Sentences with phrase «over past decade»

«The availability of liquid alternative vehicles has expanded rapidly over the past decade, paired with a strategic interest to provide retail investors with access to diversified sources of potential alpha to complement their traditional portfolios.»

Over the past decade, productivity growth has declined from a post-war average of 2 % to a growth rate of just 1 % annually, with growth of just 0.5 % annually over the past 5 years.

Over the past decade, CSCO has grown revenue by 3 % compounded annually while growing after - tax profit (NOPAT) by 4 % compounded annually.

So far, the S&P TSX is among the worst performing markets in the world this year; over a longer horizon, it doesn't get much better, with Canadian equities having delivered a paltry 4 per cent annualized return over the past decade.»

Exxon Corp, the largest repurchaser of shares over the past decade, has rejected shareholder proposals that it add three - year targets based on shareholder return to its compensation program.

A mistake compounded by the fact that first - class mail has been in sharp decline over the past decade, which has turned package delivery into a big money loser for the U.S. postal service.

The size premium has been out in full force as small and mid cap stocks have outpaced their larger counterparts in the U.S. stock market over the past decade.

Over the past decade, only 30 percent of catastrophic losses around the world were insured, according to the reinsurance firm Swiss Re.

Allos leverages the investment experience and business - building skills and resources developed over the past decade by its principals in over 100 investments.

What I do think is that over the past decade, investors (including people who hold themselves out as investment professionals) have become far more susceptible to reckless myopia than I would have liked to believe.

This specification provides a clear benchmark as an anchor for long - term expectations — and the average rate of inflation over the past decade was 2.7 per cent.

However, over the past decade quite a bit of advancements have been made in the area of artificial intelligence, so much in fact that anyone who knows how to code can incorporate some level of artificial intelligence into their products.

I should have assumed that Wall Street's tendency toward reckless myopia - ingrained over the past decade - would return at the first sign of even temporary stability.

This expectation seems rather pessimistic given the company's 5 % compounded annual NOPAT growth over the past decade.

For turnover in FX derivatives, several things stand out (Graph 4): (i) activity has generally risen over the past decade even when scaled by a measure of cross-border transactions; (ii) developed Asian markets stand out as having a high degree of turnover; (iii) there was a particularly strong increase in turnover in these markets between 2013 and 2016; and (iv) FX derivatives turnover in emerging Asian economies has also increased significantly in the past few years, but remains a small part of the global market.

But commercial ties between Russia and the region have atrophied over the past decade.

Over the past decade, the cleaning industry has grown an average of 6.6 % each year, making it one of the fastest - growing occupations in the United States.

This scenario assumes no revenue growth over the next decade compared to 3 % compound annual revenue growth over the past decade.

Kenya has seen strong economic performance and a growing middle class under Kenyatta over the past decade

This paper describes the Australian approach to inflation targeting by drawing together various papers and speeches published by the Reserve Bank of Australia over the past decade and a half.

As climate change and global warming open up the Arctic to greater human and commercial activity, international interest in accessing and exploiting the region's economic potential has risen dramatically over the past decade.

Over the past decade, European banks have wrestled with rock - bottom interest rates.

Fund - raising by Greater China — focused funds rose to record levels over the past decade but dropped 64 % last year, as LPs became concerned that capital was piling up, leaving them overallocated in the market.

FDI in Canada has risen sharply over the past decade in oil and gas and related sectors, as well as finance and management companies.

Over the past decade, several high - profile 401 (k) fee lawsuits and DOL efforts to implement a fiduciary standard for professional investment advice have put 401 (k) fiduciary responsibility in the national spotlight.

«Disney has created almost 30,000 new jobs in the U.S. over the past decade,» said Kim Prunty, a Disney spokeswoman, adding that the company expected its contractors to comply with all immigration laws.

This scenario also assumes that Southwest's spending on working capital and fixed assets will be 4 % of revenue, which is the average change in invested capital over the past decade.

Section 3 describes three episodes over the past decade that demonstrate the flexibility of the Australian framework.

To conclude, over the past decade and in a very volatile world, Australia has achieved the inflation target, avoided a major economic downturn, seen remarkably little variability in real economic activity in the face of enormous shocks, experienced a fairly low average rate of unemployment, and had a stable financial system as well.

For someone who has been labeled both a «perma - bear» over the past decade, as well as a «one lonely raging bull» in the early 1990's (Los Angeles Times), I can't say that either description is fitting at the moment.

The letter notes that the current backdrop of strong and balanced global growth is underpinned by a resilient global financial system that is the product of determined efforts by the G20 and FSB over the past decade.

St. Louis was once corporate America's manufacturing backyard, but through strategic planning initiatives first launched at the start of the new millennium, the region has evolved into a vibrant hotbed of technology, as well as a cradle of entrepreneurship over the past decade.

Since October, Chinese economic policymakers have expressed little interest in tackling the country's mountain of debt, which has accumulated rapidly over the past decade.

Australia's inflation performance over the past decade or so has been consistent with the Bank's medium - term target.

But [the increase in commodity prices] is just the beginning of the story, accounting for about one - half of the appreciation of our currency over the past decade.

Still, Skyrocketing college costs, cuts to public funding for higher education, stagnant incomes and the growth in the college - going population are largely to blame for the uptick in outstanding student loans over the past decade.

As the founder of Shake Shack, Danny Meyer has seen his «modern day roadside burger stand» become a globally recognized brand over the past decade.

Research at the Bank and elsewhere suggests that, while oil and metals prices have historically moved with the business cycle in the advanced world, this relationship has broken down over the past decade.

«Our research into the proportion of senior business roles held by women has revealed precious little movement over the past decade,» said Francesca Lagerberg, global leader, tax services and Europe, Grant Thornton, in a statement.

Over the past decade, CLX has grown revenue by 2 % compounded annually while after - tax profit (NOPAT) has grown 3 % compounded annually, per Figure 1.

This expectation seems pessimistic given CLX has grown NOPAT 3 % compounded annually over the past decade and 5 % compounded annually since 1998.

Female board representation at the S&P 500 has not increased significantly over the past decade and, at 18.7 %, pales in comparison to the figures in most of Europe.

That anticipation is at the heart of the ecommerce success over the past decade.

«Strong growth in Asia, particularly in China, has had a profound impact on the Australian economy over the past decade.

Mortgages on interest - only terms have become an increasingly prominent part of Australian housing finance over the past decade.

Over the past decade, China's economic activities in Europe have been steadily increasing.

It is worth noting that the Australian share market has behaved quite differently from the global market over the past decade.

Over the past decade, there have been times (such as in 1988) when higher interest rates have pushed up the exchange rate (i.e. a positive relationship between the two), but there have also been episodes (such as in 1985 and 1986) when a weakening exchange rate caused the Bank to raise interest rates (a negative relationship).

Value has had a pretty rough go over the past decade, very reminiscent of a similar period of rough performance in the 90s.

Over the past decade there has been little growth in manufacturing output and the level of employment has declined, particularly over the past couple of years (Graph 3).