Sentences with phrase «on a relative basis in»

Compared to the cost of an uninsured loss, renters insurance is no more expensive on a relative basis in Houston than anywhere else.

«However, rents remain extremely high on a relative basis in both these markets — in the $ 4,000 range.»

Not exact matches

«It's always hard to know exactly where to put your money these days given how rates and spreads are so low, but on a relative basis we still think there's value in EM debt,» Matt Tucker, head of the iShares fixed income strategy team, said this week during a panel discussion at the Morningstar ETF Conference in Chicago.

«Canada's middle class is actually doing much better relative to past decades based on a host of indicators,» Charles Lammam and Hugh MacIntyre, two from Fraser's stable of experts, wrote in an op - ed published in the Ottawa Citizen on March 17.

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.

Just a few days ago, relatives of Flight 17's victims gathered in hangars on a Dutch air base to view twisted and charred wreckage from the plane where their loved ones were lost.

In other words it's not a fundamental call on the company, even though Nordstrom's earning report disappointed the Street, at least on a relative basis, with spending weighing on results.

It's already more developed than Vietnam, but in the longer run we believe will be the less successful of the two, on a relative basis.

Although the fluctuations in business tend to stabilize on a relative basis, on an absolute basis, the numbers seem to grow by an order of magnitude.

Based on three metrics — sale - to - list price ratio, the prevalence of price cuts on home listings, and time - on - market — the market temperature provides information on the current balance of bargaining power between buyers and sellers in this zip code relative to other zip codes in the same metropolitan area.

Based on three metrics — sale - to - list price ratio, the prevalence of price cuts on home listings, and time - on - market — the market temperature provides information on the current balance of bargaining power between buyers and sellers in this neighborhood relative to other neighborhoods in the same metropolitan area.

Based on three metrics — sale - to - list price ratio, the prevalence of price cuts on home listings, and time - on - market — the market temperature provides information on the current balance of bargaining power between buyers and sellers in this city relative to other cities in the same metropolitan area.

At Mr. Cook's request, the 2011 RSU Award was modified in 2013 to put more than $ 123 million of the original grant date fair value of the award at risk, based on Apple's Relative TSR performance.

The latest figure is about US$ 63 billion in congestion costs?a much larger figure than Canada's on a relative basis.

Yields on U.S. government bonds are already some of the highest in the sovereign debt markets and are attractive to non-U.S. buyers on an absolute and relative basis.

Equity markets have appreciated sharply in recent years, and valuations, based on price - to - earnings ratios, in developed markets were not cheap relative to their historical averages as of late 2017.

In contrast, when investment falls relative to saving on an ex ante basis, an economy weakens and may slip into recession, as was the case between 2007 and mid-2009.

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 indeIn 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 indein 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.

IBM participates in several executive compensation surveys that provide general trend information and details on levels of salary, target annual incentives and long - term incentives, the relative mix of short - and long - term incentives, and mix of cash and stock - based pay.

What we have really seen over the past several years, in terms of the appreciation of markets and the decline of interest rates based on what the Fed has been doing, is a result which has eliminated the possibility of investors in bonds and stocks to earn an adequate return relative to their expected liabilities.

«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.»

You can see the relative scale of these events in the map below, which is based on estimates from NOAA and other sources.

«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.»

In a Mar. 18 letter to G20 central bankers and finance ministers, Carney gave a low - risk assessment of cryptocurrencies on the basis that the new asset class was small relative to the global financial system.

Gorman's long - term incentive awards will convert into shares in 2017, based on meeting targets related to return on equity and relative total shareholder return, according to the filing.

The Performance Share awards are scheduled to vest in the third quarter of 2013 based on the Company's RORCE relative to the Financial Performance Peer Group, with the final number of earned and vested Performance Shares subject to adjustment upward (to a maximum of 150 % of the original target number granted) or downward to zero.

To measure the effectiveness of each predictor, they each quarter rank stocks into fifths (quintiles) based on the predictor and then calculate the difference in average gross excess (relative to the risk - free rate) returns of extreme quintiles.

In these and other analyses based solely on referrer information, Twitter performs surprisingly poorly relative to expectations many of us have based on our own observations of the volume of link sharing on Twitter.

Specialty - This category encompasses a range of styles that are not based on the financial fundamentals of the stocks in the portfolio relative to the overall market.

«That makes a number of opportunities on a relative basis potentially still very attractive... So we've continued to invest in the U.K. and we are still continuing to look at opportunities in the U.K.,» he said.

Such a gating function remains (from the USPTO's perspective) unavailable to the other exceptions based on its current guidance memoranda even though many claims in technology - focused patent applications encompass functional differences relative to the state of the art.

Liaison with market participants suggests that spreads on ABCP picked up sharply in August, as in the US, to be around 30 — 50 basis points above the bank bill rate relative to 2 - 5 basis points over recent years (Graph 8).

Equities still look cheap on a relative basis due to the precipitous drop in bond yields.

In response to shareholder feedback, the company revamped its executive compensation program by introducing a formulaic bonus scheme (which included metrics based on TSR, production, expenses, and margins), conditioning equity awards on performance metrics (relative TSR and absolute cash flow), and reducing Mr. Nichols» salary by one - third.

In other words, Russian equities (in US$ terms) tend to be very strong on a relative basiIn other words, Russian equities (in US$ terms) tend to be very strong on a relative basiin US$ terms) tend to be very strong on a relative basis.

Any external upward pressure on interest rates beyond a fraction of a percent will have to be rapidly offset by a large reduction in the outstanding monetary base in order to avoid a deterioration in the value of money relative to goods and services (i.e. inflation).

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

In short, investments in churn reduction (retention) can yield a far better return on investment than generating new users on a relative basiIn short, investments in churn reduction (retention) can yield a far better return on investment than generating new users on a relative basiin churn reduction (retention) can yield a far better return on investment than generating new users on a relative basis.

They are trading close to their historical norm, both on an absolute basis and relative to developed markets; the MSCI Emerging Market Index is currently trading at about a 25 % discount to developed markets, in line with the long - term and post-crisis average.

But the flows to the Volatility ETFs appear to be based a recent spike in the relative performance, and specifically on near - term performance.

Quantitative investing assumes that future performance of a security relative to other securities may be predicted based on historical economic and financial factors, however, any errors in a model used might not be detected until the fund has sustained a loss or reduced performance related to such errors.

Conversely, they probably exert greater control over the relative valuation of shares inside the market, given that source investors often step aside and leave the task of making relative trades in the market to them, based on their expertise.

If the flows were not reacting to near term performance on a relative basis, then it is being used in a strategic allocation.

About two weeks ago, Siamak Namazi, the head of strategic planning at Crescent Petroleum Co., was arrested as he was visiting relatives in Tehran from his home base in Dubai, according to people briefed on the situation.

The differences in cost structure and client base raises the question of whether it makes more sense to rank on a relative valuation within the GICS groupings.

We not only want to reveal to investors which firms are undervalued (both on a discounted cash flow and relative value basis), in our view, but we also want to provide investors with the information needed to anticipate entry and exit points.

The Russell 2000 Value Index is a subset of the securities found in the Russell 2000 selected based on a «probability» of value as measured by their relative book - to - price (B / P) ratio.

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).

Based on BlackRock research, stocks with a history of dividend growth have tended to outperform in a rising rate environment and may hold up well relative to other segments of the stock market more susceptible to higher rates.

Similarly, I expect that in the event of a general bull market in stocks, the fund will not shine so brightly in terms of relative performance., The math of investing would favour the fund, however, over several bull and bear market cycles because, on a percentage basis, lost dollars are simply harder to replace than gained dollars are to lose.