Sentences with phrase «other discretionary»

Cook said he expects lawmakers to forge a deal before the end of the year on avoiding sequestration — the round of automatic spending cuts that will impact defense and other discretionary spending categories — and take up some type of tax reform in 2013.

And even absent direct substitutes, costlier air travel would lose market share to other discretionary activities, almost all of which would be less carbon - intensive.

For many years past we have been «investing» in bigger houses, bigger autos (SUVs), more entertainment and many other discretionary goodies.

So pet stores rely on toys, treats, accessories, furniture and the many other discretionary items on the market as a way boost their stores» overall income.

The Firm will submit a shareholder proposal on behalf of any other Discretionary Account only at the request of the Discretionary Account or with that Discretionary Account's prior written consent.

With this strategy, you spend 50 % of your income on needs and living expenses, 20 % on savings and debt repayment, and the remaining 30 % on wants and other discretionary expenses.

Other discretionary expenditures such as eating out and drinking come later.

One way to do it is following a 50-30-20 budget, where 50 % of your take home salary should be kept aside for your fixed costs, 30 % for other discretionary costs and 20 % should most definitely be put away as savings.

These loans can also be taken out to finance weddings, vacations, or other discretionary expenses.

Priority consideration for other discretionary funds such as Federal Perkins Loans and Federal Work Study funds will be given to students who meet the priority filing deadline and also have a pre-determined high need level.

Mainly because they solve the single biggest problem remaining in self publishing: what to do with fiction and other discretionary books.

In other words, Trump, DeVos, and the House majority would set up the Pell Grant program to act as a hatchet against other discretionary domestic spending in future years — again.61

They can choose to spend money at a winery or a variety of other discretionary income activities.

Almost every financial article will tell you to cut out lattes and other discretionary spending to help boost savings.

Conflicts of interest: The commission is looking into potential conflicts of interest between legislators» official duties and outside jobs and their designation of member items and other discretionary funding.

I have no idea where you are getting that, unless you are breaking military spending down into many component parts and then comparing one of them to the other two agencies... Spending on the military is a greater portion of the budget than all other discretionary spending combined.

«If you live in a big city and need to spend more on housing due to work and the current rental market, it's OK to do so as long as you adjust some of your other discretionary spending,» says Ash Exantus, director of financial education at BankMobile, a digital banking platform.

If these projections come true, it will mean the government will have less wiggle room to fund all the other programs in the budget, including defense, infrastructure, education, environmental protections and other discretionary programs.

Not exact matches

Fortune ran numbers to calculate how much extra revenue the U.S. would need to raise, over the next decade, if it lowered the rate of growth in Social Security by one percentage point, reduced increases in Medicare, Medicaid, and other health care spending by a proportional amount, and held discretionary spending below growth in GDP (albeit from the higher base established by the new laws).

Some of these measures exclude net realized investment gains (losses), net of tax, and / or net unrealized investment gains (losses), net of tax, included in shareholders» equity, which can be significantly impacted by both discretionary and other economic factors and are not necessarily indicative of operating trends.

«Because we are in the hospitality and recreation business, which is largely dependent on discretionary spending,» the company's latest financial report explains, «we believe that the weak housing market, increases in unemployment, decreases in air flights to Las Vegas, decreases in the value of stock and other investments, and the general tightening of spending on business travel have all affected visitations to Las Vegas and the spending budget of our customers.»

That's when good enough is actually good enough and we conclude that there are plenty of other things to spend our discretionary dollars on.

Using the other method, the price for this company is much higher, at 1.6 times the seller's discretionary cash (or, roughly, EBITDA) plus inventory, adding up to $ 215,800.

Republican Presidents, including Trump, have promised to balance future budgets with gigantic reductions in discretionary spending, a category that includes both outlays for defense, and all other areas that are voted each year (as opposed to entitlements that provide benefits guided by a fixed formula).

Bottom line: My recommendation for Canadian issues is to concentrate in the banks and other financials, utilities and telecoms at the expense of other sectors such as consumer staples and consumer discretionary stocks.

Sullivan supervises a staff of professionals performing direct investment of discretionary funds and providing investment advice to other portfolios.

«Discretionary means that the director or any other company insider actively decided how much stock the director would receive,» Harary explains.

«The other services sector is still by far the strongest, and these are discretionary services, you know, pet care, personal care,» Mucci said.

With a 10 - year return of 106 %, industrials have long lagged other cyclical sectors, behind consumer discretionary, up 189 %, and technology, up 161 %.

Risks associated with the Consumer Discretionary sector include, among others, apparel price deflation due to low - cost entries, high inventory levels and pressure from e-commerce players; reduction in traditional advertising dollars; increasing household debt levels that could limit consumer appetite for discretionary purchases; declining consumer acceptance of new product introductions; and geopolitical uncertainty that could impact consumDiscretionary sector include, among others, apparel price deflation due to low - cost entries, high inventory levels and pressure from e-commerce players; reduction in traditional advertising dollars; increasing household debt levels that could limit consumer appetite for discretionary purchases; declining consumer acceptance of new product introductions; and geopolitical uncertainty that could impact consumdiscretionary purchases; declining consumer acceptance of new product introductions; and geopolitical uncertainty that could impact consumer sentiment.

While the amount of money spent on certain expenses may be out of most Americans» control, others can be seen as discretionary spending.

The first trading day of the second quarter began with a broad selloff concentrated in the technology and consumer discretionary sectors, as losses by Amazon.com (AMZN.O), Tesla (TSLA.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O), among others, took center stage from retaliatory trade measures China unveiled on Sunday.

But it will help families allowing in some cases more discretionary funds and in other for payments to be made.

As you learn price action or any other strategy, you will naturally develop more «gut feel» and discretionary skill for applying that strategy in the market.

The House budget includes $ 4.3 trillion of policy savings, with most of the savings come from health care programs ($ 2 trillion) and other mandatory programs ($ 2.5 trillion) but also net spending cuts in domestic discretionary spending.

You may have other predictable income such as pension and rental properties that can also help cover essential and some discretionary spending.»

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may pay bonuses (including, without limitation, discretionary bonuses) to participants under the Executive Bonus Plan based upon such other terms and conditions as our compensation committee may in its sole discretion determine.

However, some plans are only available to borrowers who are considered «new borrowers» after a certain date, and some plans base a borrower's monthly payments on 10 percent of discretionary income while others base payments on 15 or even 20 percent.

Notably, the other high - flying sector — consumer discretionary — also includes two tech - powered giants: Amazon and Netflix.

Under CBO's Alternative Fiscal Scenario — which assumes many of the 2017 tax law's expiring provisions and other temporary tax cuts are made permanent, the recent spending deal is extended so that most discretionary spending grows with inflation, and emergency funding for disasters is kept in line with its historical average — deficits will exceed the two - trillion dollar mark by 2028.

People stop or reduce spending on dining out, new furniture, cars, jewelry, and other so - called «discretionary» items, while businesses often cut capital expenditures such as new machinery, hiring employees, or moving to larger facilities.

While the consumer discretionary, technology, and healthcare sectors have held up relatively well, other sectors (like energy, utilities and material) haven't.

Factors affecting the level of consumer spending for such discretionary items include general economic conditions, and other factors, such as consumer confidence in future economic conditions, fears of recession, the availability and cost of consumer credit, levels of unemployment, and tax rates.

Consumer confidence and discretionary spending, fear of terrorism or war, weakening economic conditions, fare initiatives, labor actions, weather and other factors have resulted in significant fluctuations in revenues and results of operations in the past.

Factors affecting the level of spending for such discretionary items include general economic conditions and other factors such as consumer confidence in future economic conditions, fears of recession, the availability of consumer credit, levels of unemployment, tax rates and the cost of consumer credit.

We believe our operations, as they are focused on Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO), are more susceptible to seasonality than some of the other domestic airlines because our discretionary customers in California may be less likely to fly to other regions of the United States during the colder seasons.

Consumer discretionary (+21 %) was the only other sector that is beating the S&P 500 (+20 %) at this point.

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. («PNC») uses the marketing name PNC Institutional Advisory Solutions ® for discretionary investment management, trustee, and other related services conducted by its subsidiary, PNC Bank, National Association («PNC Bank»), which is a Member FDIC.

Other than Energy and Consumer Discretionary, the earnings season is going pretty smooth so far.