Sentences with phrase «percent year in and year out»

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Last year, a machine vision program developed by Stanford researchers was able to distinguish between cancerous and non-cancerous moles with more than 90 percent accuracy, beating out its human dermatologist counterparts — possibly a sign of what's to come in the field of AI.

What's likely to be a bigger concern for rate - setters is that the core rate, which strips out potentially volatile items like energy and food, fell to just 0.7 percent in the year to April from 1 percent the month before.

About 40 percent of the energy used to control the climate in buildings seeps out through windows and doors, producing more than 250 million tons of emissions a year, according to the Department of Energy.

In eight years, REDC has loaned out $ 5.2 million, and its cumulative loss is just 6.4 percent.

The measure that strips out the volatile prices of energy and unprocessed food, was 1.1 percent year - on - year in April from 1.3 percent in March and against an expected 1.2 percent rate.

Global growth is seen rising 3.4 percent next year, with China slowing to a 7 percent annual pace, Europe expanding by 1.2 percent and Japan eking out 1 percent gain in GDP.

Despite that, financial institutions made over $ 152 billion in profit in 2014 — the most profitable year on record, and three of the four largest financial institutions are 80 percent bigger today than they were before we bailed them out.

Green Toys Inc., a producer of toys made entirely out of recycled materials and entirely in the United States, has seen an 80 percent growth in sales each year since it began in a California garage in 2007.

Out of all the stocks currently within the index, just five have risen by more than 20 percent in 2015, in 2016 and in 2017 year to date.

That being said, it's still probably the best advice anybody can give you, because what we do know for sure is that roughly one percent of us have the ability to beat the markets year in and year out.

But if I took the product out of it, and said here's a business that went from zero to $ 100 million in two years, they have the fastest growth in paid subscribers at 67 percent gross margins, that's a really interesting business.

According to a study commissioned by his company and conducted by IHL Group, «out - of - stocks» accounted for $ 634.1 billion in lost retail sales for the year ended in the spring — 39 percent higher than in 2012.

The jump in home prices in Stockton and neighboring Lodi — up about 92 percent over the past five years — is dramatic evidence of the ripple effects of the Bay Area's tight housing market and the increasingly out - of - reach cost of living here.

The company is growing out of its base in the American Southwest and moving east, growing 14 percent in square footage every year.

The 10 - year Treasury note's yield, which serves as a benchmark for everything from U.S. mortgages to borrowing costs for municipalities, fell in November to as low as 2.3 percent and topped out at 2.41 percent.

That doesn't mean that you're going to make 10 percent every year, however; and if you sell after a bad year, you could miss out on big gains in the years to come.

By measuring out the sentiment of consumers» attitudes toward Amazon Prime Day, researchers were able to learn that 34 percent of people were not aware of the event last year, and 12 percent cited personalized promotional efforts as the key to luring them in.

The term «applicable educational institution» refers to an educational institution which a) had at least 500 students during the preceding taxable year; b) the aggregate fair market value of the assets of which at the end of the preceding taxable year (other than those assets which are used directly in carrying out the institution's exempt purpose) is at least $ 500,000 per student of the institution; and c) more than 50 percent of the students are located in the United States.

And so every time the market went up, people piled into that fund, when market went down, they pile out, when the fund outperformed, they piled in, when the fund underperformed they piled out and they took that 18 percent annual gain when the market was flat so that's great on an annualized basis over 10 year period to beat the market by 18 points, but for outside investors, they went in and out so badly that the average investor on a dollar weighted basis lost 11 percent a year andAnd so every time the market went up, people piled into that fund, when market went down, they pile out, when the fund outperformed, they piled in, when the fund underperformed they piled out and they took that 18 percent annual gain when the market was flat so that's great on an annualized basis over 10 year period to beat the market by 18 points, but for outside investors, they went in and out so badly that the average investor on a dollar weighted basis lost 11 percent a year andand they took that 18 percent annual gain when the market was flat so that's great on an annualized basis over 10 year period to beat the market by 18 points, but for outside investors, they went in and out so badly that the average investor on a dollar weighted basis lost 11 percent a year andand out so badly that the average investor on a dollar weighted basis lost 11 percent a year andand --

We have delivered double - digit ROE in five out of the last six years, and for that sixth year, our ROE was 9.4 percent.2 While we may not have a contract to deliver double - digit returns in every possible circumstance, our focus and intensity, including the way we manage expenses, demonstrate the importance we attach to shareholder returns.

My paper consumption went down 40 percent, and since I pay $ 45 or $ 50 for a case of recycled copy paper, that printer paid for itself out of paper savings in well under a year.

These numbers might not spell all - out trouble if it weren't for Amazon's performance during the same period: The company's electronics and general merchandise business — basically the core of its retail operation — grew 35 percent in North America in the quarter, marking the segment's highest growth rate in several years.

BT reported a 0.2 percent fall in revenue for the full year, stripping out the effects of one - offs, currency moves and its acquisition of mobile operator EE.

Baltimore money manager T. Rowe Price said Thursday that net income rose nearly 26 percent in the first three months of the year, compared with a year earlier, and customers added money to portfolios rather than taking cash out — reversing an unusual trend in 2013.

The real estate market, which has been slowly rebounding since the housing crash and subprime meltdown a few years ago, is getting too high as prices in some cities are up 25 percent since 2012 when the market bottomed out.

Baltimore money manager T. Rowe Price said Thursday that net income rose nearly 26 percent in the first three months of the year, compared with a year earlier, and customers added money to portfolios rather than taking cash out — reversing an unusual...

«Some people want to cash in and pull out now,» said Jay, a 26 - year veteran of the Toronto housing market, noting some are spooked by worst - case predictions of a 20 percent drop in prices from current levels.

In the 1970s mortgage interest rates hovered in the 7 percent range and steadily increased, topping out at a whopping 18.45 percent in October 1981 for a 30 - year fixed rate mortgagIn the 1970s mortgage interest rates hovered in the 7 percent range and steadily increased, topping out at a whopping 18.45 percent in October 1981 for a 30 - year fixed rate mortgagin the 7 percent range and steadily increased, topping out at a whopping 18.45 percent in October 1981 for a 30 - year fixed rate mortgagin October 1981 for a 30 - year fixed rate mortgage.

Given that your life expectancy at 65 is another 20 years for men and 22 for women, spending 10 percent a year will likely result in running out of money.

Our own Near - Term Tax Free Fund (NEARX) saw its 21st straight year of positive returns in 2015, a rare accomplishment that has been achieved by only 39 out of 31,306 equity and fund bonds — around 0.12 percent — according to Morningstar data.

Allianz Life paid out more than $ 2.7 billion in benefits to its policyholders and contract owners via life insurance and annuity payments, up 4 percent from the prior year.

The table above shows eight different approaches to paying off $ 53,000 in student loan debt at 6.3 percent interest (we're assuming that most of this debt is made up of higher - interest grad school loans, and that the borrower starts out earning $ 50,000 in adjusted gross income a year).

Light, sweet crude oil, which has already spiked close to 40 percent since June this year and is up by more than 100 percent from the 2016 lows of $ 26 a barrel, will likely see an all - out rally with the 2008 highs paling in comparison.

The author shares that «Only 14 percent of all managed mutual funds beat the stock market average in each of the last three, ten, and fifteen year periods» and the number is actually likely a lot lower when you take out all the fess and tax liability over this same period (p. 42).

«If we nudge one of these constants just a few percent in one direction, stars burn out within a million years of their formation, and there is no time for evolution.

Encompassing more than 680,000 square feet in McCormick Place, NRA Show sold out last year and exceeded the previous show record of 638,424 by seven percent.

The Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association reports that nearly 60 percent of charcoal grill owners and 69 percent of gas grill owners in a recent survey cook out year - round — demonstrating that outdoor cooking is no longer limited to the warmer months.

Stevia, a natural low - calorie sweetener, is edging out sugar and syrups — Mintel reports 36 percent of customers used more stevia in 2013 than in previous years [5].

Wicked Joe Organic Coffees, the family - owned, 100 percent organic certified, Fair Trade ™ coffee roastery known for its single origin varietals and blends such as «Wicked French,» has rolled out new packaging after more than 12 years in business.

The celebration of Chris Carpenter, Big - Game Pitcher is based on the rigthanded workhorse that was: a pitcher who has posted a career 51.5 percent groundball rate, led the league with 237 1/3 innings pitched in 2011, out - dueled none other than Roy Halladay in Game 5 of the NLDS, and scored a pitching «win» in Game 7 of last year's World Series.

Of course, the NFL will point to a 48 percent year - over-year ratings increase as proof that pushing the draft back to May was a savvy business move, ignoring the fact that if Clowney, Watkins, and Manziel had all gone in the top 10, people would have tuned out just as quickly as they tuned in, and the NFL could be licking its wounds instead of pounding its chest.

Marcell Ateman sat out the year with a foot issue; he averaged 17 yards per catch with a 64 percent catch rate in 2015, and he's back.

I also became aware of statistics about the increasing rate of C - sections in the United States — in just the last ten years they've increased by 50 percent nationwide and now occur in nearly one out of three births.

The mayor unveiled his proposed $ 84.86 billion executive budget — a plan that comes in the shadow of threatened cuts by the Trump administration and is about 3 percent higher than the $ 82.2 billion comparable budget he put out exactly a year ago.

«After decades of out - of - control spending, we have in the last five years returned fiscal responsibility to Albany by capping government growth at two percent, cutting taxes, and investing in the successful programs that are rejuvenating our upstate economy.

In the area's two state Senate races — seats currently held by Republicans George Amedore and Hugh Farley — all of the candidates during interviews last week took swipes of some kind at the controversial education standards and state tests that drew an over 20 percent opt - out rate for the second straight year this spring.

The sheer magnitude of continued «unspecified» spending cuts forced by the two percent spending cap — $ 1.7 billion in fiscal year 2017, $ 3.3 billion in 2018, and $ 4.8 billion in 2019 — will inevitably starve our schools and public universities and prevent our state from making the investments needed to expand opportunities for those struggling to lift themselves out of poverty.

But in a shift to exotic funds, NYCERS has moved money out of stock indexes and core bonds, dropping from 71 percent in 2000 to 39 percent last year.

In a related development, government is expected to miss out on end of year budget deficit of 5 percent which the Finance Minister attributed to the challenge to revenue shortfalls, slow foreign exchange inflows and gas supplies from jubilee FPSO.

The particular harm is that underlying «trend factors» built in to projections on year - to - year spending changes become a self - fulfilling base from which the discussion on the budget begins... for example, a change from $ 9 billion to $ 12 billion in actual proposed spending on a program area doesn't become the focus, if the «projected out - year» for that program had its expected growth going to $ 13.5 billion — instead of anaylyzing why there is 33 percent growth in that program, the interest groups and journalists cover that as a «cut» of $ 1.5 billion.