Sentences with phrase «percentage point better»

However, when looking at the fund's returns from a 3 - year perspective, then other funds in the category show returns which are similar or 1 percentage point better than Reliance Regular Savings Balanced Fund returns of 15.74 %.

The Income fund yields 1.4 %, a full percentage point better than the Growth fund.

The fund's average annual return over the past decade is 8.4 %, more than a percentage point better than the S&P 500.

That means that in contrast to the the ComRes poll in the week, the swing from Con - to - Lab in Conservative ultra-marginals is pretty much in line with the national swing, a fraction of a percentage point better for Labour compared to the national figure.

Bell said recent quarterly results have seen outperformance of about 3 to 4 percentage points better than analysts» consensus estimates on average, compared with the 5.7 percentage points earnings are currently running ahead.

Altogether, GOP House candidates captured one - half of the vote, some nine percentage points better than Dole.

Seventy - four percent of dealers reported increased sales and 16 percent reported a decline in sales, which is 8 percentage points better than last year.

He also shot 30 percentage points better than season average on 3's Yeah... he played above his head, and kudos to him for doing it.

He fares just a few percentage points better against Gillibrand than Long and Maragos in a poll with a 2.5 percent margin of error.

«Where the Facebook Ads appeared, we did almost 20 percentage points better than where they didn't,» says Josh.

Turner, with 26 percent support, was 2 percentage points better than Long and Maragos.

NCATE trumpets the fact that graduates of NCATE - accredited schools fared 7 percentage points better than did graduates of non-NCATE programs.

That was 12 percentage points better than the results for federal employees overall.

A 1996 RAND Corporation study found that, when low - achieving students were placed in mixed - ability classrooms, they did about five percentage points better.

Its neighbors to the north, which are 37 to 47 percent economically disadvantaged compared to Boston's 49 percent, only did ---- at best ---- about 11 percentage points better.

Yet the 580 - 2 still dashes from 0 to 60 mph in roughly 3.2 seconds and touches 199 mph, and its 40:60 front to rear weight distribution is couple of percentage points better.

GM increased its sales from January 2014 by 30 percent, more than 10 percentage points better than the industry as a whole.

Musson's Mackenzie Ivy European Class Series A mutual fund is up 4.7 % year - to - date (as of Nov. 7), almost 10 percentage points better than the benchmark MSCI Europe index in Canadian dollars, according to Morningstar.

From the beginning of the contest period for a board seat through the first year of a hybrid board's existence, companies» total returns were 19.1 percent, or 16.6 percentage points better than peers».

Interpublic Group shaded Cisco Systems a couple percentage points better.

According to Bloomberg in 2010, «Oaktree's 17 distressed - debt funds have averaged annual gains of 19 per cent after fees for the past 22 years — about 7 percentage points better than its peers».

We can also expect economic growth in the 2.5 to 3.0 percent range, more than 0.5 percentage points better than was projected for 2013, with the unemployment rate falling below 7 percent, perhaps by mid-2014.

When the city government recently surveyed residents, 84 % called Oklahoma City a good place to live (10 percentage points better than the average large U.S. city) and 78 % called it a good place to work (5 percentage points better than average).

Not exact matches

A few things stand out about this particular rate change: first, the magnitude of influence that just a quarter percentage - point change had on the stock market; second, the current rate with an upper range of.50 % compared to the various long - term averages of about 5 %; and third, the rate remains historically low, with only minute incremental changes, despite the relatively good news we continue to read about the economy.

The 0.3 - percentage - point estimate is slightly higher than most expectations but well below Republicans» assurances.

But there is no escapting the fact the country's consumers are not happy campers: Market researcher Nielsen found that consumer confidence in Malaysia fell to 78 points over the July - September period, down 11 percentage points on the quarter, marking a record low since the survey began in 2005, as well as Southeast Asia's worst reading for the quarter.

Polls there are close; the Real Clear Politics average of polls has the race essentially tied: Trump has a scant 1.8 percentage point advantage, well within the margin of error.

A recent Bank of Montreal note pointed out the percentage of businesses reporting difficulty hiring in the Bank of Canada's business outlook survey is 25 %, well below the 15 - year average of 35 %.

In fact, it is roughly equal to the difference in field goal percentage between the average and the very best 3 - point shooter in the NBA.

That would be a percentage - point improvement from 2016, and better than any other country in the Group of Seven rich economies.

The tepid confidence level is somewhat at odds with how business owners view their current financial situations — 67 percent gave their situation a rating of good, the same as the prior quarter and an increase of two percentage points compared with the second quarter of 2015.

Similarly, 72 percent of business owners said they expect their financial situation 12 months from now to be good, an increase of one percentage point from the first quarter; 11 percent said they expect their situation to be poor, a decrease of one percentage point from the first quarter.

The bit of good news is that many savers don't have that far to go before getting the full match — 53 percent are 1 or 2 percentage points away.

A recent survey of small - business owners conducted for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by Harris Interactive reported an 11 percentage point rise in the last year in the number of owners who are unsure of whether their business will be better off in the future than it has been in the past.

«2016 wasn't our best year in terms of growth, but we grew a [couple of percentage points].»

Companies with less than 25 employees far outpace organizations of any size, besting their engagement by a difference of eight to 12 percentage points.

Bartlett said growth is tracking well below the 1.9 per cent pace expected by the Bank of Canada with the first half rate roughly 1.8 percentage points below the bank's latest forecast.

Interest rates are up, but there's good news: growth companies continue to win new bank financing at the robust clip they've maintained since early 1993, when rates were about a percentage point lower.

I'm probably being a little too critical about the percentages — but [the point is] in this kind of slow - growth environment, having a broad diversification of stocks and bonds doesn't work as well.

It is really about picking up nearly 2 percentage points more of yield while waiting for Mr. Carney to act on rates, at which time, it would be best to switch to shorter duration holdings.

Average hourly earnings rose by a better - than - expected 0.3 percentage point in August.

And the banks which generally do better when rates move up have outperformed the S&P 500 by about 2-1/2 percentage points this year, and would have gone even better had loan growth not been fairly anemic.

Of the funds, the Highland Energy MLP Fund has had the best absolute performance through August 25, with year - to - date returns of 18.64 %, but these gains actually fall short of the category average by 0.21 percentage points.

This is not simply because Harper is better liked by Canadians who prefer to steer an SUV while sipping their Starbucks (though polls suggest he is); this is because Conservative candidates finished within a few percentage points of winning quite a few of those suburban ridings in 2006.

Volume / mix increased 8.3 percentage points due to strong growth in condiments and sauces across all regions as well as beverage gains in Indonesia.

Points raised in the blog post include the following: - In Canada, public social spending as a percentage of our GDP is well below the OECD average.

Volume / mix declined 0.8 percentage points primarily due to lower shipments in infant nutrition in the UK and Italy as well as soup in the UK, partially offset by growth in beans in the UK as well as condiments and sauces across Europe.

Online lenders aside, the best rates were found and Third Federal Savings & Loan, which beat the closest competing bank by 0.11 percentage points on a standard 30 - year mortgage.

Obama cited statistics released the same day in the White House's new report from his Council of Economic Advisers which show that conflicts likely lead, on average, to 1 percentage point lower annual returns on retirement savings as well as $ 17 billion of losses every year for working and middle - class families.

Volume / mix increased 0.8 percentage points driven by strong consumption gains in condiments and sauces and gains in foodservice that were partially offset by shipment timing versus the prior year period as well as ongoing consumption weakness in Italy.