The only hope for the Dems is for Batterdino to sign on to help the Assemblywoman and provide some of his great sound bites that can drain away chunks of percentage points in a single news cycle.

In the United States, most consumers are used to paying a sales tax - a couple of percentage points per dollar of goods sold - that are used to fund government.

Everyone recognises food waste is wrong but the economic implications of a couple of percentage points will ultimately drive manufacturers to adopt Food Manufacturing 4.0 best practices.

In most years, the return gap between the best - and worst - performing sectors of the typical US core option — US Treasuries, agencies, mortgages, corporates and other sectors in the US Aggregate, for example — would be just a couple of percentage points.