Sentences with phrase «of subpar performance»

«An important advantage of momentum strategies is that they may provide downside protection during sharp market corrections, while maintaining upside participation during bull markets... Undoubtedly, these strategies also experience periods of subpar performance.

For most other hedge funds, it has been a different story, namely year after year of subpar performance.

After five years of subpar performance, Emerging Markets were the best performers.

It is interesting that a company so well - regarded for acumen, education, technology, etc. etc. would end up so ill - regarded as the result of a long period of subpar performance,» Munger, 94, said at the Daily Journal's (DJCO) annual meeting.

When I look at the truly horrendous numbers from United Parcel today, when I read once again about how McDonald's knows it has problems and will address them with alacrity, I can't help but wonder: when will someone finally be held accountable for this kind of subpar performance?»

knows it has problems and will address them with alacrity, I can't help but wonder: when will someone finally be held accountable for this kind of subpar performance?»

Swangard: You've got a situation in Toronto where, despite almost ridiculous ticket prices and a ridiculous amount of subpar performances by the Leafs, there's still a waiting list for tickets.

At the back, much was made of the duel between Trent Alexander - Arnold and Leroy Sané ahead of the game, with the teenage fullback coming in for criticism following a pair of subpar performances in recent weeks.

Casillas had been Spain's undisputed number one goalkeeper for years, even when he had been dropped at Real Madrid, but a series of subpar performances over the past couple of years, combined with the magnificent last few seasons David de Gea has had, meant that Del Bosque could not ignore the fact that 35 year old was no longer the best goalkeeper in the squad.

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Venture capitalist Sandy Miller says he's optimistic despite the subpar performance of recent post-IPOs including Snap and Canada Goose.

His Heisman chances also benefited from another subpar performance out of Saquon Barkley.

Instead of holding them accountable for effort, and benching them for younger players that will give that effort and energy, he accepts the subpar performance and it translates to losses.

The good news is that, coming off two subpar performances, you can bet that this will be a point of emphasis in practice over the next three weeks.

Any of these factors will contribute to subpar training and running performance.

Democrats in the state Senate gave Jennifer Shilling another two years as minority leader Tuesday, brushing aside a subpar performance at the ballot box that left Republicans with their largest majority in more than 40 years and uncertainty about whether Shilling will retain her own seat in the face of a recount.

While this tension has been shown to breed negative emotion and subsequently subpar performance, research also shows that keeping emotions out of it actually kept the work and performance vibes high.

Otherwise, by abusing or neglecting a section of your body that is even more exposed to external environments than your skin, you're setting yourself up for subpar performance that unfortunately is often simply accepted as part of the fueling perils of endurance events.

Hawke is no stranger to elevating subpar material with a committed performance, but his fidgety crook - with - a-heart-of-gold act is undercut by Budreau's uncreative use of the limited setting (almost the whole thing takes place inside the bank) and unskillful handling of the broad tone.

Critic Consensus: Though this ambitious noir crime - drama captures the atmosphere of its era, it suffers from subpar performances, a convoluted story, and the inevitable comparisons to other, more successful films of its genre.

Like last year's subpar «The Conjuring» spinoff «Annabelle,» this direly routine ghost story marks a huge comedown in production values and performance quality from the series» previous entries (which earned a combined $ 258 million worldwide), despite the presence of longtime Wan collaborator Leigh Whannell behind the camera and always game - faced elder scream queen Lin Shaye in front of it.

Ultimately, The Raven is just about what most pre-release cynics had been anticipating — a bizarre mishmash of historical elements and subpar on - screen drama capped off with an underwhelming but serviceable performance from John Cusack in the leading role.

Focused on accountability, Fiarman assumed that her approach would mean managing the challenges of teacher evaluation and being willing to root out subpar performance.

Not so much for the students who pay the price in the form of a subpar education and poor performance.

The subpar performance of U.S. students has wide ramifications — and not just for individuals.

Masses of interior space a quiet cabin and muscular performance are its strong points although the cramped third row seats and subpar ride quality detract from a potentially class - leading offering.

It has a single - core 800 MHz processor and just 512 MB of memory — two subpar components that contribute to its laggy performance.

However, we did not like its below average battery life, subpar imaging performance, lack of memory card slot and no 4G LTE support.

Nor does a lack of financial smarts inevitably doom you to subpar performance.

With as much as I have been talking about the graphics being subpar, you'd think I'd have something great to say about the performance of the game.

Nothing in Amazon's Echo line can compete with the sonic performance of a Google Home Max, but that doesn't mean Alexa dooms you to listening to subpar audio.

There's only 512 MB of RAM in the Summit, which is the same as you'll find in the LG Watch Style, but less than the 768 MB in the Huawei Watch 2 and LG Watch Sport, which may go some way to explaining the slightly subpar performance.

OnePlus admitted that its cameras have been subpar in the past, and acknowledged that camera performance plays a huge role in the perceived quality of a phone.