Sentences with phrase «on an absolute basis»

Nothing cheap on absolute basis, only on relative basis.

Remember, we said earlier that estrogen dominance is when you have excessive amounts of estrogen relative to progesterone, not on an absolute basis but on a ratio basis.

However, we will not invest cash unless we can find opportunities to do so that we believe offer an attractive risk / return profile on an absolute basis.

You should stop and ask what the options are and what works — not only on an absolute basis, but on a balance of probabilities.

In contrast, there is the risk of your income falling on an absolute basis.

But this is all relative, can this kind of valuation be justified on an absolute basis?

Instead if we evaluate the card on an absolute basis, we must justify the $ 150 effective annual relative to holding no other cards.

In the end, our market related losses were approximately C$ 4 billion, large on an absolute basis but less than 15 % of our capital base.

Incentive spending increased slightly month over month on both an absolute basis and as a percentage of average transaction prices due primarily to the sell - down of older model heavy - duty pickups and large SUVs.

While Brown - Forman does have a lot of debt on an absolute basis, it also generates a large amount of free cash flow, which combined with its very high current ratio (short - term assets / short - term liabilities) indicates it has no trouble servicing its debt or keeping the business running.

Klarman not only has one of the best records in the business on an absolute basis, but also has done so by deftly managing the risk exposure of his portfolio.

When examining the SMH on an absolute basis, one can see its 14 percent decline since March has taken it down to its 200 - day moving average, and down near its February lows.

Total reportable segment revenue plunged almost 30 % to $ 727.5 million, with GAAP top - line numbers seeing similar declines on an absolute basis.

Moody's pointed to the county's «large and growing tax base, large reserves on an absolute basis, affordable fixed costs and recent history of balanced operations» as the basis for its rating.

In other words, the estrogen drops, as well as the progesterone drops, while they are within normal ranges on an absolute basis, the end results is a relative increase of estrogen in the body.

If students toward the top, say, at the 95th percentile — grow a lot on an absolute basis each year, then less than a year of growth might not be that bad.

Here's the challenge: If students in a norm group toward the bottom of achievement — at the 5th percentile, for example — don't grow much on an absolute basis, then two years of growth might not be all that impressive.

However, as a percent of the total portfolio, okay, as you move towards retirement and you come more out of equities and maybe become more conservative and have more bonds, by default, you own less international on an absolute basis.

Of course with all the new money flowing into these asset classes, the spreads over Treasuries have come down, so on an absolute basis investors are still struggling to find investments with enough income for their needs.

American States Water trades at an EV to EBITDA multiple of 15.7, which is rather high on an absolute basis.

A 50 % drawdown on a $ 10,000 burner account is a small amount of money on an absolute basis.

In the process of scanning the investment landscape to find value amidst the all time highs for the indices, I've noticed that a number of big cap tech stocks are priced at low valuations relative to their earnings and free cash flow, measured on an absolute basis and relative to their own historical valuations.

This valuation looks inexpensive on an absolute basis, and especially when we factor in the high earnings growth expectations: With a PE multiple of 15.6 and an expected EPS growth rate of 21 % Lowe's trades at a PEG ratio of just 0.74.

Compare that to a 1 % per annum charge which would have been $ 3.30 for that first year (assuming any dealer would allow it) and chances are they'll be happy to let you charge them for a DSC on a high MER fund because at low asset levels, even relatively expensive mutual funds are low cost on an absolute basis.

while on an absolute basis it appears he accepts that Shiller and Tobin models point to poor returns.

With high cash flow yields and a strong balance sheet with $ 65m in net cash, Seahawk is extremely attractive on an absolute basis.

The 2013 year - end SPIVA report findings confirm that while active managers may do very well on an absolute basis, the majority of them can end up underperforming on a relative basis, at times by narrow margins.

The portfolio's Information Technology (IT) holdings were up sharply and Health Care and Utilities helped boost the Fund on an absolute basis.

Less than 15 % of International Equity General and Australian Bonds funds and less than 30 % of Australian Equity General and Australian Equity A-REIT funds managed to outperform their respective benchmarks on an absolute basis.

«Stocks with market capitalizations between $ 25 million and $ 100 million, as well as those with market capitalizations between $ 100 million and $ 250 million, do outperform large stocks on an absolute basis but fail when risk [Sharpe ratio] is taken into account..»

But I always knew it offered marvelous value longer - term on an absolute basis...

Greenbackd is up 12.5 % on VXGN on an absolute basis, which is off 13.0 % relative to the S&P 500.

Security selection was positive on an absolute basis, but the Fund's Materials holdings contributed to the portfolio lagging the Russell Global ® ex-US Small Cap Index.

By coincidence, yesterday was also the scheduled update for the GISTEMP July temperature release, and because July is usually the warmest month of the year on an absolute basis, a record in July usually means a record of absolute temperature too.

China currently emits more than the U.S. on an absolute basis, but historically speaking, Annex 1 countries have emitted far, far more carbon.

In the Reference case, natural gas consumption grows the most on an absolute basis, and nonhydroelectric renewables grow the most on a percentage basis.

As a result, EM stocks, as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, look fairly cheap on an absolute basis and very cheap relative to developed market equities, as measured by the MSCI World Index.

We opened the position on January 13, 2009 when it was trading at $ 0.38, so we're up 47.4 % in about two - and - a-half months on an absolute basis, which is a pleasing outcome.

First, like all REITs, Welltower has a lot of debt on an absolute 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.

While the proportion of the opportunity set that is first - time funds declined relative to the prior two years, on an absolute basis, we have witnessed a clear increase in new firms.

On an absolute basis, Ingersoll - Rand looks a little cheap, but it's hardly a screaming buy.

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.

On an absolute basis, financials, energy and utility stocks appear the cheapest based on the price - to - book (P / B) ratio.

Of course, as soon as I point out that this argument also justifies drunk driving (even moreso, since it is a lot safer, on an absolute basis, than childbirth), they are long gone.