Chad and Scooch judge a listener's moral dilemma, discuss if Scooch is really brokering peace in the Middle East, change
point spreads at The Orleans sportsbook while on the podcast, and make their picks of the week.
A screenshot of the Boston College / Wake Forest line graph, part of our Sportsbook Insider Betting Activity dashboard, charts
the point spread at Pinnacle.
Over the past five years, dogs have covered
the point spread at a 51.2 % rate — a far cry from the low - to - mid 53 % to 55 % win - rate we saw in the early 2000's.
Over the past six years, since 2003 when SportsInsights.com started compiling «betting percentage» data, dogs have covered
the point spread at a 51.1 % rate — a far cry from the low - to - mid 53 % to 55 % win - rate we saw in the early 2000's.
Not exact matches
The minimum
spread at which a bank would be willing to offer five - year mortgages is about 140 basis
points, says Ohad Lederer, a financial services analyst
at Veritas Investment Research.
To get certified, your business has to earn
at least 80
points out of a possible 200,
spread across five stakeholder areas: workers, governance, community, environment, and customers.
Public - private investing partnerships like this will help
spread capital to great innovative entrepreneurs not only on the coasts, but
at all
points in between.
Keep all those considerations in mind if you're planning a trip and think Zika could
at some
point be a concern for you, such as if you're trying to become pregnant or are taking a babymoon to a destination where Zika could soon
spread.
At this
point, the Niners were down 41 - 39 and beating the
point spread, though the pending two -
point conversion complicated things.
At this
point, it seemed as if it would take a miracle for the Niners to cover the
spread.
In this environment, credit
spreads have a more difficult time getting back to and staying
at their lowest
points in the cycle despite positive fundamentals.
2 For example, John suggested in February 2008 to lower the standard Taylor Rule prescription by 50 basis
points to take into account the increase in the LIBOR - OIS
spread at that time.
For example, while high yield
spreads are considerably lower than they were
at the January market bottom, they are approximately 200 basis
points (2 percent) wider than they were two years ago, as Bloomberg data shows.
At the same time, credit
spreads were up over 200 basis
points (in other words two percentage
points) even before the election.
The
spread between Australian and US bond yields has contracted from nearly 450 basis
points at the beginning of the 1990s to an average of about 25 basis
points more recently.
We are right now
at a critical
point where knowledge and interest begin to
spread to larger masses.
More broadly, he says that while corporate credit may benefit from aspects of tax reform (i.e., better earnings growth from the corporate tax cuts, modestly lower investment grade supply as repatriation becomes reality), he does not see tax cuts
at this
point in the cycle as a bullish driver of credit
spreads.
Our survey of mortgage and refinancing rates
at Ohio's biggest lenders revealed a
spread of 0.75 percentage
points between the highest and lowest offers on a 30 - year fixed rate mortgage.
The BofA Merrill Lynch high - yield index is trading
at roughly 600 basis
points versus government bonds, but if energy, metals and mining is excluded, it's about 80 basis
points less in terms of
spread.
Back in late October high yield
spreads were already low,
at around 470 basis
points (bps).
On the one hand numerous indicators
point to solid economic conditions, or
at least buoyant economic confidence, and lending conditions are very easy, as are credit
spreads and borrowing rates.
The decline in issuance was sharper than can be readily explained by seasonality and the fall in housing loan approvals in 2004 and appears to have been driven by a fall in issuer supply rather than investor demand, given that primary
spreads have narrowed by
at least 5 basis
points over the period, to historically low levels.
Fifteen
points of P / E separate energy stocks and technology stocks, the narrowest
spread between low and high P / E groups in
at least three years.
This led to quite a sharp narrowing in the
spread in bond yields between the two countries, from around 130 basis
points at the time of the previous Statement to a low of 85 basis
points in early December.
I am
spread between UK, US, Europe, Japan, & Pacific and I always keep my ear to the ground just in case there's an impending disaster
at which
point I quickly buy a put option (6 months) just in case something bad happens.
If you are looking
at a 10 year corporate bond which is yielding 5 % for example, and
at the same time the 10 Year treasury bond is yielding 2 %, then the credit
spread is 300 basis
points (3 %).
As you can see the credit
spread for JCPenney Bonds
at 769 basis
points is much «wider» than the
spread for Exxon Mobile bonds
at 119 basis
points (a much «tighter» or «narrow»
spread than JCPenny).
The 10 - year swap
spread in the United States, for example, has increased in 2000 by about 50 basis
points, to a level higher than
at the time of disruptions in markets during the LTCM crisis in 1998.
Is that a philosophy, which you stand behind, could you do that from the ethic
point of view, when the premium are extremely low, which is
at the case... that the
spreads are, as I said, between 15 and 20 basis
points?
U.S. high - yield bond
spreads are 34 basis
points, or hundredths of a percentage
point, tighter; cover
spreads are 21 basis
points tighter, and emerging - market credit excess returns are
at 3.6 %.
The current 1 - month LIBOR - OIS
spread has spiked up from 10 basis
points at the beginning of 2018 to nearly 60 basis
points (0.60 %).
If you look
at Page 3 of C's Y - 9 performance report, you'll see that C's yield on loans is 2 % higher than the large bank peer group, yet the bank has a
spread on earning assets half a
point lower than other large banks.
Latin American
spreads have held steady
at around 500 basis
points, well down on their peak of around 1,000 basis
points around the time of the Argentinian and Brazilian crises; Asian
spreads are currently around 200 basis
points.
The
spread between the yields on the 2 - year Treasury note and the 10 - year Treasury note narrowed by 70 basis
points from 125
points at the start of 2017 to just 55
points at the end of 2017.
The
spread between Australian 10 - year bond yields and comparable US yields narrowed from 250 basis
points a year ago to about 100 basis
points at present (Graph 30).
As a result, the current
spread between Australian and US 10 - year bond yields, of around 115 basis
points, is much the same as
at the time of the last Statement.
With the cash rate up by 50 basis
points in late 2003 and yields on 10 - year bonds down a little over recent months, the
spread has narrowed since early November to stand
at around 50 basis
points (Graph 67).
A liquid bond ETF tends to trade
at a
spread of 1 basis
point (Source: Bloomberg, as of 6/12/2017).
When was Islam not
spread at the
point of a sword?
Christians
spread Christianity
at the
point of a sword for the majority of the last two millennia and it is only in about the last hundred years that they have reframed from doing so.
Impairing these interrelations
at one
point so that the damage
spreads throughout an ecosystem should not be permitted.
At that
point, have they
spread religion, or cast doubt in the mind of those who may have converted?
George, Christianity took over the world by force, this is no difference (modern weapons maybe), but the idea of
spreading religion
at the
point of a sword is not unique to Muslims.
Holloway
pointed out to me that this claim to a private revelation was
at the heart of his vocation and that he believed that he was called to develop and
spread the ideas given to his mother.
He theorized that religious thinking evolved
at some
point (ironically, you might say) and that in some cases tribe leaders were able to use this to get people to stop fighting and to form bigger, more powerful political units, which in turn won out over isolated tribes, thereby facilitating the
spread of a particular religion.
We know that something happened 14.5 billion years ago and that all matter / energy were all
at one
point before
spreading out.
At this
point, I put some chocolate chips on top and
spread them around as they melted, but that it also optional!
At this
point, we're within an arm's reach of a vegan Thanksgiving
spread, and I'm certainly not suggesting something ridiculous like serving this smoothie for dessert.
Chances are your mixture is on the dry side
at this
point and you may need to add warm water a few tablespoons
at a time until the
spread is a rich, creamy consistency.
1) Pre-heat oven to 300 deg Fahrenheit (150 deg cel) 2) Line one large baking sheet (0r two medium baking sheets) with parchment paper 3) In a large bowl, combine the oats, chia seeds, flax seeds, raisins, almonds and other nuts, and mix well 4) In a smaller bowl, whisk together the honey, light brown sugar, melted butter and cinnamon until smooth and sugar has dissolved 5) Pour the honey mixture over the dry ingredients and stir well until you get a homogeneous mixture 6) Pour the mixture over the baking sheets and
spread evenly with a spatula, then season lightly with sea salt 7) Bake for 15 minutes, then stir the granola gently (to make sure all sides are cooked) 8)
At this point, you may need to switch the baking sheets (if you are using 2) so the granola cooks evenly 9) Bake for another 15 minutes, then stir again, before cooking for a final 15 minutes or until golden brown 10) Remove granola from the oven and place on cooking racks until completely cool and crisp 11) Store granola in air - tight containers at room temperatur
At this
point, you may need to switch the baking sheets (if you are using 2) so the granola cooks evenly 9) Bake for another 15 minutes, then stir again, before cooking for a final 15 minutes or until golden brown 10) Remove granola from the oven and place on cooking racks until completely cool and crisp 11) Store granola in air - tight containers
at room temperatur
at room temperature.