Sentences with phrase «performance in a downturn»

However, the fund's performance in a downturn is yet to be seen.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, many investors struggle to fully realize the benefits of their investment strategy because in buoyant markets, people tend to chase performance and purchase higher - risk investments; and in a market downturn, they tend to flock to lower - risk investment options; behaviors which can lead to missed opportunities.

And yet the Australian economy avoided a major downturn and turned in a performance on economic activity characterised by no more, and on some metrics slightly less, volatility.

As in any downturn, performance has varied widely among individual market players.

Subsequently, the global financial downturn in 2008 had the effect of making these three - year goals virtually unachievable only a few months into the three - year performance period.

All of this decline was due to a worsening export performance, but the TD Report also warned «that Canada's domestic demand is currently more vulnerable to another economic shock compared to the period leading up to the last downturn in 2008 - 09».

While CoreLogic figures typically show a downturn in May, the weaker performance was a consequence of tighter credit rules after banking regulator APRA in March strengthened its policies on lending to investors and worsening housing market sentiment as seen in this month's Westpac Melbourne Institute report, Mr Lawless said.

What this means is that the MSCI Emerging Markets Index is particularly susceptible to any downturn in the performance of it's strongest performers and which contribute so much to the overall performance of the index.

Meanwhile, the U.S. rebounded from its first quarter downturn, and this economic performance combined with Federal Reserve actions inspired a strong rally in the dollar.

We badly and urgently need a bigger downturn still in performances and results, for exactly the reason you have stated.

Your teen's teachers might have already called you if they noticed a drastic downturn in performance, but if they haven't, schedule a one - on - one with them as soon as possible.

The president said: «This retreat is coming at a critical time in the nation's economic history when the Nigerian economy is in a recession, with significant downturn in performance in various sectors.

The intervention comes two days after the Department for Education minister, Lord Agnew, said that no MAT boss should receive a larger pay increase than their teaching staff and that CEOs should have their pay cut if there is a downturn in the performance of their schools.

Some of this under performance was due to the overall economic downturn, especially in the San Diego region.

Bankers may be in disrepute during the economic downturn, but the expression «German banker's car» still denotes something special in terms of luxury, performance and elegant design.

Conclusion: while it's important to pay close attention to the performance of your investments, it's also important to avoid making emotional decisions in a market downturn.

Unless your timing was spot on (and you're willing to risk that you'll be as lucky again), I suggest you revamp your portfolio so you'll be able to live its performance in the event of a severe downturn.

Since Schwab's fundamentally - indexed mutual funds have been in existence for over six years now, and that period spanned a significant market downturn, it is worthwhile to take a look at their historical risk - adjusted performance, as measured by the trailing five - year Sharpe Ratio (all data from Morningstar):

While the BlackRock Global Allocation Fund has added value for investors over its long history, its performance in 2008 shows that it may quickly lose a lot of that value in a market downturn.

The fund's short positions are not intended to hedge the portfolio in market downturns, but rather to allow stocks with unfavorable outlooks to contribute to performance.

During the economic downturn that occurred in 2007, Alex noticed little change in his policy performance and lost very little sleep as a result.

An asset allocation strategy that stresses the importance of owning both positively and negatively correlated assets may help provide a defense against cyclical downturns in asset class performance.

Risks of focusing on investments that involve sustainability and environmentally responsible investment criteria may influence investment performance relative to the Fund's benchmark or competing funds and expose the Fund to increased risks related to downturns or other adverse developments in that market segment.

It argues that by improving their finances when economic performance is strong, governments will have more scope to use tax cuts or increases in public spending to combat a future downturn.

However, the market served up a stark reminder in 2008 that even those investment strategies with the best long - term performance can not escape severe market downturns.

When Emerging Market Debts (Local Currency) Perform Poorly A downturn in the local currency or weak economic progress will hurt the performance of these bonds.

Even in this economic downturn, many people will still feed their pets food that boosts health and helps performance.

Low levels of U.S. coking coal consumption in 2009 and 2010 were also partly attributed to the recent economic downturn; the February 2011 STEO forecasts a slight increase in U.S. coking coal consumption and an increase in coking coal exports in 2011, based on the assumption of improved economic performance and continued strength in international demand, respectively.

There is nothing like a prolonged economic downturn to focus attention on unwanted fixed costs though, so it was only a matter of time before those paying flat rates to associates started moving in the direction of performance - related measures instead.

During the economic downturn that occurred in 2007, Alex noticed little change in his policy performance and lost very little sleep as a result.

The company had decisively dealt with a fluctuating PC market, economic downturn and currency fluctuations and still managed to report solid performance in almost all quarters since acquiring not just Motorola but also IBM's x86 server business, which the company plans to use to «aggressively attack» the enterprise space.

Stellar, ranked eighth, declined nine percent for the day, which — demonstrating the severity of the downturn — was the best performance of any cryptocurrency ranked in the top 50, excluding the USD - pegged Tether.

Shopping center REITs turned in a respectable performance for the fourth quarter of 2009, giving credence to the notion that the worst of the downturn may be over.

The downturn in Toronto's housing market appears to be drawing to a close, and if the performance of Canadian bank stocks is any indication, investors seem to agree.

«Rapid price growth combined with lagging, sticky income levels quickly pushed home prices out of the affordable range for a majority of homebuyers, which is a key factor in this market's recent downturn in performance.

«Any deterioration in loan performance during the fourth quarter is still well below the 10 - 15 percent levels of non-performing loans that the industry experienced during the last downturn 6 - 7 years ago,» said Lawrence J. Horan, Ph.D., financial research and analysis director for NIC.