Sentences with phrase «per cent year»

ETFs grew 50 per cent a year in their infancy in the U.S. in the late 1990s and 2000s, which has slowed more recently to about 20 per cent annualized growth.

It also mentions robo - advisers, most of which also use ETFs, but package them up in convenient set - it - and - forget packages, typically at 0.5 per cent a year on top of the ETF fees.

Unfortunately, if pessimistic predictions pan out that the U.S. economy will generate slower growth going forward, then stock market returns of only five per cent a year would bring about the gloomier scenario.

If both Larry and Emily add $ 5,500 each for the next five years using surplus cash, the accounts, generating 3 per cent a year would rise to $ 180,700 total and be able to pay $ 7,800 per year for the next 38 years, at which time all capital would be expended.

Meanwhile, fresh vegetables were up 11.7 per cent year - over-year in April, food from restaurants was up 2.7 per cent and passenger vehicles gained 4.6 per cent.

In the Greater Toronto Area, a record 9,768 properties were sold last month — up 11.5 per cent year - over-year — even as prices jumped 21 per cent from the same month in 2015.

By moving in and out of the market, Joe Stockpicker managed an average return of little more than two per cent a year over those two decades, compared to an average annual return of around nine per cent for the S&P 500 index (even after the market crashes of 2000 and 2008).

That followed a 26 per cent year - over-year decline in August and a dip of about 19 per cent the previous month.

However, in Alberta, hard hit by the downturn in oil prices, the rate increased to 2.8 per cent from 2.5 per cent a year ago, while in Saskatchewan, the rate increased to 3.04 per cent from 2.88 per cent.

The price of a two - storey home climbed 13.9 per cent year - over-year to $ 681,728, while the price of a bungalow rose 10.9 per cent to $ 490,018.

Across Canada, the aggregate price of a home grew 12.6 per cent year - over-year to $ 574,575 during the first quarter, Royal LePage said.

If that sum generates 3 per cent a year after inflation and only the income is paid out, it would generate $ 9,700 a year or $ 810 per month indefinitely.

We have, for example, Evrim Resources (EVM on Venture) up 428 per cent this year; or Antibe Therapeutics (ATE on Venture) up 183 per cent year - to - date.

A 10 - year Treasury note has a yield of nearly 2.80 per cent, up from 2.36 per cent a year ago.

Porter said that growth of two per cent this year looks doable with the federal budget stimulus announced last week.

It also says the instalment loan and credit card sectors showed significant increases of 11.8 per cent and 4.8 per cent year - over-year, respectively.

In its most recent forecast, the Bank of Canada predicted the economy would grow by 1.4 per cent this year, but that did not account for the new spending in the budget, which forecasts a deficit this year of nearly $ 30 billion.

Most mortgages let you increase your ongoing payments by 15 to 20 per cent each year.

Overall, tablet sales were up 331 per cent year, from 3.5 m units to 15.1 m. Watch out, netbooks, they're coming to get ya.

Meanwhile, Amazon — arguably the biggest competitor to both B&N's retail business and its Nook division — reported revenues up 24 per cent year - over-year for the third quarter of its fiscal 2013 in October, and is expected to report its fourth - quarter earnings toward the end of January.

For every 10 tablets sold, five netbook or notebook sales will be lost in developed markets, it estimates, limiting notebook growth to 8 per cent year - on - year in 2011, and pushing netbooks into a decline of 13 per cent, to 34 million units.

Canalys estimates full - year 2011 global PC shipments to reach 415m units, up 15 per cent year on year, thanks predominantly to growing tablet sales.

New Year's Day was the biggest day ever for the service with sales up by 266 per cent year - on - year, while mobile sales have increased by 674 per cent and smart TV sales by 465 per cent.

Tesco's TV and movie streaming service Blinkbox saw sales spike by a massive 245 per cent year - on - year over the festive period...

The world's largest online retailer, Amazon is the latest U.S. company looking to tap Brazil's $ 10.5 - billion (U.S.) online retail market, which is expected to grow 25 per cent this year fuelled by a swelling middle class.

Land Rover's August sales were at 26,058 vehicles, up 9 per cent year - on - year driven mainly by the Discovery Sport, which retailed 7,053 units.

Its sales have dropped 37 per cent year on year, to 853 units for the first six months of 2016, with less than a two per cent share of the segment.

According to official VFACTS sales figures Barina sales are off a massive 27.5 per cent year - on - year to the end of October.

Total luxury car market is growing by 5 - 10 per cent, but we have seen a greater positive customer buying behaviour for our cars and are confident that Audi will see growth of at least 35 - 40 per cent this year.

Australia's version, sales of which are up 11 per cent year - to - date, is built in South Africa.

Canadian sales of the current RX are up 17 per cent this year.

However, i30 sales slumped to about 2500 in November and, although Hyundai still lies within 2000 sales of Toyota in the small - car race with a month to go in 2017 (when you include the Elantra sedan), i30 sales are down almost 23 per cent year - to - date — despite the release of an all - new i30 in May.

Built alongside its near - twin in Ingersoll, Ontario, GMC Terrain sales are down by 9.1 per cent this year.

The Kia Cerato small car is currently outselling the Optima by 22 to 1, and sales of the popular Sportage SUV are up 31 per cent year to date.

Reflecting the global trend, the medium passenger car segment has been tailing off for years in Australia, where sales are down 10 per cent this year.

As a result of a surging Chrysler Group and their own eight per cent year - over-year decline, the Ford Motor Company trailed the Chrysler Group by more than 7,700 sales at the end of 2014's first quarter.

The overall sales have grown marginally, but much lower than the 32 per cent year - on - year growth in 2015.

Land Rover's September sales were at 43,407 vehicles, up 17 per cent year - on - year, driven by strong sales of Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque which retailed at 12,838 units and 11,761 units, respectively.

Available in seven - seat form for the first time, the all - new mid-size SUV is a long - awaited addition to Honda's ageing portfolio, joining the revitalised Civic, sales of which are up more than 350 per cent year - to - date in a struggling small car segment.

It should last five years or 100,000 miles before it needs replacing, but with battery prices falling by around 3 per cent each year and capacities increasing by 8 per cent annually, that problem should diminish with time.

The number of pupils entering at least one arts subject has fallen 1.7 per cent this year.

There has also been a steep rise in the percentage of leaders who blame budget pressures for recruitment problems, from nine per cent in 2016 to 33 per cent this year.

Provisional figures show the percentage of pupils entering the EBacc rose from 38.6 per cent in 2015, to 39.6 per cent this year.

Applications for re-marks for English reading, mathematics, spelling, punctuation and spelling dropped from 1.9 per cent last year to 1.4 per cent this year overall, according to a report from the Standards and Testing Agency (STA).

Highlighting potential problems in the secondary sector — the «wastage» of secondary teachers has risen from 10.4 per cent last year to 11.2 per cent this year.

At the same time, the proportion of re-marks that were successful fell, from 9.8 per cent of applications being successful last year compared to 8.5 per cent this year.

Meanwhile 10.3 per cent of grammar, punctuation and spelling applications for re-marks were successful, a drop from 12 per cent this year before.

The biggest drop in requests for re-marks was for the English reading test, which dropped a whole 1.2 percentage points, from 3.8 per cent last year to just 2.6 per cent this year.

Fewer secondary moderns were also rated requires improvement, moving from a quarter in 2013, to 15 per cent this year.

A new report by The Key, an information support service for schools, found the percentage of school leaders citing financial worry as their biggest challenge rose to 51 per cent this year, from 31 per cent in 2016.