Sentences with phrase «on a relative basis for»

Fellow Shareholders, I am pleased to report that both the Oakmark International Fund and Oakmark International Small Cap Fund delivered solid absolute performance and outperformed on a relative basis for the quarter.

Each time you «top up» to a slightly higher bracket, you'll pay a bit more on a relative basis for the «extra» income earned.

Not exact matches

M&A will never be 100 % successful and we learn from every deal we do, and so not to pick on any specific deal, but I've learned, based on relative success of deals we've done in the past, is making sure the key leaders at the company share a vision with the founder, making sure the strategy drives the M&A, as opposed to the M&A driving the strategy, and making sure we have good support mechanisms for these companies after they come in.

We then analyzed the business and financial profiles of the selected companies for relative similarities to us and, based on this assessment, we selected our comparable industry peer companies.

There is no doubt that, based on pure, cold, logical data, stocks are the single best long - term performing asset class for disciplined investors who are not swayed by emotion, focus on earnings and dividends, and never pay too much for a stock, often as measured on a conservative beginning earnings yield relative to the Treasury bond yield basis.

In a rising interest rate environment, the risk that investors have in owning all bond mutual funds and / or bond ETFs for their bond allocation is that both vehicles are managed on a relative return basis versus a benchmark index.

«Industry Buy» --- a buy rating for a stock within an industry because the analyst's boss has made it clear that recommendations are done on a sector relative basis and that at least one stock in an industry has to be a «buy.»

The PRC sets ranges for the balanced asset mix and makes tactical adjustments based on bottom - up forecasted returns, relative valuations and an assessment of economic and market data.

«Industry Buy» --- a buy rating for a stock because the analyst's boss has made it clear that ratings are done on a sector relative basis and that at least one stock in an industry has to be a «buy.»

The correlation analysis approach is employed when a forex trader waits for the perfect moment when the crude oil graph exhibits a delayed response close to expiry, the investor would then execute the trade based on the direction of EURO / USD relative to the present price of oil.

As a home buyer, your ability to get approved for a mortgage is based on three main factors — your down payment on the home, your current credit score, and your household income relative to your household debt.

This data also forms the basis for the Relative Strength price charts found on each industry page in the Value Line Investment Survey.

This is based on its high beta, which is a good indicator for how much the stock moves relative to the rest of the market.

In his February 2015 paper entitled «The Search for Crisis Alpha: Weathering the Storm Using Relative Momentum», Nathan Faber tests a dual momentum safe haven based on U.S. Treasuries of different durations as proxied by either constant maturity indexes or exchange - traded funds (ETFs).

The Maximum Profit score is based on a combination of a stock's relative strength rating and cash flow relative strength rating (we've written about these concepts extensively — go here for a refresher).

«I have consistently told partners that we expect to shine on a relative basis during minus years for the Dow, whereas plus years of any magnitude may find us blushing» Warren Buffett, Partnership Letter 1962

The only intelligible solution to this problem would seem to be to admit the relative religious value, based on experience, of each group's scriptures for its own corporate life, but to recognize that no book has final authority.

Those who argue against same - sex marriage on the basis of its potential to diminish the effectiveness of the institution as a solid foundation for social stability have not thought about the price we have already paid for this personal freedom, or the historical reality that most citizens of Western Nations have already chosen to pay it rather than choose the relative social stability / security of tribalistic collectivism.

«Brexit is an opportunity for us on a relative basis because of that in - market position which basically lowers your costs and provides a much better natural hedge,» Mr Haddock said.

For me, on a relative basis, Ramsey's best position is in the center.

He is obviously being targeted on a weekly basis and he has been caught out a number of times — think it is part of Wenger's training him for his CB role because it will be a relative doddle there in terms of one on one exposure and pace battles.

Roma's Radja Nainggolan tops the list of potential candidates, achieving a stunning 83.9 % transfer match based on a number of factors, including the number of defensive errors leading to a chance (per 90 minutes) alongside other indicators such as their age relative to the peak playing age for that position, the relative status of their club and percentage of possible league minutes played.

You can say that Rugani and Barzagli were the most important center backs for Juventus based on their relative performances.

Maybe a trusted friend, a relative, or an older father you know has some good insights, based on what worked for him.

In an ideal world we would choose the educational system we want for our children based on its relative merits and not by financial ability to pay.

For those who might wonder, the main difference between having a doula and having a relative or friend with you while you labor is that while your loved ones can share their experiences based on a handful (at most) births, most doulas have assisted at dozens or more births (many have assisted hundreds,) know hospital policies, often know the hospital staff, and are professionals.

To provide individual skill development information for planning developmentally appropriate activities at home and school based on a child's performance relative to a standardized score.

However, this study only included kids at high - risk for celiac (based on genetic markers or a first - degree relative with the disease), so it might not apply to the general population.

Venneman and colleagues5 recently demonstrated that infants who are formula fed are twice as likely to die of SIDS than breastfed infants based on a case control study of 333 SIDS cases compared to 998 aged matched controls in Germany, from 1998 - 2001, consistent with previously published reports.35 While no studies show that co-sleeping in the form of bedsharing, specifically, is imperative for breastfeeding enhancement, many studies have shown that in order to get more sleep and to ease caring for their infants the decision to breastfeed often leads mothers to adopt routine bedsharing for at least part of the night36 - 40 even where they never intended to do so.41, 42 Indeed, nearly 50 % of breastfeeding mothers in the United States and Great Britain adopt bedsharing for some part of the night,38,43 - 45 and breastfeeding women are twice as likely to sleep with their babies in the first month relative to mothers electing to bottle - feed.39

@Alexei Money or possessions given to a friend or relative on an individual basis, and not as payment or in return for payment, would be classified as a Gift in US Taxes, and called a gift in US English.

If Scotland were to choose to go down the independence route, not only would there be more than enough oil income to make every single Scot better off by considerably more than # 500 a year, but also for its new government to close down the submarine bases in the Clyde without having to submit to any form of blackmail on currency issues, to increase the gap in health and education funding relative to the rest of the UK, to keep the ship yards open, and a great deal more besides.

The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama — setting out the philosophy of the man who would go on to become the first black president having come from relative obscurity, and the basis for a fundamental shift in the direction of the United States of America both at home and abroad.

The government has imposed spending limits for each police area of England and Wales based on their relative size.

These figures would also offer grim tidings for Fine Gael, a party that would be at a similar level of decline, as Labour, relative to the 2011 General Election figures based on this opinion poll.

The problem with predicted outcomes of AV based on, for example, successive YouGov polls looking at voters preferences is that they really only tell us about short term effects on the relative position of the big established parties.

My guess is that being a minority government would actually be a net positive for Labour, relative to a tiny majority, because if Labour need to seek the support of the smaller parties on a case by case basis they can't do anything spectacularly unpopular or asinine.

An orangutan matched researchers» predictions about which mixed beverage he would choose based on his relative fondness for the separate ingredients.

And in 21 of the 24 trials, Naong matched the researchers» predictions: that his choice would be based on his relative fondness for the separate ingredients.

As for how many people the planet can sustain, the first such estimate came from microbiologist Anton van Leeuwenhoek who calculated roughly 13.4 billion people back in 1679, based on the population density of his native Holland and its size relative to the rest of the globe.

But until archaeologists have excavated domestic sites on the Maltese islands, we will not know the relative importance of other imported materials, such as flint and obsidian, for a domestic economy that was essentially based on local agriculture.

Previous laboratory findings as well as estimates of fitness based on genetic clustering of strains in the population suggested a lower relative fitness for MDRTB compared to drug - susceptible tuberculosis, but few studies have directly measured the incidence of second cases of tuberculosis among contacts of both MDRTB and drug - susceptible tuberculosis.

I used was the surface temperature responses from histAll --(histGHG + histNatural) to obtain the response to aerosols + ozone + land - use and derive the enhancement of the response for that case relative to WMGHGs that I called E. Calculation of TCR based on histAll in a model is approximately the same as calculating the sum of responses to histGHG, histNat, and histInhomogeneous where the latter includes the factor E.

Yet even in the absence of individual eccentricities, it is possible to study the distribution of eccentricities based on the distribution of transit durations (relative to the maximum transit duration for a circular orbit).

REST calculates the relative expression ratios on the basis of group means for target genes versus reference genes, and tests the group ratio results for significance, comparing normalized and not - normalized expression results.

Based on differences in imputed nsSNP allelic frequencies in different genetic backgrounds, likelihood measurements were calculated for European relative to African genetic backgrounds, with distinct patterns emerging as a function of genetic background.

The BMI is a measure of body fat based on height and weight and is a value that gives a relative risk for health problems when it deviates from the normal range.

«There are two ways in which I could make suggestions relative to the mineral and vitamin problem in the selection of food, the one on the basis of detailing a special menu for each day, which is very unsatisfactory, and the other would be in the form of general principles which should control and guide you in selecting the foods which will meet the body's daily needs.

For a person running at a typical casual runner's pace of 2.5 meters per second (9 km / hr, or 5.6 mph) it can be shown, based on data collected by LG Pugh for the study titled «The influence of wind resistance in running and walking and the mechanical efficiency of work against horizontal or vertical forces,» that the energy cost of air resistance while running on solid ground is roughly 0.84 calories per kilometer (this is equivalent to approximately an extra 1.2 % calorie burn relative to a runner on a treadmilFor a person running at a typical casual runner's pace of 2.5 meters per second (9 km / hr, or 5.6 mph) it can be shown, based on data collected by LG Pugh for the study titled «The influence of wind resistance in running and walking and the mechanical efficiency of work against horizontal or vertical forces,» that the energy cost of air resistance while running on solid ground is roughly 0.84 calories per kilometer (this is equivalent to approximately an extra 1.2 % calorie burn relative to a runner on a treadmilfor the study titled «The influence of wind resistance in running and walking and the mechanical efficiency of work against horizontal or vertical forces,» that the energy cost of air resistance while running on solid ground is roughly 0.84 calories per kilometer (this is equivalent to approximately an extra 1.2 % calorie burn relative to a runner on a treadmill).

In fact, it appears that for the most part of our evolution we subsided on very little relative carbohydrate content in general, apart from those found naturally in vegetables and other plant sources besides wheat, and therefore it makes sense for us to try and eliminate the «poor quality», processed wheat - based ones from our diet.

Based on an analysis of bowel symptoms recorded using the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale, researchers reported that despite the use of a gluten free diet — universally indicated for coeliac disease (CD)-- a proportion of their cohort still presented with «persistent symptoms» and it is within this cohort they were aiming to see whether: «abnormal intestinal microbiota may be associated with persisting gastrointestinal symptoms in treated celiac disease patients... [found] higher relative abundance of Proteobacteria and a lower abundance of Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes.»