Sentences with phrase «performance of a given market»

Sector benchmarks provide investors with the ability to compare the performance of their personal investment portfolio with the average, or overall, performance of a given market sector.

Not exact matches

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

None of the products in the «Future Girl» video existed then — and a variation of one is hitting the market now — but merging performance products with performance data and interactive technology was a top Under Armour priority, given Plank's instinct that that's where the world was going.

Robbins and Mallouk go into detail in «Unshakeable» about how to consider diversifying your investments, but say anyone should consider investing in an index fund, which allocates money across companies in an index, essentially giving you representative ownership of that market — which, again, will grow over time regardless of short - term performance.

Barclays» James Anstead and Nicolas Champ: «Given ASDA's weak sales performance - and difficult market positioning in a world where the discounters have successfully occupied the price end of the market - we think it would hardly be surprising that Wal - Mart could be open to considering options for its UK business.

The value of his cash investments is based on an analysis of insider transactions, real estate purchases, market performance, investments, charitable giving and taxes.

«Given the performance of certain stocks, we wonder if the market has adopted an alternative paradigm for calculating equity value,» Einhorn wrote in a letter to investors dated October 24.

This continuous pricing and the ability to place limit orders — means the ETF's performance for any given time period is based largely on the market price return during the holding period, rather than on the ETF's net asset value (NAV)-- the value of the stocks held by the ETF.

The value of his cash investments is based on these proceeds, as well as insider transactions, taxes, market performance, charitable giving and funding provided to his son, Richard.

The annualized percentage difference between a fund's actual returns and its expected performance given its level of market risk, as measured by beta.

As a side note, the word «intrepid» (adjective: resolutely fearless; dauntless) in the context of fertilizer is strangely reminiscent of the late - 1960's «Go - Go» market, when dull little companies gave themselves exciting names to divert investors attention from the fact that they were, in fact, dull little companies - as when Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken renamed itself «Performance Systems.»

Dan Marcec, Equilar's director of content and communications, said the number was not surprising given that the majority of CEO pay is made up of stock grants and 2017 was a banner year for market performance: The S&P 500 index climbed nearly 20 percent.

Even as the Fed has sought to give much clearer signals about its intentions to raise base rates, the performance of US risk assets has continued to improve, suggesting that markets are comfortable with the prospect of a small rise in base rates in December.

Let's also assume, that the fund appreciates thereafter at a compounded rate of 7 % per year, which is a reasonable assumption given historical market performance.

In other words, last week's market performance demonstrated that, as I've discussed in previous pieces, it doesn't take much of a yield rise to put downward pressure on the more rate - sensitive parts of the U.S. market, given how stretched valuations are.

«We expect trading conditions to return to more normal levels, which, combined with the continued rollout of new products and our sustained emerging markets performance, gives us confidence in delivering an improving performance trend during the remainder of the year,» said outgoing chief executive Olivier Bohuon.

Alpha The difference between a fund's actual returns versus its expected performance, given its level of market risk as measured by beta.

Given this market sentiment, it is likely that the performance of individual company stocks may be more dispersed than they have been historically, which may favor active management in the sector moving forward.

Susan Anderson, a consumer research analyst at FBR Capital Markets, said on CNBC's «Squawk Box» that she was not overly surprised by the performance, given the industry's oversupply and recent bankruptcies like that of Sports Authority last June.

«Although the global IPO market has yet to fully recover, the healthy level of deal volume and dramatic improvement in performance seen in the third quarter of 2010 indicate that IPO investors are more than willing to participate, given an attractive fundamental story pitched at a reasonable price,» Renaissance Capital says.

Divided into different subsectors and colored by performance YTD, it helps give an idea of what has outperformed the market, and which stocks have been left in the dust.

The strengthening industry performance is being driven by a combination of factors: • Lower oil prices (forecast to be $ 55 / barrel Brent in 2015 and averaging a lower $ 51 / barrel in 2016) are giving airline profits a boost; however this is strongly moderated in many markets by the appreciation of the US dollar • Strong demand for passenger travel (6.7 % growth in 2015 and 6.9 % in 2016) is making up for disappointing cargo demand growth (1.9 % in 2015; strengthening to 3.0 % in 2016).

Though we've yet to see Django Unchained, all the trailers and marketing material point to Leonardo DiCaprio giving one hell of a performance as plantation owner Calvin Candie.

Margherita Buy, My Mother — Given how difficult it is to market foreign films in the US these days, it's unlikely Buy will get any Oscar love, but she has already won David di Donatello and Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Best Actress awards for her performance in Nanni Moretti's autobiographical drama.

Hardly a household name at the start of the year (and, to an extent, even now), she was front and center for the marketing for «Belle,» in which she gives a positively star - making performance.

Various fundamental reform proposals put forward since the publication in 1989 of Politics, Markets, and America's Schools by John Chubb and Terry Moe would replace regulatory compliance with student - performance standards, make schools» existence and staff members» jobs contingent on performance, give families choices among public schools, and transfer control of public funds from centralized bureaucracies to individual schools.

Given the market demand for information about other aspects of education that schools provide, schools that could demonstrate high performance in those areas would have a competitive advantage.

We study how class size and class composition affect the academic and labor market performance of college students, two crucial policy questions given the secular increase in college enrollment.

«Verano expands our lineup, continues our momentum, and gives us a great opportunity to attract a new generation of customers that delivers on their expectations for design, performance, and technology,» said John Schwegman, vice president of Buick marketing.

«The idea of this hypercar is to give a totally different understanding of performance from anything else on the market.

Cost - of - running worries aside, and despite sales not setting the world alight, a second - generation Rapide is indeed in the pipeline and is scheduled to debut before the end of the decade, but given its lackluster performance in the market and issues such as the limited rear legroom, we can't help but wonder, does it make sense for Aston?

Since its launch in June 2012, the Model S has captured 8 percent of the luxury performance market share; it has been crowned the Motor Trend 2013 Car of the Year and Automobile magazine 2013 Automobile of the Year; it has earned Consumer Reports» highest score ever given to a car and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gave it a five - star safety rating.

Given that so few owners track their brand - new cars, it boils down all of those boisterous, manufacturer - provided performance claims to little more than marketing buzzspeak.

Jay Velthoven, ROUSH Performance Director of Marketing, added, «By working together, Ford Performance and ROUSH can deliver the highest quality products, in less time, and with a broadened distributor network that gives the customer the best support in the industry.»

«Additionally, the program gives Tenneco an opportunity to demonstrate our advanced exhaust technology on one of the highest performance vehicles available in the market.»

High prices and changing tastes have flattened the market for sporty coupes and convertibles.But Chevrolet has reacted to the changing market by beefing up the performance and improving the appearance of its V - 6 Camaro without jacking up the car's price extensively.For those of you still toying with the notion of owning a sports car, Chevrolet has a very interesting lower - priced alternative to the thundering Camaro Z28: It's the Camaro RS.This version of Chevy's pony car comes with a very potent 3.8 - liter V - 6 that gives the car a radically different personality.

The company knows that the fullsize truck market is big business, and we feel the performance potential of the V - 8 diesel under the hood is much greater than what they are giving us.

These imposing performance figures give the «Type 12» powerplant a clear edge in terms of output and torque over its rivals in the series - produced saloon engine market.

To inaugurate the transition of the previous Scion FR - S model to the new Toyota 86, bringing the model name in line with worldwide markets, Toyota gave the two - plus - two - seat coupe a few upgrades to performance and the cabin.

Today we compare two of the best e-readers on the market to give you a sense on the overall performance.

Given the fact that EWD is transmissive, transflective or reflective, all with an improved optical performance with a factor of 2 to 3 w.r.t. LCD, I think there are many other, much larger markets available for EWD's once we have matured the technology through eReaders: EWD's can also be used in mobile phones, netbooks, laptops or even tv's in due time.

ITG also neglects to give any indication of the Galaxy Tab's performance in markets outside the U.S., where an estimated 1.65 million out of Samsung's 2 million Galaxy Tabs were shipped.

Despite, and perhaps because of, the iPad's nearly uncontested dominance in global tablet sales, Google is cramming the Nexus 7 with features that, at least on paper, give the tablet markedly better performance than the iPad Mini, and pretty much every other small tablet on the market.

Manager tenure should also be a consideration, since strong performance over a period of a few years or less may not give a good indication of how a manager can perform in multiple market environments.

Voting against the action were Richard W. Fisher, who believed that, while the Committee should be patient in beginning to normalize monetary policy, improvement in the U.S. economic performance since October has moved forward, further than the majority of the Committee envisions, the date when it will likely be appropriate to increase the federal funds rate; Narayana Kocherlakota, who believed that the Committee's decision, in the context of ongoing low inflation and falling market - based measures of longer - term inflation expectations, created undue downside risk to the credibility of the 2 percent inflation target; and Charles I. Plosser, who believed that the statement should not stress the importance of the passage of time as a key element of its forward guidance and, given the improvement in economic conditions, should not emphasize the consistency of the current forward guidance with previous statements.

IRR is also comparable against annualized market and fund returns, and cost of debt or leverage so it gives an excellent idea of portfolio performance.

Given the relatively strong performance of small caps with rising rates, inflation, GDP growth and the falling dollar, now is an interesting time to examine the alternative weighting index performance from the market capitalization weighted indices.

Given this level of performance — and given the continued slow state of the housing market and the economy in general — it seems doubtful that the FHA would quickly move to raise the annual mortgage insurance premium, even if that was desGiven this level of performance — and given the continued slow state of the housing market and the economy in general — it seems doubtful that the FHA would quickly move to raise the annual mortgage insurance premium, even if that was desgiven the continued slow state of the housing market and the economy in general — it seems doubtful that the FHA would quickly move to raise the annual mortgage insurance premium, even if that was desired.

Given the markets» performance over the last couple of years, you'd likely incur a significant taxable capital gain.

«It's concerning,» Ben Miller, the senior director of postsecondary education at the Center for American Progress, said during a recent interview with Market Watch, «because we can't tell if she's giving a bad performance or if she's got bad staff behind her.»