Sentences with phrase «on point positioning»

Not exact matches

Still, Davidson of American Century points out that Schlumberger shrewdly uses the periodic downturns to improve its competitive position, buying companies on the cheap.

As the news flow turns negative, they pile on to the point where the short position in Bombardier's stock is frequently in the top 10 on the TSX.

Up to this point, the carrier has bet on the popular Android platform to cement its position in the booming smartphone market.

Verheul reiterated the sticking points: the U.S. positions on autos, a proposed sunset clause, access to U.S. government procurement and the American desire to opt out of a dispute resolution chapter.

And on anybody's forecast it's gonna be a long time before we're gonna be in a position to reduce rates by three percentage points.

The Future List put out by The Information and Social Capital, took 6,000 data points on 552 senior investment professionals across 71 firms to use diversity to plot which investors are best positioned to take advantage of future trends.

It appeared recently on the App Store, and the description says you can «drop «points» on a map within the Survey App [to] indicate your position within the venue as you walk through.

Jobs were disrupted when factories moved out of the country, but as Mankiw points out, many positions now rely on exports to Mexico and Canada.

The face - to - face meetings only inform his long positions, he points out — shorts are based purely on valuations.

Clinton has repeatedly accused her opponent as being soft on Russia, pointing to his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a strong leader, his suggestion that he would rethink sanctions against Russian officials, his sharp criticism of NATO and other policy positions.

The companies are ranked based on their position in the 2017 Franchise 500, which evaluates more than 150 data points in the areas of costs and fees, size and growth, franchisee support, brand strength, and financial strength and stability.

These included such bullet points as «Recent organizational realignment has strengthened focus on sales and revenue generation,» and «Well positioned in our markets, strong portfolio of strategic assets and committed to achieving revenue growth.»

«The curtailments will contribute to the Company's long - term goal of lowering Alcoa's position on the world aluminum production cost curve by 10 percentage points,» the company said in a statement.

From that point on, everything had to pay off that position.

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«The apparent shift in her position could mark an important turning point given her status as one of the most prominent doves on the Committee,» Michael Pearce, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics, said in a note.

A Clinton win, however, would halt the momentum Sanders has generated from his 22 - point defeat of Clinton in New Hampshire and position her to begin rolling up wins and delegates in South Carolina and on «Super Tuesday» on March 1.

«If the test were run on the basis of their latest capital positions, both banks would meet their CET1 capital ratio and Tier 1 leverage ratio systemic reference points.»

The point is that Subway was the first fast food place to position itself as «healthy» and because of that it became the fastest growing, most recognized sandwich company on the planet, all because it copied the winners in a different industry.

By loudly owning her choices, Sandberg makes it a little safer for the rest of us to declare that parents working late into the night is killer on families (Mashable points to research «that children are healthier, happier and better performing students when they eat with their families») and on personal productivity and health, making it a bit easier for those of us with less lofty positions to take back our schedules and admit that we need to work saner hours.

Although we successfully raised prices and improved our inventory position quarter - by - quarter, gross margin fell 220 basis points on the year.

Now that the change to an overall bearish sentiment has been confirmed, we are now patiently waiting for an eventual bounce in the broad market that will provide us with ideal, low - risk entry points on new short positions or inversely correlated «short» ETFs.

Thus, the long - term target incentives for the NEOs who head these significant business segments are determined based on a blend of peer positions with similar titles at peer group companies and CEO positions among smaller companies, using the 75th percentile for peer - company positions and the median for CEO positions at smaller companies as competitive reference points.

«But it's also pulled back nicely, offering an inexpensive entry point, which increases risk and reward for the investor... With that all said, assuming DOC can hold on through Election Day, I think this could be a good position to own — especially through the end of the year.»

While he took great pains to point out that it's still months away from his July start date and by that time «the UK economy might be in an entirely different place,» he did attempt to clarify his position on specific points such as inflation (he supports a continued course of «flexible regulation») and further stimulus (he's for it, should the British economy need it).

Unless you have a big profit cushion in a position and can hold through a 20 % to 30 % price correction without feeling too much pressure, it may be wise to raise the stop prices on any open positions you are holding (then wait for lower risk re-entry points to emerge).

Some have pointed out that not every company needs a COO, a position that typically carries unique responsibilities, depending on the company.

Here is a post from Libertarian News that begins, «I recently got into an argument over on the Reddit Bitcoin boards where I held the position that fractional reserve banking with Bitcoins was not possible,» which sounds fun; he recants that view but does make what I think is a very valid point:

U.S. stocks rebounded on Thursday, with the Dow adding nearly 300 points after President Trump clarified his position on renewed Syrian warfare.

If you sell a product direct to a customer — in person or on the phone — you need to understand what their pain points are and position your product benefits against those pain points.

They have no specific expertise in the matter, and being a provider of these services puts the company in the awkward position of having a point of view on private personal matters as well as what defines basic well being.

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But Plank insisted his company would use this slowdown to solidify its competitive position, stating, «The current environment represents an inflection point to maximize our unique strengths by staying on offense — investing smartly in innovation, deepening our brand connection with consumers, and amplifying our focus on operational excellence — positioning Under Armour as a stronger company.»

I totally agree with you while Energy, Pharma and Consumer sectors are fantastic to own, but, with improving economy that will start firing on all cylinders at some point, financial sector will take leadership position.

An interesting fact about this trading approach is that a lot of financial institutions are basing their positions on the same pivot point and buying and selling large volumes, which has a direct impact on the price changes of the assets.

As economist Jack Mintz has pointed out, the Trump tax reforms mean U.S. taxation on new investment will soon encounter the third - best rate among OECD countries (a dramatic improvement from the 14th position), besting Canada, stuck in 12th place.

CHARLIE MUNGER: Well, the truth of the matter is we don't pay much attention to trying to get an extra two basis points by being gamey on our short - term things and that credit default position is a weird, historical accident.

The analyst pointed out that the recent increase of quarterly dividend to $ 0.30 from $ 0.20 suggests management to continue to build on the company's capital return efforts given strong cash position and FCF profile.

On the latter points, Shih demurred and promised to submit a brief outlining the DOL positions.

Below is a chart that shows the «cup and handle» setup of the stock before our entry point: On February 23, we sent out an intraday alert to subscribers of The Wagner Daily, notifying them we were establishing a long position in -LSB-...]

The basic point here is that by focusing on declining credit quality you put yourself in a position to sell a bond long before any potential default.

The bulls on the stock also point out that some big - name investors have taken significant BitGold positions.

Instead of worrying about a few percentage points here or there, I love when the market gives me the chance to average down on positions I already own.

if they can find Banks willing to take a «long «position that will allow them to have a non-expanding debt load and interest only payments on a loan, they might be able to withstand the low price cycle until opec led by Saudi Arabia can get world producers to curtail production and elevate prices to a point where all producers are making some money.

The point of balance is a little bit higher up on the handle then I personally like because it makes maneuvering it around to different hand positions a little bit more difficult.

I am taking a position of agnosticism on that point, and I feel it is unwise to declare things of this sort with absolute certainty.

Or perhaps I simply realize that many of the so called rational atheists who post on CNN are dedicated to reason only as long as it supports their positions and when it doesn't immediately switch to ad hominem attacks to try to get people to ignore the legitimate point that was made.

Even though you disagree with her position, you have been clouded by jumping on the band wagon and pointing fingers.

He also said that while pagan gods maintained their positions in the universe by punishing people, the Christian God acted profoundly differently by punishing himself on man's behalf - something unheard of before that point.

On this point, I am convinced, the LCMS has entrenched itself in an untenable position.