Sentences with phrase «over a period of a few years»

One example is insects developing a resistance to pesticides over the period of a few years.

Stock market performance can be extremely unpredictable over periods of a few years, but over several decades, stocks tend to outperform other asset classes.

The hospitality sector has undergone a major change over the period of few years.

In the past, their virtual video tours might get 50 or 60 views and that's sometimes over a period of a few years.

Director compensation typically consists of a cash component (retainer), smaller cash amounts paid for attendance at board and committee meetings, and incentive compensation in the form of stock and stock option grants which vest over a period of a few years.

If this is the uncertainty over a period of a few years, what is the case with purported periods of centuries, millennia, or millions of years?

The scientists also found eight strains of M. leprae whose genomes harbored an incredibly large number of random mutations, accumulated over a period of a few years or perhaps decades.

I tried online dating three separate times over a period of a few years, and each time wound up hiding my profile in discouragement or disgust just a couple of months in.

But it's not just married couples - a 2009 study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that after studying 7,000 individuals over a period of a few years, those who were in relationships and moved in with their significant others were twice as likely to be overweight than their single peers.

Manager tenure should also be a consideration, since strong performance over a period of a few years or less may not give a good indication of how a manager can perform in multiple market environments.

By investing smaller amounts over a period of a few years, you'll be able to periodically re-assess your spending needs and, in so doing, reduce the risk that you'll end up with more guaranteed income than you actually need.

Alternatively, Jonathon suggests that provinces could lower the maximum interest rate payday loans can charge incrementally over a period of a few years to allow the payday loan industry to adjust to these new rules.

Along the same lines, if you live beyond your means, these cards aren't for you, as they often come with high credit lines and «pay over time» options, where you'll end up paying double or triple the amount of the purchase over a period of a few years.

Even over a period of a few years, the market can show about as much maturity as a middle school lunchroom, complete with pubescent gossip and inane popularity contests.

«They can't and won't happen overnight, but over the period of a few years we could see the biggest, best transformation of public services that has ever been seen, on a scale that until relatively recently has been unimaginable.»

Over any period of a few years or more, about 80 % of actively managed mutual funds lag behind the market.

Then I would dollar average my investments into the market in a tax efficient manner (matched 401k, Roth, etc) over a period of a few years (you will need a few years with annual limits on tax wrapped accounts).

Over periods of a few years or less, the return is far more variable and always uncertain.

Moreover, Over a period of few years, Coinbase has set itself as the desirable platform for cryptocurrency beginners to buy Bitcoin and Ethereum.