The three -
point margin reflects those published yesterday by YouGov and Opinium, but with lower scores for both Labour and the Tories.
Not exact matches
These positive earnings drivers were more than offset by the combined impact of several factors, including increased energy - related provisions for credit losses, a 17 basis
point decline in net interest
margin, moderate growth of non-interest expenses, the addition of acquisition - related contingent consideration fair value changes
reflecting performance within CWB Maxium Financial (CWB Maxium), higher preferred share dividends, and the 20 % increase to CWB's income tax rate in Alberta.
Compared to last quarter, net income available to common shareholders increased 3 %,
reflecting the combined positive impacts of 9 % higher other income and very strong loan growth, partially offset by an eight basis
point reduction in net interest
margin.
The former effect
reflects the narrowing of
margins on housing and small business loans: the rate on standard variable rate housing loans has fallen by 1.3 percentage
points more than the cash rate since mid 1996; in 1998, the average variable - rate on small business loans has fallen by 0.7 of a percentage
point relative to the cash rate.
Kerry's trading
margin was maintained at 10.6 %,
reflecting 20 basis
points improvement in taste and nutrition and «positive underlying
margin improvement» in Kerry Foods, which offset by adverse Sterling exchange rates resulting in a 70 basis
points margin reduction at the consumer foods business.
Changes are all within the
margin of error, and
reflect a consolidation of the great big shifts last month when Labour were up ten
points and the Lib Dems down eight.
BTW the
margin is greatly reduced to
reflect your actual risk of only the distance between the strike on the put and your futures entry price, in this case 2178.00 - 2175.00 or 3
points $ 150.00.