Sentences with phrase «of recent weakness»

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, with major indexes on track for their third straight daily advance as technology stocks rebounded from a spate of recent weakness.

It was possible that there was a greater degree of slack in the economy than was assumed in the central case, for example, if a larger part of the recent weakness in productivity had been cyclical.

Temporary factors, including the damping effect of higher food and energy prices on consumer purchasing power and spending as well as supply chain disruptions associated with the tragic events in Japan, appear to account for only some of the recent weakness in economic activity.

Some of the recent weakness in Alberta from the wildfires in Fort McMurray should start to reverse in the second half of 2016.

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«Weaknesses of passwords are known, but still lead to many of the high - profile attacks such as the recent iCloud attack,» Symantec's Sian John said.

After his speech, Poloz said the recent weakness in the loonie hasn't had much of an impact on Canadian exports, which tend to benefit from a slide in the dollar.

Barrick — which reported a US$ 2.85 billion fourth quarter loss after markets closed Wednesday — has struggled in recent years with weakness in the price of gold and problems developing its new mines.

In a recent report, BI Intelligence breaks down the leading location - based marketing techniques, and explains the strengths and weaknesses of each.

By comparison, the daily chart of the iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF ($ IWM) shows the recent weakness that has led to a breakdown below three different levels of technical price support: the low of the multi-week trading range (around $ 93), the 20 - day exponential moving average (beige line), AND the dominant uptrend line (which began with the November 2012 low):

To the extent that dollar weakness reflects disproportionate improvement abroad, it undercuts claims that US policy is the reason for recent strong performance since Donald Trump is not president of the whole world.

Following Christmas and New Year holidays we have seen a new bout of dollar weakness across the board which may not be over yet based on recent price developments.

Since the beginning of 2018, performance for all S&P 500 sectors is negative (except for Consumer Discretionary and Information Technology), but those that have weathered recent weakness best continue to be the four sectors in which we have maintained an overweight position — Industrials, Financials, Consumer Discretionary and Health Care.

Should the Fed demure and recent seasonal patterns persist, i.e. first - quarter economic weakness, it's entirely possible that an initial hike gets pushed out until the second quarter of next year.

This one man may be to blame for the recent weakness in stocks, says analyst Bearish comments from Caterpillar's CFO were applied to the whole market, Bell saysThe U.S. stock market has struggled recently, with the Dow on track for its fifth straight daily decline despite one of the best earnings seasons on record.

The small - cap Russell 2000 continued its recent exhibition of relative weakness.

«Our settings have been adjusted for postcodes based on recent weakness in the investment unit market in Brisbane, with evidence of a reduction in prices,» a Suncorp Bank spokesman said.

Of course, the Fed's very recent caution has been warranted, given the first quarter's market volatility and economic weakness as well the ongoing risks to global financial stability, particularly out of ChinOf course, the Fed's very recent caution has been warranted, given the first quarter's market volatility and economic weakness as well the ongoing risks to global financial stability, particularly out of Chinof China.

The sheer prospects of China, Japan, Europe, and South America as new markets for both energy drinks and Hansen sodas are very promising, and we believe that a lot of that value is being overshadowed by recent stock weakness and investigation.

The troubles Apple has been facing in Hong Kong also moderated, and Cook acknowledged that the recent quarters of weakness paved the way for an easier comparison this time around.

And even the stock of struggling Research in Motion, whose sales of BlackBerrys were crushed by the iPhone in recent years, soared 10 % amid optimism that Apple's weakness might help it rebound.

So question is, is what really is giving you this high confidence level in the future, the success of future promotions at Olive Garden, just given the weakness of some — of the most recent ones.

However, the major weakness of November 2 already sent QQQ right back down to near its recent lows.

BHP Billiton VP Huw McKay explains that, despite recent weakness, owing to slowing demand, and against most predictions, to date, the price of the steelmaking raw material is still up 31 %, having retreated from a surge of 52 %, after near - decade lows, in December last year.

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) shares have been drifting lower by more than 7.7 percent since the beginning of the month, and some investors have attributed much of the weakness to the company's recent announcement that it is pulling its content from the Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) platform and...

Recent weakness in the Australian dollar may have reflected the fact that the market had become over-extended as the exchange rate had risen for six months in a row, with a cumulative rise of 25 per cent.

Despite recent strength, consumer demand is perhaps the greatest area of uncertainty, and the weakness of labour market conditions will not help in this regard.

While business credit growth has fallen in recent months, this weakness has been partly offset by growth in alternative sources of business funding, and surveys do not report businesses being constrained by a lack of funds.

However, the recent weakness of the exchange rate is likely to result in larger increases in the price of tradeables over the coming year (see below).

While Facebook remains more than 10 % below a record set earlier this year, it has sharply rebounded from recent weakness, when a scandal over how it handled its user data pushed it into bear - market territory, or a decline of at least 20 % from a peak.

Wymer: The market's strong rally following the November 2016 general election has continued, as global earnings expectations improved during 2017 — a sharp contrast to the weakness in recent years — and have accelerated recently, spurred by reactions to the long - term impacts of the corporate tax cuts.

The energy sector has driven much of the recent capex weakness, and capex is a less important barometer of sentiment in service sectors and asset - lite businesses.

From that perspective, the initial weakness we saw in the Transports, coupled with resilience in the Industrials, has been consistent with the buildup of unsold inventories we've seen in recent months.

Elsewhere, as I wrote last month, U.S. consumption is likely stronger than headline figures suggest, when you consider that much recent weakness is a result of falling oil prices and the dynamic of new technologies» downward influence on price.

Notwithstanding recent weakness in the region, both Thailand and China continue to record relatively healthy growth, despite some slowing of late.

We concur with recent comments by Fed policymakers that US economic weakness seen in first - quarter data is likely to be transitory, and that activity should pick up over the rest of the year.

The groaning weakness of both indices in recent weeks - breaking simultaneously below the sideways channel that Hamilton refers to as a «line» - is a classic Dow Theory sell signal.

Although the company's second - quarter earnings were in line with expectations, the vague and downbeat nature of the company's recent earnings call concerned investors and caused share price weakness.

Our exchange rate against the US dollar and the currencies of most of our trading partners has shown little net change over the past year, and the rise in the trade - weighted index in recent months has been due mainly to the weakness being experienced by the Japanese yen.

There is, however, evidence of weakness in apartment prices in the inner - city areas of Sydney and Melbourne where strong investor demand over recent years has contributed to a large increase in supply.

Moreover, in line with recovering investor sentiment, equity raisings by non-financial companies have risen strongly in recent months, following an extended period of weakness.

We have followed WPP for some time, and due to its recent share price weakness, we were able to initiate a position at a discount to our estimate of the company's underlying value.

Looking forward, recent job vacancy and hiring intentions data point to continued solid employment growth over the remainder of the year and into 2004, with print - and internet - based indicators of labour demand improving over recent months, following weakness over the first half of the year (Graph 43).

Looking at the historical performance of the MSCI World Value and Growth Indexes, value has lagged growth in recent years but has tended to recover strongly in the aftermath of past periods of sustained weakness.1 We expect the eventual normalization of economic and policy trends to be supportive of value - oriented equities after this pronounced period of underperformance.

The British industrial sector competes directly with the European peripherals for markets, so the recent pound weakness is addinng to the woes of Europe.

Despite the fact that the charts of gold itself don't look bad at the moment, overall this is more of a neutral situation... with the relative weakness of gold stocks a concern (and the main reason why many people didn't really like the recent gold rally all that much).

The weakness of recent process theology is that the discussion of freedom remains somewhat abstract in relation to actual practice in political life.

Of course, process theology can not fulfil this responsibility without interpreting Scripture, and the separation of process theology in recent decades from the close involvement in Biblical scholarship of the earlier Chicago school has led to critical weaknesses which are only now being addressed.1 Nevertheless, for process theology the appropriate relationship to the Bible can not be exhausted by hermeneutiOf course, process theology can not fulfil this responsibility without interpreting Scripture, and the separation of process theology in recent decades from the close involvement in Biblical scholarship of the earlier Chicago school has led to critical weaknesses which are only now being addressed.1 Nevertheless, for process theology the appropriate relationship to the Bible can not be exhausted by hermeneutiof process theology in recent decades from the close involvement in Biblical scholarship of the earlier Chicago school has led to critical weaknesses which are only now being addressed.1 Nevertheless, for process theology the appropriate relationship to the Bible can not be exhausted by hermeneutiof the earlier Chicago school has led to critical weaknesses which are only now being addressed.1 Nevertheless, for process theology the appropriate relationship to the Bible can not be exhausted by hermeneutic.

In recent years a number of techniques have been employed to overcome a fundamental weakness in traditional preaching, its monological character.

Although its accuracy has never been examined nationwide, three recent studies conducted in Iowa, New York and Texas reveal some of the data base's weaknesses.

Still fresh in our memories are the arguments about who is the greatest; the weakness of character exposed on that recent dreadful night and their slow wit in so many situations.